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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Moliendo Café
Free number tabs for Moliendo Café on the steel tongue drum. 23 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
53
35
56
65
53
35
56
67
76
67
76
65
53
32
23
35
56
65
53
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 scale, then tap the petals or press these keyboard keys in order, following the tab above:
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Moliendo Café — 'Grinding Coffee' — is a classic Venezuelan bolero composed in 1958, a meditative ode to the bittersweet aroma of pre-dawn coffee-making that became a Latin American standard. On the steel tongue drum its warm, flowing melody unfolds with unhurried grace, the handpan's overtones complementing the song's reflective, poetic mood. The song-like phrasing and gentle pace suit easy-level players perfectly.
How to play Moliendo Café 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 Moliendo Café.
About this melody
Venezuelan folk.