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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Rain, Rain, Go Away
Free number tabs for Rain, Rain, Go Away on the steel tongue drum. 23 notes, C Major scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
56
65
53
36
65
56
6•1
87
76
65
56
65
53
32
23
35
56
65
53
32
23
31–7 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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"Rain, Rain, Go Away" is a short, spirited English nursery rhyme that young children have been singing at rainy windows for centuries, willing the sun back out. On a steel tongue drum the minor-tinged, repetitive melody has an unexpectedly evocative quality — each phrase genuinely sounds like raindrops tapping on glass. The tiny range and completely step-wise motion make it the perfect first song for the very youngest players on the handpan.
How to play Rain, Rain, Go Away 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 beginner arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Rain, Rain, Go Away.
About this melody
English traditional nursery rhyme.