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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Long Long Ago
Free number tabs for Long Long Ago on the steel tongue drum. 28 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
•3
0•2
9•1
8•2
9•3
0•1
85
5•3
0•2
9•1
8•2
9•1
8•1
8•3
0•4
Q•3
0•2
9•3
0•5
W•3
0•2
9•3
0•2
9•1
85
56
6•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:
5098QW6
Long Long Ago is a Victorian parlour song by Thomas Haynes Bayly from 1833, its simple ternary melody capturing the universal longing to return to a cherished past. On a steel tongue drum the unhurried, even-paced tune feels genuinely nostalgic, the warm resonance of the instrument softening each phrase into something tender and distant. Its repetitive structure and narrow range make it one of the most beginner-friendly of the 19th-century songs.
How to play Long Long Ago 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 Long Long Ago.
About this melody
Thomas Haynes Bayly, 1833.