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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram
Free number tabs for Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram on the steel tongue drum. 31 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
6
55
43
35
43
32
23
32
25
46
55
43
35
46
55
43
36
5•1
66
55
43
35
43
32
23
35
43
32
21
12
21–7 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 Pentatonic scale, then tap the petals or press these keyboard keys in order, following the tab above:
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Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram is a sacred Hindu devotional song praising Lord Rama, famously adopted by Mahatma Gandhi as a prayer for unity and peace. On the steel tongue drum its devotional melody — driven by energetic eighth-note motifs — has a meditative intensity that is both spiritually resonant and physically engaging. Busy passages and a brisk tempo reward intermediate players.
How to play Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram on a tongue drum
The numbers above are the standard tongue-drum number notation. Each digit is a note of the C Major Pentatonic 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 Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram.
About this melody
Indian devotional folk.