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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Scarborough Fair
Free number tabs for Scarborough Fair on the steel tongue drum. 22 notes, C Major Pentatonic scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
•1
6•2
7•3
8•2
7•1
66
56
5•1
6•2
7•3
8•5
9•3
8•2
7•1
6•2
76
5•1
6•2
7•3
8•2
76
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 Pentatonic scale, then tap the petals or press these keyboard keys in order, following the tab above:
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Scarborough Fair is a hauntingly beautiful English traditional ballad in Dorian mode, immortalised by Simon and Garfunkel. On a steel tongue drum its modal melody drifts with an ancient, windswept quality, each note hanging in the air like mist over the Yorkshire coast. The unhurried tempo and sparse phrasing make it both achievable and deeply atmospheric. A timeless piece for meditative handpan playing.
How to play Scarborough Fair on a tongue drum
The numbers above are the standard tongue-drum number notation. Each digit is a note of the C Major Pentatonic 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 Scarborough Fair.
About this melody
English traditional.