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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Bella Ciao
Free number tabs for Bella Ciao on the steel tongue drum. 22 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
3
32
23
31
13
33
33
32
23
32
21
15
53
31
12
23
33
32
21
17
71
11–7 scale note• above = higher octave• below = lower octaveabc = key in the app
▶ Play it in Tongue Drum Online
Open the free player on the C Major scale, then tap the petals or press these keyboard keys in order, following the tab above:
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Bella Ciao is Italy's most iconic partisan folk song, a hymn of resistance and farewell that has resonated across continents and generations. On steel tongue drum its urgent, impassioned melody rings with a haunting beauty, the distinctive dotted-note opening phrase immediately recognisable. The moderate tempo and expressive phrasing make it rewarding for easy-level players. A song with real historical weight that sounds extraordinary on the handpan.
How to play Bella Ciao on a tongue drum
The numbers above are the standard tongue-drum number notation. Each digit is a note of the C Major scale, counting up from the lowest tongue. A dot above a number raises it one octave; a dot below lowers it. The small teal letters show the matching key in the Tongue Drum Online player.
Start slowly, one phrase at a time. Let each note ring out fully before striking the next — the long decay is the whole character of the instrument. This is a easy arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Bella Ciao.
About this melody
Italian folk song (traditional partisan).