- Notes49, 5 pitches
- RangeC4–G4
- Key hereC major
- Tempo120 bpm · about 32 s
- LevelEasy
Can a handpan play Lightly Row?
3 of the 5 here do. The check is made note by note against what each one can actually sound. Where the tune does not fit as the library writes it, another key or octave is tried, and the table says which; where nothing fits, it names the notes that are missing.
- D Kurd✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · loaded above
- D Celtic Minor✓ Plays as writtenIn C major, C4–G4 · load it
- D Hijaz✕ Cannot play itNeeds B♭4, C5, which it does not have
- E Amara✓ Plays as writtenIn D major, D4–A4 · load it
- E Equinox✕ Cannot play itNeeds F4, which it does not have
Lightly Row: handpan tabs
The large line is the tone field, numbered from the lowest; 0 is the ding; the small line under it is its note. A dash holds the note another beat, an underline is half a beat, and a dot beside a note makes it half as long again. Each line is one phrase.
Lightly Row — handpan tabs (D Kurd) · tonalics.com
The 5 notes it uses
Lowest to highest, with how many times each is played. Learn these 5 and you can play the whole tune.
- 3C4×5
- 4D4×12
- 5E4×15
- 6F4×6
- 7G4×11
What to expect on a handpan
- It runs from C4 to G4, a fifth, using 5 different notes. That leaves 10 semitones unused below and 2 above.
- 75% of its moves are a step or a repeated note. The widest is a fifth, G4 to C4, at note 24.
- It uses 5 tone fields of this scale’s 8: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
- 31 notes fall to the left hand and 18 to the right.
About the tune
Lightly Row is the English name for the German children’s song “Hänschen klein”, whose words were written by the Dresden teacher Franz Wiedemann around 1860 to a folk melody already in circulation. The tune travelled further than the words did: it is sung with different texts across Europe, Japan and the Americas.
German folk song “Hänschen klein”, 19th century; the English “Lightly Row” uses the same melody. Public domain. More about Lightly Row →
Lightly Row on other instruments
The same melody, in each instrument’s own notation. It is not offered for the guzheng, which does not have the notes.
- Lightly Row — kalimba
- Lightly Row — piano
- Lightly Row — mbira
- Lightly Row — oud
- Lightly Row — violin
- Lightly Row — cello
- Lightly Row — erhu
- Lightly Row — dulcimer
- Lightly Row — xylophone
- Lightly Row — marimba
- Lightly Row — glockenspiel
- Lightly Row — steel drum
- Lightly Row — ocarina
- Lightly Row — harmonica
- Lightly Row — trumpet
- Lightly Row — clarinet
- Lightly Row — saxophone
- Lightly Row — flute
- Lightly Row — recorder
- Lightly Row — tuba
- Lightly Row — euphonium
- Lightly Row — trombone
- Lightly Row — accordion
- Lightly Row — harp
- Lightly Row — lyre