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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
My Old Kentucky Home
Free number tabs for My Old Kentucky Home on the steel tongue drum. 24 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
55
56
65
53
35
5•1
8•1
87
76
65
53
35
55
56
65
53
35
5•2
9•1
86
65
5•1
81–7 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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My Old Kentucky Home is Stephen Foster's 1853 parlour song, a melody of graceful longing that has served as Kentucky's state song for over a century and a half. On a steel tongue drum the flowing, unassuming tune carries a quiet beauty, the instrument's resonance deepening the sense of remembered warmth and distant home. Its gentle phrasing and moderate tempo make it a soothing and emotionally satisfying piece to learn.
How to play My Old Kentucky Home 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 My Old Kentucky Home.
About this melody
Stephen Foster, 1853.