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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Xiao Bai Chuan (Little White Boat)
Free number tabs for Xiao Bai Chuan (Little White Boat) on the steel tongue drum. 26 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
46
55
43
35
42
23
35
46
55
43
32
26
55
43
35
46
5•1
66
55
46
55
43
32
21
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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Xiao Bai Chuan — 'Little White Boat' — is a tender Chinese children's folk song about a moonlit boat drifting among the stars, beloved across generations in China and Taiwan. On the steel tongue drum its dreamy, unhurried melody floats with a delicate shimmer, perfectly suited to the instrument's ethereal sustain. Simple phrasing and a gentle pace make it a serene easy-level piece.
How to play Xiao Bai Chuan (Little White Boat) 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 easy arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Xiao Bai Chuan (Little White Boat).
About this melody
Chinese folk.