An Experiment in ABC

Whistle
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I’m am going to post an ABC that I just through together by recording my whistle and using various programs to covert it to ABC. I would lieke to post it here, and see if anyone can accurately reproduce the song from ABC and the short bit of Lyrics I will provide. If you think you’ve got it right email me a recording an awenwoodwinds@rcn.com This is an experiment to see how usefull ABC is to learning tunes you’ve never heard before. If you like the song, feel free to play it whenever… A hint, it has a “sort of” hornpipe “swing” to it… I also played it in Bb, not Eb I don’t know why the ABC program changed it. Any key will do, I’m not picky.

Name: Ol’ Willow Tree

M: 2/4

L: 1/16

Q:1/4=120

K:Bb



B3-B/2c4-c/2-|c3/2B3-B/2c3-|c2- c/2B3c2d/2-|de2d e3/2f2-f/2|

g8-|g/2c’3-c’/2 b4-|bc’3/2b3g2-g/2-|g3/2f2e2-e/2 f2-|

f2 gf2e2d-|d4- d3/2B2-B/2-|B/2c6zB/2-|B2- B/2c4-c3/2-|

c/2B2-B/2c2d2e-|e/2de2f3g3/2-|g4- g3/2z2z/2|z/2c’3-c’/2 b3-b/2g/2-|

gf3/2e3f2-f/2-|fg f2 e3d-|d2- d/2e4-e3/2-|e8|

e’3d’3- d’/2c’3/2-|c’3-c’/2d’3/2c’3-|c’/2b4-b/2g/2f2-f/2-|f/2e3-e/2 f2 g3/2f/2-|

f3e f4-|f/2z2e’3d’2c’/2-|c’3/2d’3e’3d’/2-|d’d’3/2c’2-c’/2b3-|

b3-b/2c’3b3/2-|b4- b/2c3-c/2-|c3/2B3c3-c/2-|c2 B2- B/2c2d3/2|

e3/2de2f2-f/2g-|g6- gz|c’3b3- b/2c’3/2|b2 g3f3-|

f2- f/2ef2gf3/2-|f3/2e6-e/2-|e6- e3/2



Lyrics:
Come sit with me ‘nieth the ol’ willow tree
I’ll tell ya a tale as it was told ta me
The sun it rose red above the western sea
The waves did rage appon the vast shore you see… etc

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Oops had my email address down wrong… it’s fixed now. awenwoodwinds@rcn.com

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X:1
T: Ol’ Willow Tree
M:2/4
L:1/16
Q:1/4=120
K:Eb
B3-B/2c4-c/2-|c3/2B3-B/2c3-|c2- c/2B3c2d/2-|de2d e3/2f2-f/2|
g8-|g/2c’3-c’/2 b4-|bc’3/2b3g2-g/2-|g3/2f2e2-e/2 f2-|
f2 gf2e2d-|d4- d3/2B2-B/2-|B/2c6zB/2-|B2- B/2c4-c3/2-|
c/2B2-B/2c2d2e-|e/2de2f3g3/2-|g4- g3/2z2z/2|z/2c’3-c’/2 b3-b/2g/2-|
gf3/2e3f2-f/2-|fg f2 e3d-|d2- d/2e4-e3/2-|e8|
e’3d’3- d’/2c’3/2-|c’3-c’/2d’3/2c’3-|c’/2b4-b/2g/2f2-f/2-|f/2e3-e/2 f2 g3/2f/2-|
f3e f4-|f/2z2e’3d’2c’/2-|c’3/2d’3e’3d’/2-|d’d’3/2c’2-c’/2b3-|
b3-b/2c’3b3/2-|b4- b/2c3-c/2-|c3/2B3c3-c/2-|c2 B2- B/2c2d3/2|
e3/2de2f2-f/2g-|g6- gz|c’3b3- b/2c’3/2|b2 g3f3-|
f2- f/2ef2gf3/2-|f3/2e6-e/2-|e6- e3/2 ||

You have to work on your abc skills, hehe. It might do to learn about < and >. You can’t have spaces/lines between the K: field and the tune.

Copy and past here http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html to see the dots.

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I used mid2ABC to write it down… otherwise it would have taken me hours… lol

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I just tried it… that ABC to sheet isn’t even close… it’s be transcribed or something… It has the first note as a “g” and the first note in the abc is “b”

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Ok i edited my original post so the Key is set to the right Key that being Bb not Eb everything Is OAKY DOKY now :slight_smile:

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Nobody wants to give it a go? Yer all Cowards!! :laughing: Just kidding