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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Tumbalalaika
Free number tabs for Tumbalalaika on the steel tongue drum. 27 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
3
33
33
35
53
32
21
13
33
32
21
16
63
36
6•1
87
76
65
56
65
53
32
23
36
63
36
61–7 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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Tumbalalaika is a romantic Yiddish folk song in question-and-answer form, one of the most lyrical melodies of the Eastern European Jewish tradition. Its minor-pentatonic melody, with its gentle arcs and touching cadences, translates with haunting beauty to the steel tongue drum. The unhurried pace and expressive, vocal-style phrasing make it a deeply satisfying easy-level piece.
How to play Tumbalalaika 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 Tumbalalaika.
About this melody
Yiddish folk.