Reed Dance on the kazoo: tabs
Reed Dance is a easy song on the kazoo: 24 notes over 8 bars in 4/4 at 96 BPM, about 20 seconds. It uses 5 different keys. It fits the keys as it is, with no transposing.
Reed Dance kazoo tab in letters
| G4 B4 D5 B4 | G4 B4 D5 - | | G5 D5 B4 D5 | G4 - - - | | D4 G4 B4 G4 | D4 G4 B4 - | | B4 D5 G5 D5 | G4 - - - |
What to watch for
- The most played key is G4, used for 7 of the 24 notes. The tune goes from D4 up to G5.
- The widest jump is from D5 to G4 (7 semitones): slow down there the first times.
- A note is played again straight after itself 1 time: keep the beat steady rather than rushing the repeats.
How to read this tab
A vertical bar is a bar line. A dash keeps the last note ringing, an r is a silent beat, and notes in brackets are played together. It shows the melody part. The kazoo page explains the notes in more detail.