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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Dixie
Free number tabs for Dixie on the steel tongue drum. 40 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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11
12
23
33
33
33
31
13
35
55
55
55
55
56
65
55
54
44
43
34
45
53
31
11
12
23
32
21
15
56
65
54
43
31
12
23
35
51
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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Dixie is Daniel Emmett's 1859 minstrel song that became a defining melody of the American South, its catchy syncopated rhythm and rolling phrase structure practically impossible to resist. On the steel tongue drum the fast, skippy figures and wide-ranging melody make for an entertaining and technically demanding intermediate piece at 120 BPM. The playful chromatic twists and long runs across the instrument keep every repetition fresh.
How to play Dixie 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 Dixie.
About this melody
Daniel Emmett, 1859, US Southern patriotic.