Because most tongue drums include and are tuned to involve the notes of the main octave, all songs from this book are possible to play in one octave. Each tongue drum is very different and it is impossible to accommodate songs for all kinds of tongue drums in one book. The songs which have been collected in this book can be played on most drum models. If you have less than 1 octave of keys on your drum, you may need to skip some songs. However, if your drum has many sharp notes, you will need a book that contains chromatic songs. Here, we have collected only simplified diatonic melodies.
Attention: Songs have been transposed for a DIATONIC range. Some melodies might be changed and simplified. If you have flat keys on your instrument, it is recommended that you use classic sheet music for the piano.
This book includes simple, popular traditional folk songs from 30 countries.Contents
- Introduction
- A Ram Sam Sam Moroccan Folk Song
- Ahrirang Korean Song
- Anile, Anile Indian Tamil Song
- Au Clair de la Lune French Folk Song
- Bound for South Australia Australian Folk Song
- Bim Bum Biddy American Song
- Che Che Koolay Ghanian Folk Son
- Cumpleaos Feliz! Colщmbian Song
- Dnde Estn las Llaves? Spanish Folk Song
- Debka Hora Hebrew Song
- Epo I Tai Tai e New Zealandia Maori Song
- Frre Jacques French Song
- Giro Giro Tondo Italian Folk Song
- Gretel, Pastetel German Song
- Hotaru Koi Japanese Folk Song
- Kalinka Russian Folk Song
- Kanzenzenze Congolese Folk Song
- Kum Ba Yah African American Spiritual
- Kum Bachur Atzel Jewish Song
- La Cucaracha Mexican Song
- Lost My Gold Ring Jamaican Folk Song
- Mein Hut German Song
- Pounto to Dakhtilidy Greek Folk Song
- Singapura, Oh Singapura Singaporean Song
- The Grand Old Duke of York English Folk Song
- TongoSong from Samoa (Polynesia)
- Un Petit Cochon French Song
- Vous Diraije Maman French Song
- Zhao Peng You (Looking looking for my friend) Chinese Song
- Zimbole African Song