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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Make New Friends (Round)
Free number tabs for Make New Friends (Round) on the steel tongue drum. 23 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
7
76
65
56
65
53
33
35
56
65
5•1
87
76
65
56
65
53
31
12
23
34
43
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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"Make New Friends" is a traditional American camp round that weaves a message of inclusive friendship into one of the most harmonically satisfying short melodies in the children's repertoire. On a steel tongue drum the descending phrases feel warm and inviting, the instrument's gentle sustain softening every note into something deeply comforting. Its simple round structure and singable phrases make it a beautiful campfire or closing-circle piece for intermediate young players.
How to play Make New Friends (Round) 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 Make New Friends (Round).
About this melody
Traditional American camp round.