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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Funiculì Funiculà
Free number tabs for Funiculì Funiculà on the steel tongue drum. 24 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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0•3
0•2
9•1
8•2
9•3
0•3
0•3
0•3
0•2
9•1
8•1
8•1
8•1
87
76
67
7•1
8•1
8•3
0•3
0•2
9•1
81–7 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:
09876
Funiculì Funiculà was written in 1880 to celebrate the opening of the Mount Vesuvius funicular and became one of Italy's most exuberant folk-popular songs. On steel tongue drum its driving repeated-note opening and joyful descending runs burst with Neapolitan energy. The brisk tempo and catchy phrase patterns are easy to grasp and incredibly satisfying to play up to speed. An infectiously cheerful Italian classic for the handpan.
How to play Funiculì Funiculà 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 Funiculì Funiculà.
About this melody
Italian traditional (Neapolitan).