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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
La Pollera Colorá
Free number tabs for La Pollera Colorá on the steel tongue drum. 27 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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87
76
65
55
56
65
53
35
56
65
53
32
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87
76
65
56
65
53
32
23
35
56
65
51–7 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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La Pollera Colorá is a classic Colombian cumbia, one of the most iconic folk dance songs from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, celebrating the traditional red-ruffled pollera skirt. On the steel tongue drum its syncopated, driving rhythm creates irresistible forward momentum, the melody's eighth-note clusters demanding nimble fingerwork. The lively cumbia feel and medium-fast tempo challenge intermediate players.
How to play La Pollera Colorá 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 La Pollera Colorá.
About this melody
Colombian cumbia folk.