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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Csárdás (Hungarian folk dance)
Free number tabs for Csárdás (Hungarian folk dance) on the steel tongue drum. 22 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
43
35
46
55
43
35
43
31
13
36
5•1
66
5•1
6•2
7•1
66
5•1
66
53
36
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 Pentatonic scale, then tap the petals or press these keyboard keys in order, following the tab above:
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The Csárdás is Hungary's national folk dance, alternating a slow, brooding lassan with a fast, whirling friss. This tongue-drum arrangement captures the core theme with its characteristic dotted-rhythm drive and sweeping octave leaps. The steel tongue drum's sustain gives the melody a haunting quality that honours its Romani origins. A passionate slice of Central European folk tradition.
How to play Csárdás (Hungarian folk dance) on a tongue drum
The numbers above are the standard tongue-drum number notation. Each digit is a note of the C Major Pentatonic 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 Csárdás (Hungarian folk dance).
About this melody
Hungarian folk.