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Number tabs for the steel tongue drum
Wild Mountain Thyme
Free number tabs for Wild Mountain Thyme on the steel tongue drum. 25 notes, C Major scale, Easy level — play it instantly in the free Tongue Drum Online player.
The tab
•1
8•1
8•1
8•2
9•1
87
75
5•1
8•1
8•2
9•1
85
55
5•1
8•2
9•3
0•2
9•1
87
75
56
67
7•1
85
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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Wild Mountain Thyme is a Scottish-Irish folk song drenched in the scent of heather-covered hills and purple moors, one of the most atmospheric melodies in the Celtic tradition. On the steel tongue drum the soaring high-note phrases feel like sunlight breaking over a highland ridge, the instrument's natural resonance perfect for the song's open, pastoral mood. A beautiful, flowing melody for players developing lyrical expression.
How to play Wild Mountain Thyme 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 Wild Mountain Thyme.
About this melody
Scottish/Irish folk.