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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
El Cóndor Pasa
Free number tabs for El Cóndor Pasa 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
6
5•1
66
55
43
35
46
5•1
66
55
43
35
46
55
43
32
23
35
46
55
43
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 Pentatonic scale, then tap the petals or press these keyboard keys in order, following the tab above:
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El Cóndor Pasa is an Andean masterpiece of Peruvian folk music dating to 1913, its soaring melody inspired by the condor riding thermal currents above the Andes. On the steel tongue drum its wide, sweeping phrases take on a meditative, almost ceremonial quality, the handpan's resonance perfectly evoking high-altitude silence. The lyrical, spacious structure suits easy-level players seeking expressive depth.
How to play El Cóndor Pasa 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 El Cóndor Pasa.
About this melody
Peruvian/Andean folk.