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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar)
Free number tabs for Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar) on the steel tongue drum. 26 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
56
65
55
53
35
53
32
22
22
23
34
45
56
65
53
35
56
6•1
87
76
65
53
31
15
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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Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 (1901) contains one of the most stirring and uplifting tunes ever written — familiar as the graduation anthem 'Land of Hope and Glory'. On a steel tongue drum the noble melody takes on a warm, majestic quality, the instrument's resonance lending each long note a broad, open feel. Instantly recognizable and satisfying to play.
How to play Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar) 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 Pomp and Circumstance (Elgar).
About this melody
Elgar.