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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Rondeau (Abdelazer)
Free number tabs for Rondeau (Abdelazer) on the steel tongue drum. 27 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
6
66
67
7•1
87
76
63
34
45
56
67
7•1
8•2
9•1
87
76
65
54
43
32
23
34
45
56
66
66
61–7 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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Purcell's Rondeau from his incidental music to Abdelazer (Z.570, 1695) gained worldwide fame when Benjamin Britten used it as the theme for The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. On a steel tongue drum the dignified, rondo-form melody flows with a stately elegance, its regular phrase structure making it both immediately memorable and satisfying to play. A Baroque gem with lasting modern resonance.
How to play Rondeau (Abdelazer) 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 Rondeau (Abdelazer).
About this melody
Henry Purcell, Z. 570.