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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
The Band Played On
Free number tabs for The Band Played On on the steel tongue drum. 25 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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0•5
W•5
W•4
Q•3
0•2
9•4
Q•6
E•6
E•5
W•4
Q•3
0•5
W•3
0•2
9•4
Q•2
9•1
8•3
0•2
9•1
85
56
6•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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The Band Played On is a rousing 1895 Tin Pan Alley waltz by Charles B. Ward that evokes the joy of a summer dance hall with its swirling, dotted-note melody. On a steel tongue drum the energetic, upward-reaching phrases ring out with a bright celebratory clarity, the rhythmic bounce of the waltz metre propelling the melody forward. Its wider leaps and dotted rhythms give intermediate players a satisfying melodic and rhythmic workout.
How to play The Band Played On 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 The Band Played On.
About this melody
Charles B. Ward / John F. Palmer, 1895.