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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Mary Had a Little Lamb
Free number tabs for Mary Had a Little Lamb on the steel tongue drum. 26 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
2
21
12
23
33
33
32
22
22
23
35
45
43
32
21
12
23
33
33
33
32
22
23
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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Only three notes carry most of this tune, so it is often the very first song people learn on a tongue drum.
How to play Mary Had a Little Lamb 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 beginner arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Mary Had a Little Lamb.
About this melody
Traditional nursery rhyme (Lowell Mason / Sarah Josepha Hale, public domain).