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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Seis por Derecho
Free number tabs for Seis por Derecho on the steel tongue drum. 26 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
3
35
46
55
43
32
23
31
12
23
35
46
55
46
55
43
32
23
35
46
55
43
32
23
31
11–7 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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Seis por Derecho is a traditional Puerto Rican folk song form used in the competitive improvised poetry tradition of décima, rooted in the mountainous jíbaro culture of the island. On the steel tongue drum its brisk, rhythmically active melody captures the quick-witted spirit of the seis style. Eighth-note passages and a fast 126 BPM tempo make it an engaging intermediate piece.
How to play Seis por Derecho 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 Seis por Derecho.
About this melody
Puerto Rican folk.