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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
See the Conquering Hero Comes
Free number tabs for See the Conquering Hero Comes on the steel tongue drum. 23 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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8•1
8•3
0•2
9•3
0•2
9•1
8•3
0•5
W•5
W•5
W•5
W•6
E•5
W•4
Q•3
0•4
Q•3
0•2
9•1
8•3
0•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:
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Handel's 'See the Conquering Hero Comes' from Judas Maccabaeus (HWV 63) is one of music history's great triumphal marches — noble, broad, and uplifting in equal measure. On a steel tongue drum its simple, stepwise melody rings out with a clear, ceremonial resonance that belies its beginner-friendly fingering. Recognizable at graduation ceremonies worldwide, it always carries a sense of joyful occasion.
How to play See the Conquering Hero Comes 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 See the Conquering Hero Comes.
About this melody
G.F. Handel, Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63.