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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Free number tabs for Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho 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•2
9•1
87
76
66
66
67
7•1
87
76
65
56
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0•3
0•2
9•3
0•2
9•1
87
76
66
67
7•1
87
76
66
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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Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho is a driving African-American spiritual set in a minor key, its march-like pulse evoking the relentless circling of the Israelites around the walls of Jericho. On a steel tongue drum the modal melody crackles with an angular energy, the crisp attack of the instrument emphasising each rhythmic accent. Its faster tempo and syncopated figurations give intermediate players a genuinely exciting and characterful piece.
How to play Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho 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 Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho.
About this melody
African American spiritual, traditional.