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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Moonlight Sonata — Opening (Beethoven, transposed to C)
Free number tabs for Moonlight Sonata — Opening (Beethoven, transposed to C) on the steel tongue drum. 37 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
1
13
35
51
13
35
51
13
35
51
13
34
41
13
34
41
13
34
47
72
24
47
72
23
31
13
33
31
13
36
61
13
36
61
13
36
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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Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (1801) opens with one of the most iconic and atmospheric piano passages ever written — a hushed, rocking triplet figure beneath a singing melody. Transposed to C and played on a steel tongue drum, the arpeggiated texture becomes strikingly beautiful, the long sustain of each note creating a shimmering, moonlit atmosphere. Meditative, introspective, and deeply expressive.
How to play Moonlight Sonata — Opening (Beethoven, transposed to C) 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 intermediate arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Moonlight Sonata — Opening (Beethoven, transposed to C).
About this melody
Beethoven.