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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Oboe Concerto in D minor — Adagio (transposed to A minor)
Free number tabs for Oboe Concerto in D minor — Adagio (transposed to A minor) on the steel tongue drum. 24 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
•3
0•2
9•1
87
76
65
54
43
36
67
7•1
8•3
0•2
9•1
87
76
65
54
43
34
45
56
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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Alessandro Marcello's Oboe Concerto in D minor (S.Z799, early 18th c.) became widely known after Bach transcribed it for keyboard, its deeply lyrical slow movement an absolute jewel of late Baroque writing. On a steel tongue drum the Adagio melody — all sighing appoggiaturas and long, vocal phrases — sounds almost as natural as on the oboe itself, the instrument's warm tone perfectly matching the music's eloquent sadness.
How to play Oboe Concerto in D minor — Adagio (transposed to A minor) 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 Oboe Concerto in D minor — Adagio (transposed to A minor).
About this melody
Alessandro Marcello, S.Z799.