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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Trong Com (Vietnamese Folk Song)
Free number tabs for Trong Com (Vietnamese Folk Song) on the steel tongue drum. 27 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
43
35
46
5•1
66
55
43
35
42
23
32
26
55
43
35
46
5•1
66
55
46
55
43
32
23
32
21–7 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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Trong Com is a classic Vietnamese folk song from the Red River Delta, its lilting melody traditionally accompanying rice-pounding work songs. On the steel tongue drum its graceful, pentatonic phrases carry a distinctly Southeast Asian character — warm, cyclical, and deeply meditative. The flowing quarter-note motion and comfortable range make it accessible for easy-level players.
How to play Trong Com (Vietnamese Folk Song) 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 easy arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Trong Com (Vietnamese Folk Song).
About this melody
Vietnamese folk.