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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Valse Sentimentale — Tchaikovsky
Free number tabs for Valse Sentimentale — Tchaikovsky on the steel tongue drum. 29 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
56
67
76
65
56
65
53
35
53
35
56
6•1
87
76
65
53
32
23
35
56
67
7•1
86
65
53
35
53
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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Tchaikovsky's Valse Sentimentale (Op. 51 No. 6, 1882) is a gentle, wistful waltz that belongs to his more private, introspective voice — intimate and quietly expressive rather than grand. On a steel tongue drum its smooth, lyrical melody drifts with a natural elegance, the instrument's resonance lending the characteristic waltz lift an almost suspended, floating quality. A beautiful piece for reflective playing.
How to play Valse Sentimentale — Tchaikovsky 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 Valse Sentimentale — Tchaikovsky.
About this melody
Tchaikovsky, Op. 51 No. 6, 1882.