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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Uskudar (Turkish Folk)
Free number tabs for Uskudar (Turkish Folk) on the steel tongue drum. 28 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
56
6•1
87
76
65
56
65
53
35
56
65
56
6•1
87
76
65
53
32
23
36
65
53
32
23
32
23
31–7 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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Üsküdar is one of Turkey's most iconic folk songs, named for the historic Anatolian district of Istanbul across the Bosphorus Strait. Its characteristic alternation between minor and major phrases — colored by non-Western melodic intervals — gives it a distinctly exotic flavor on the steel tongue drum. The intricate phrasing and moderate-fast tempo make it an excellent intermediate-level challenge.
How to play Uskudar (Turkish Folk) 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 Uskudar (Turkish Folk).
About this melody
Turkish folk.