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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Danza de los Mirlos
Free number tabs for Danza de los Mirlos on the steel tongue drum. 27 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
6
65
53
35
56
67
76
65
53
35
56
65
53
32
25
56
67
76
65
53
32
23
35
56
65
53
31–7 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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Danza de los Mirlos — 'Dance of the Blackbirds' — is a classic cumbia from the Peruvian Amazon, one of the landmark recordings of Amazonian tropical music. Its melody evokes the calls and flights of jungle birds through rhythmically active, syncopated phrases. On the steel tongue drum the melody's birdlike leaps and flowing runs create a vivid musical portrait, offering intermediate players an exotic and engaging challenge.
How to play Danza de los Mirlos 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 Danza de los Mirlos.
About this melody
Peruvian Amazonian folk.