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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Water Music — Hornpipe
Free number tabs for Water Music — Hornpipe on the steel tongue drum. 30 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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9•3
0•1
8•4
Q•3
0•2
9•1
85
56
67
75
5•1
87
76
65
5•3
0•4
Q•5
W•3
0•2
9•1
87
76
65
56
67
7•1
8•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:
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Handel's famous Hornpipe from the Water Music (HWV 349, 1717) is a regal, celebratory dance written for an open-air royal river party on the Thames. On a steel tongue drum its dotted, march-like rhythms and broad, rising melody carry an inherently festive energy, the instrument's bell-like tone adding a touch of grandeur to every phrase. Stately, tuneful, and immediately recognizable.
How to play Water Music — Hornpipe 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 intermediate arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Water Music — Hornpipe.
About this melody
G.F. Handel, Water Music Suite No.2, HWV 349.