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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Largo (Ombra mai fu)
Free number tabs for Largo (Ombra mai fu) on the steel tongue drum. 30 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
4
45
56
65
54
43
32
21
13
35
5•1
87
76
65
54
43
32
23
31
15
56
67
7•1
8•2
9•1
87
76
65
51
11–7 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 Largo, or 'Ombra mai fu' from the opera Serse (HWV 40, 1738), is a hymn-like aria of pure, slow-moving tenderness — music that seems to transcend its operatic origins and speak directly to the soul. On a steel tongue drum its long, unhurried phrases resonate with a deeply meditative quality, each note hanging in the air like incense. One of the most peaceful pieces in the repertoire.
How to play Largo (Ombra mai fu) 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 Largo (Ombra mai fu).
About this melody
G.F. Handel, Serse, HWV 40.