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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair
Free number tabs for Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair on the steel tongue drum. 24 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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9•3
0•1
8•2
9•3
0•4
Q•3
0•2
9•1
8•2
9•3
0•1
8•2
9•3
0•5
W•4
Q•3
0•2
9•1
8•3
0•2
9•1
8•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:
890QW
Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair is Stephen Foster's 1854 song of personal longing, its graceful, song-like melody widely regarded as one of the finest tunes in the American parlour tradition. On a steel tongue drum the ascending phrases feel intimate and expressive, the warm ring of the instrument capturing the bittersweet quality of remembered affection. Its even, stepwise contour and moderate pace suit players comfortable with lyrical, flowing melody.
How to play Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair 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 Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair.
About this melody
Stephen Foster, 1854.