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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
O Mio Babbino Caro — Puccini
Free number tabs for O Mio Babbino Caro — Puccini on the steel tongue drum. 25 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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9•1
86
65
56
6•1
87
75
5•3
0•2
9•1
86
65
55
56
65
53
35
56
67
7•1
8•2
97
7•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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Puccini's 'O Mio Babbino Caro' from Gianni Schicchi (1918) is arguably the most beloved soprano aria in all of Italian opera — a heartfelt, soaring melody of pure emotional simplicity. On a steel tongue drum its gentle, vocal phrasing flows beautifully, the instrument's warm sustain lending the melody a tender, almost vocal quality. Deeply moving and universally recognized.
How to play O Mio Babbino Caro — Puccini 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 O Mio Babbino Caro — Puccini.
About this melody
Puccini, Gianni Schicchi, 1918.