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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Packington's Pound
Free number tabs for Packington's Pound on the steel tongue drum. 26 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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9•3
0•4
Q•3
0•2
9•1
85
56
67
7•1
8•2
9•1
8•3
0•4
Q•5
W•4
Q•3
0•2
9•1
86
67
7•1
8•2
9•1
8•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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Packington's Pound is an English Renaissance lute dance from around 1580, beloved by lutenists and early music enthusiasts for its sturdy, characterful melody. On a steel tongue drum its bouncy, conjunct phrases have a pleasing folk-dance energy, the instrument's warm resonance suggesting the plucked string timbres of its original lute setting. A robust, joyful melody that connects modern players to Elizabethan England.
How to play Packington's Pound 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 Packington's Pound.
About this melody
English Renaissance lute dance (c.1580), trad..