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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Kaerajaan
Free number tabs for Kaerajaan on the steel tongue drum. 28 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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46
55
43
35
45
46
55
43
32
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33
35
46
55
43
32
23
35
43
31
15
46
55
43
32
21
11–7 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 Pentatonic scale, then tap the petals or press these keyboard keys in order, following the tab above:
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Kaerajaan is Estonia's best-known dance-song, a round traditionally sung at harvest festivals with unbridled communal joy. On the steel tongue drum the fast eighth-note runs and punchy offbeat accents demand rhythmic precision and light, nimble malletwork. The driving 132 BPM tempo and circular melodic structure keep the energy high throughout, making it a crowd-pleasing intermediate repertoire piece.
How to play Kaerajaan on a tongue drum
The numbers above are the standard tongue-drum number notation. Each digit is a note of the C Major Pentatonic 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 Kaerajaan.
About this melody
Estonian folk.