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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Salut d'Amour — Elgar
Free number tabs for Salut d'Amour — Elgar on the steel tongue drum. 27 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
2
21
15
54
43
36
65
54
43
32
23
32
21
15
54
43
32
23
35
54
43
3•1
87
76
65
53
31–7 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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Elgar composed Salut d'Amour (Op. 12, 1888) as a gift for his fiancée Alice — a short, tender love song in violin-and-piano clothing that has since become one of his most cherished pieces. On a steel tongue drum its warmly lyrical melody sings out with quiet intimacy, the instrument's gentle attack and natural decay lending each phrase a sweetly romantic quality. Perfect for reflective, heartfelt playing.
How to play Salut d'Amour — Elgar 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 Salut d'Amour — Elgar.
About this melody
Elgar, Op. 12, 1888.