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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Vem kan segla förutan vind
Free number tabs for Vem kan segla förutan vind on the steel tongue drum. 22 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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11–7 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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Vem kan segla förutan vind (Who Can Sail Without the Wind) is a Swedish-Finnish archipelago folk song from Åland, a poignant farewell melody about love, loss, and the sea. On the steel tongue drum its slow, open half-note phrases resonate like wind over calm water, each note sustaining into a natural reverb. The minimal note count and spacious rhythm make it one of the most meditative beginner pieces in the Nordic repertoire.
How to play Vem kan segla förutan vind 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 beginner arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Vem kan segla förutan vind.
About this melody
Swedish folk (Åland).