Tongue Drum Sheet Music: Alan Walker – Faded

Are you a fan of the song “Faded” by famous DJ Alan Walker and want to learn how to play it on your tongue drum? Perfect—because in this article, you’ll find all the sheet music you need to help you play this song accurately on this American-born instrument. With practice and time, you’ll be able to play the right combination of notes at the right tempo for a relaxing, one-of-a-kind tongue drum sound.

Now let’s look at how to play “Faded” using the sheet music.

Read tongue drum sheet music like an expert

Even though the sheet music you’ll find below is greatly simplified compared to traditional notation, it’s still a good idea to have some basic knowledge of how to read it. Therefore, we recommend reading our manual on how to read tongue drum sheet music. Once you have read this, you will have no trouble playing Alan Walker’s “Faded” melody, or any other song for that matter.

Don’t miss this before you start learning Alan Walker’s sheet music

If you don’t plan on playing the advanced sheet music, you’ll want to hear the final result to gauge the tempo and note lengths. Listen to what you’ll get when you play our sheet music:

As well as the original music video:

A tongue drum score with Faded melody numbers

Arabic numeral notation (NMCA) is the most common type of notation you’ll find in tongue drum sheet music. You will find the notation for “Faded” below.

The score in Anglo-Saxon musical notation for steel tongue drum of the song Faded

This is exactly the same score for steel tongue drum as above, but with a different notation system using letters.

An advanced score for tank drum for Faded

The advanced score is more challenging to learn, but it lets you play the tank drum arrangement of “Faded” with greater precision.

Save the PDF file of the sheet music for Faded for tank drum

Play Alan Walker’s melody anytime, anywhere by saving the PDF file containing all the sheet music for Faded for the tank drum. This way, you can print out the sheet music, which will make it much easier to play with your instrument.

Who is Alan Walker, the producer of Faded?

Alan Walker, born on 24 August 1997, in England, is a disc jockey and music producer who began his career in 2012 by opening a YouTube channel under the pseudonym DJ Walkzz. Relatively unknown at the time, it wasn’t until August 2014 that he released a track simply titled “Fade,” which turned out to be an instrumental version of the future hit “Faded.” A few months later, in November 2014, “Fade” was released on the label “NoCopyrightSounds,” or NCS, which specialises in copyright-free electronic music.

After producing several other tracks with this label, DJ Alan Walker signed a contract with Sony and released a version called “Faded,” this time with lyrics, in December 2015. This version was a huge success, particularly in Europe. Since that breakthrough, Alan Walker has released new singles every year, collaborating with artists like Gavin James, Farruko, and Ava Max.

Who is the female singer on the song “Faded”?

The female voice on Alan Walker’s “Faded” is Iselin Solheim, a Norwegian singer born on 20 June 1990. She became interested in music, particularly singing, at a young age, participating in 2007 in a talent show called “Pop Idol” in Norway, which is similar to “American Idol” in the United States. She ranked in the top 40 and then, in 2010, pursued music studies in Liverpool, England.

Returning to Norway in 2012, she released several singles that were successful in her country before being contacted by Sony to sing the lyrics to “Faded” to music by Alan Walker, although her name was not credited. Since then, Iselin Solheim has continued to release singles and has also co-written songs for various artists in the Baltic States and Eastern Europe.

It should also be noted that Alan Walker has performed live concerts with other singers such as Tove Styrke and Torine.

The essential equipment for playing “Faded” well on the tongue drum

With all the sheet music you now have, you have everything you need to play the melody of “Faded” perfectly on this captivating and relaxing instrument that is the tongue drum. Since this song is fairly complex, you’ll need a bit of time, patience, and practice to get the result you’re after. Still, the payoff is worth it. Having reached No. 1 in France for several weeks, this track is sure to be appreciated by your audience.

However, the large number of notes required for the melody of “Faded” means you’ll need a tongue drum with 15 or more notes. If your instrument doesn’t have that many, you won’t be able to play this song properly. That’s why the Instruments du Monde store offers a 15-note tongue drum made from a steel-and-titanium alloy. This model gives you both the wide note range you need and the durability to make it a smart long-term investment.

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Set off on a journey to an enchanting, dreamlike world by playing on your tongue drum the sheet music for “Carrying You” from the film “The Castle in the Sky”. One of the Japanese classics by Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli. Don’t like this music? In that case, take a look at one of our other tongue drum scores.