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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Tallis Canon (All Praise to Thee)
Free number tabs for Tallis Canon (All Praise to Thee) on the steel tongue drum. 26 notes, C Major scale, Intermediate level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
5
56
64
45
56
67
75
56
67
7•1
87
76
67
7•1
87
76
65
56
67
75
56
65
56
64
45
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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The Tallis Canon is a stately evening hymn composed by Thomas Tallis in the 16th century, its unhurried four-square melody carrying the full gravitas of the Renaissance. On a steel tongue drum the slow, chorale-like phrasing creates an almost orchestral sense of space, with each note given time to bloom and fade before the next arrives. The broad, deliberate intervals and the need for controlled, even touch make it a beautiful and musically enriching piece for intermediate players.
How to play Tallis Canon (All Praise to Thee) 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 intermediate arrangement and a simplified, single-instrument version of Tallis Canon (All Praise to Thee).
About this melody
Thomas Tallis, 16th century.