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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
None but the Lonely Heart — Tchaikovsky
Free number tabs for None but the Lonely Heart — Tchaikovsky on the steel tongue drum. 27 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
2
21
12
23
34
43
32
23
36
65
54
45
56
67
76
65
56
6•1
87
76
65
56
65
54
43
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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Tchaikovsky's song 'None but the Lonely Heart' (Op. 6 No. 6, 1869) sets a poem by Goethe into one of Russian Romanticism's most yearning and tender melodies. On a steel tongue drum its slow, sighing phrases take on a vocal quality, the instrument's warm sustain amplifying the song's sense of longing. A deeply expressive piece for those who want something quietly emotional.
How to play None but the Lonely Heart — Tchaikovsky 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 None but the Lonely Heart — Tchaikovsky.
About this melody
Tchaikovsky, Op. 6 No. 6, 1869.