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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Ring Around the Rosie
Free number tabs for Ring Around the Rosie on the steel tongue drum. 28 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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7•1
6•2
7•3
8•2
7•1
6•3
8•2
7•1
6•2
7•3
8•5
9•3
8•2
7•3
8•2
7•1
6•2
7•3
8•2
7•1
6•2
7•3
8•5
9•3
8•1
6•1
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 Pentatonic scale, then tap the petals or press these keyboard keys in order, following the tab above:
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"Ring Around the Rosie" is an ancient English circle-dance nursery rhyme with one of the most hauntingly lovely simple melodies in the children's repertoire. On a steel tongue drum its gentle, swaying phrases create a meditative, almost hypnotic quality, the instrument's resonance lending real beauty to this seemingly simple tune. The narrow range and smooth step-wise motion make it one of the most approachable and satisfying nursery rhymes to play on the handpan.
How to play Ring Around the Rosie 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 beginner arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Ring Around the Rosie.
About this melody
English traditional nursery rhyme.