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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Sarabande
Free number tabs for Sarabande 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
54
43
3•1
87
76
65
54
45
56
67
7•1
8•2
9•1
87
76
65
56
63
34
45
56
67
76
65
56
63
36
61–7 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 Sarabande from the Suite in D minor (HWV 437) is one of the most stately and austere pieces in the Baroque keyboard repertoire, its slow triple metre carrying a solemn, ceremonial gravity. On a steel tongue drum the long, dignified phrases ring out with a naturally resonant weight, the instrument's sustain amplifying the music's grave beauty. Widely known from the film Barry Lyndon.
How to play Sarabande 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 Sarabande.
About this melody
G.F. Handel, Suite in D minor HWV 437 (transposed to A minor).