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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Now Is the Hour (Haere Ra)
Free number tabs for Now Is the Hour (Haere Ra) on the steel tongue drum. 29 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
3
35
55
56
65
53
35
56
65
53
31
15
56
65
53
32
22
23
35
56
67
75
53
32
23
35
51
11
11–7 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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Now Is the Hour (Haere Ra) is a Maori farewell song from New Zealand that became internationally known as a moving goodbye melody. On the steel tongue drum its stately, unhurried phrases evoke the emotion of parting without sentimentality, letting the instrument's resonance carry the feeling naturally. The clean melodic line and relaxed tempo are rewarding for players working on tone and timing.
How to play Now Is the Hour (Haere Ra) 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 Now Is the Hour (Haere Ra).
About this melody
New Zealand traditional (Maori/PD).