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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Yellow Bird
Free number tabs for Yellow Bird on the steel tongue drum. 22 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
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9•1
8•2
9•3
0•1
86
67
7•1
87
76
65
56
67
7•1
8•2
97
7•1
87
76
65
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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Yellow Bird is a sweet Caribbean folk song of Haitian origin, later popularized throughout the West Indies, painting a gentle picture of a brightly colored songbird in a banana tree. On the steel tongue drum its descending, song-like phrases float with a dreamy, island lightness. The flowing melodic arc and gentle moderate tempo make it a lovely and serene easy-level piece.
How to play Yellow Bird 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 Yellow Bird.
About this melody
Haitian/Caribbean folk.