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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
El Humahuaqueño
Free number tabs for El Humahuaqueño on the steel tongue drum. 29 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
56
65
53
32
23
35
53
33
35
56
67
76
65
55
56
67
76
65
53
35
56
65
53
32
23
35
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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El Humahuaqueño is a vibrant Argentine carnival song from the Quebrada de Humahuaca in the Andean northwest, a UNESCO World Heritage landscape of towering polychrome mountains. On the steel tongue drum its energetic, ascending phrases ring with the brisk mountain air of the carnavalito dance style. Active eighth-note runs and a festive tempo make it an exciting intermediate challenge.
How to play El Humahuaqueño 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 El Humahuaqueño.
About this melody
Argentine/Andean folk.