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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Nocturne in E Minor (melody) — Chopin
Free number tabs for Nocturne in E Minor (melody) — Chopin on the steel tongue drum. 27 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
6
65
53
32
23
35
56
67
7•1
87
76
65
54
43
35
53
33
3•2
9•1
87
76
65
56
65
53
33
31–7 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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Chopin's posthumous Nocturne in E Minor (B.108) is one of his most intimate and quietly beautiful pieces, its lyrical melody unfolding with a gentle melancholy that never oversteps into drama. On a steel tongue drum the song-like line floats above the instrument's warm sustain, each phrase breathing naturally like a singer. A deeply introspective piece ideally suited to the tongue drum's meditative voice.
How to play Nocturne in E Minor (melody) — Chopin 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 Nocturne in E Minor (melody) — Chopin.
About this melody
Chopin, Nocturne Op. posth. B.108, pub. 1938.