Strike the maidan gently with the index fingertip, ring finger resting at the syahi's border, and let it ring — a rounder, mellower tone than the edge strokes. Tin is quieter and lower in overtone than Na; the touch is more placement than percussion.
Its main employment is theka: Dhin minus the bayan's Ge leaves Tin, so thekas switch to it through khali — Teentaal's "Dha Tin Tin Ta" line is the textbook case. A Tin that accidentally chokes or blares is one of the quickest tells of unfinished right-hand control.