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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Loch Lomond
Free number tabs for Loch Lomond on the steel tongue drum. 26 notes, C Major scale, Beginner level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
•1
8•1
8•2
9•1
87
75
53
35
5•1
8•2
9•3
0•2
97
7•1
87
76
65
56
67
7•1
85
53
32
23
35
51–7 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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Loch Lomond is the great Scottish folk ballad of parting and homecoming, its melody as wide and clear as the loch it describes. On a steel tongue drum the bright, open phrases carry a natural Highland quality, with every note ringing clean and true. The unhurried moderate tempo makes it very accessible, while the emotional weight of the melody keeps it endlessly satisfying to play. A Scottish folk masterpiece for the handpan.
How to play Loch Lomond 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 beginner arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Loch Lomond.
About this melody
Scottish folk.