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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Hallelujah Chorus (Handel, Messiah)
Free number tabs for Hallelujah Chorus (Handel, Messiah) on the steel tongue drum. 29 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
55
55
55
56
66
67
77
7•1
8•1
8•1
8•1
8•1
8•2
9•1
87
76
65
5•2
9•2
97
7•3
0•2
9•1
87
76
6•2
95
51–7 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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Handel's Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah (1741) is perhaps the most triumphant chorus in Western choral music, famously prompting audiences to rise to their feet. On a steel tongue drum the bold, declamatory melody rings out with joyful clarity, the instrument's bright attack giving the phrase 'Hallelujah' a celebratory, bell-like quality. A crowd-pleasing piece that needs no introduction.
How to play Hallelujah Chorus (Handel, Messiah) 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 Hallelujah Chorus (Handel, Messiah).
About this melody
Handel.