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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Free number tabs for Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen on the steel tongue drum. 25 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
7
77
76
65
53
35
56
65
53
32
25
55
57
7•1
87
76
65
56
65
53
35
56
65
55
51–7 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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Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen is a deeply moving African-American spiritual that balances sorrow and resilient faith within a deceptively simple melody. On a steel tongue drum the sparse, unhurried phrases feel profoundly personal, the long decay of each note carrying the weight of generations of testimony. Its quiet intensity and moderate range make it a powerful choice for players seeking emotional depth in sacred music.
How to play Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen 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 Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen.
About this melody
African American spiritual, traditional.