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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
If You're Happy and You Know It
Free number tabs for If You're Happy and You Know It on the steel tongue drum. 26 notes, C Major scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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8•4
Q•4
Q•4
Q•3
0•4
Q•5
W•5
W•5
W•5
W•3
0•5
W•1
8•1
8•4
Q•4
Q•4
Q•3
0•4
Q•5
W•6
E•5
W•4
Q•3
0•4
Q1–7 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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"If You're Happy and You Know It" is a classic English participatory nursery song that turns emotion into action — clapping, stomping, and singing all at once. On a steel tongue drum the melody's bright, upward steps feel genuinely joyful, and the song's infectious energy encourages young players to keep going even when they miss a note. Its simple phrasing and short repeated sections make it a perfect second or third song for little learners on the handpan.
How to play If You're Happy and You Know It 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 beginner arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of If You're Happy and You Know It.
About this melody
English traditional nursery rhyme.