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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
La Llorona
Free number tabs for La Llorona on the steel tongue drum. 21 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
56
63
32
25
56
65
53
32
26
67
76
65
53
31
12
23
35
56
63
31–7 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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La Llorona — 'The Weeping Woman' — is a deeply evocative Mexican folk song from Oaxaca, intertwined with the ancient legend of a spirit who wanders weeping for her lost children. On the steel tongue drum its slow, plaintive melody rings with a ghostly beauty perfectly suited to the instrument's sustained, reverberant voice. The unhurried pace and expressive minor inflections suit easy-level players seeking emotional depth.
How to play La Llorona 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 La Llorona.
About this melody
Mexican Oaxacan folk.