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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Happy Birthday to You
Free number tabs for Happy Birthday to You on the steel tongue drum. 25 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
56
65
5•1
87
75
55
56
65
5•2
9•1
85
55
5•5
W•3
0•1
87
76
6•4
Q•4
Q•3
0•1
8•2
9•1
81–7 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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How to play Happy Birthday to You 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 Happy Birthday to You.
About this melody
Patty & Mildred Hill (melody in the public domain since 2016).