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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Trumpet Tune
Free number tabs for Trumpet Tune on the steel tongue drum. 28 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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0•5
W•3
0•1
8•5
W•3
0•2
9•4
Q•6
E•4
Q•2
9•6
E•4
Q•3
0•5
W•1
8•5
W•3
0•1
85
5•3
0•2
9•1
87
76
65
5•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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Purcell's Trumpet Tune (Z.707) is a brief, brilliant fanfare-like piece that showcases the Baroque trumpet's natural harmonic series in sparkling, ceremonial fashion. On a steel tongue drum its arpeggiated, bugle-call melody rings out with a bright, joyful clarity. Simple in structure but rich in period character, it is an excellent introduction to the splendour of English Baroque music.
How to play Trumpet Tune 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 Trumpet Tune.
About this melody
Henry Purcell, Z. 707.