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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Spanish Ladies
Free number tabs for Spanish Ladies on the steel tongue drum. 24 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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0•4
Q•3
0•2
9•1
8•2
9•3
0•3
0•2
9•1
85
5•1
8•1
8•3
0•5
W•5
W•3
0•2
9•1
8•3
0•2
9•1
8•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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"Spanish Ladies" is a beloved English sea shanty that charts a course from the coast of Spain back to the English Channel, and its stately waltz feel sets it apart from livelier shanties. On a steel tongue drum the tune unfolds with a graceful, almost anthem-like quality, each note ringing clearly in the unhurried tempo. The flowing sixteenth-note ornaments and wide phrase arcs give intermediate players plenty of musical texture to shape.
How to play Spanish Ladies 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 Spanish Ladies.
About this melody
English sea shanty.