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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Silent Night
Free number tabs for Silent Night on the steel tongue drum. 41 notes, C Major scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
6
65
53
35
56
65
53
3•2
9•2
97
7•1
8•1
85
56
66
6•1
87
76
65
56
65
53
36
66
6•1
87
76
65
56
65
53
3•2
9•2
9•4
Q•2
9•1
83
35
55
5•1
81–7 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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Silent Night is the world's most beloved Christmas carol, composed by Franz Gruber in 1818 in a small Austrian village. On a steel tongue drum its gentle waltz melody becomes deeply meditative, each note ringing out like a soft bell in the winter stillness. Perfect for beginners, the unhurried tempo lets you feel every peaceful phrase.
How to play Silent Night 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 Silent Night.
About this melody
Franz Gruber, 1818 (public domain).