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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
William Tell Overture — Gallop (Rossini)
Free number tabs for William Tell Overture — Gallop (Rossini) on the steel tongue drum. 29 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
3
33
35
43
33
35
43
35
43
31
11
11
13
31
11
13
31
13
31
15
45
45
46
55
43
35
43
31
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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The Gallop finale from Rossini's William Tell Overture (1829) is one of the most exhilarating passages in all of opera — its insistent galloping rhythm made iconic as the Lone Ranger theme. On a steel tongue drum the rapid, percussive pattern is genuinely fun to execute, the instrument's bright, staccato attack bringing the thundering hooves to life. High energy and immediately recognizable.
How to play William Tell Overture — Gallop (Rossini) 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 intermediate arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of William Tell Overture — Gallop (Rossini).
About this melody
Rossini.