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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
La Folia
Free number tabs for La Folia on the steel tongue drum. 31 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
3
34
41
15
56
66
63
36
63
34
41
15
56
65
54
43
36
63
34
45
56
67
76
65
54
43
32
21
13
36
61–7 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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La Folia is one of the oldest and most enduring chord progressions in Western music, and Corelli's famous Op. 5 No. 12 variations (1700) are among its greatest classical treatments. On a steel tongue drum the stately, minor-key theme has a hypnotic, almost trance-like quality, the repeating harmonic cycle drawing the listener deeper with each pass. Ancient, powerful, and deeply resonant.
How to play La Folia 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 La Folia.
About this melody
Arcangelo Corelli, Op.5 No.12 / traditional (transposed to A minor).