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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Can-Can — Offenbach
Free number tabs for Can-Can — Offenbach on the steel tongue drum. 26 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
6
65
53
35
53
35
52
23
32
27
72
27
72
23
34
43
31
13
31
13
35
56
65
54
45
51–7 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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Offenbach's Can-Can from Orphée aux Enfers (1858) is the world's most exuberant dance melody — a breathless, galloping tune synonymous with high kicks and pure theatrical fun. On a steel tongue drum the rapid, repeated-note pattern becomes a percussive workout that showcases the instrument's agility and bright attack. High-energy, crowd-pleasing, and guaranteed to raise a smile.
How to play Can-Can — Offenbach 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 intermediate arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Can-Can — Offenbach.
About this melody
Offenbach, Orphée aux Enfers, 1858.