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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Serenade (Ständchen) — Schubert
Free number tabs for Serenade (Ständchen) — Schubert on the steel tongue drum. 26 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
2
21
12
21
17
71
12
23
36
65
54
43
32
23
32
21
15
53
31
12
23
34
45
56
65
51–7 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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Schubert's Ständchen (Serenade) from Schwanengesang (1828) is one of his most beloved songs — a hushed, nocturnal melody written with a lover's tender urgency. On a steel tongue drum its graceful, arching lines become almost otherworldly, the instrument's resonance turning each phrase into a floating, moonlit whisper. One of the most beautiful and atmospheric pieces in the Romantic song repertoire.
How to play Serenade (Ständchen) — Schubert 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 intermediate arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Serenade (Ständchen) — Schubert.
About this melody
Schubert, Schwanengesang D.957, 1828.