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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
The Water Is Wide
Free number tabs for The Water Is Wide on the steel tongue drum. 26 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
55
56
65
5•3
0•2
97
7•1
8•2
9•3
0•2
9•1
87
75
56
67
7•1
8•3
0•2
9•1
85
56
67
76
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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The Water Is Wide is an exquisite English-Scottish folk song of impossible love and longing, one of the most cherished traditional melodies in the world. On steel tongue drum its broad, unhurried phrases ring with aching beauty, the long sustained notes filling the room with emotion. The slow tempo and flowing melodic line make it accessible and deeply expressive. A perfect choice for contemplative handpan playing.
How to play The Water Is Wide 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 easy arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of The Water Is Wide.
About this melody
English/Scottish traditional.