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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Doina (Romanian folk)
Free number tabs for Doina (Romanian folk) on the steel tongue drum. 23 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
•1
87
76
65
53
36
67
7•1
8•2
9•3
0•3
0•2
9•1
87
76
65
53
35
56
65
53
36
61–7 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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Doina is the most poetic form in Romanian folk music — a free, improvisatory lament that pours out longing and deep feeling. On a steel tongue drum its wide, searching melodic line moves at an unhurried pace, inviting players to linger on each resonant note. The modal flavour gives it a timeless, otherworldly beauty. A profoundly expressive introduction to the soul of Romanian musical culture.
How to play Doina (Romanian folk) 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 Doina (Romanian folk).
About this melody
Romanian folk.