I guess the subject says it all! Anyway, thanks in advance.
P.S. I changed the subject - sorry about the one I had first.
Peace,
Sara
“If everyone demanded peace as much as they do another TV set, then there’d be peace.” - John Lennon
[ This Message was edited by: Sara on 2002-02-16 11:01 ]
Lunasa use low F whistles a lot, I think for instance on their track “Miller of Drohan” on the Otherworld CD. Other whistletracks of theirs are probably in low F, too. Leo McCann plays a Low F on his CD “If Anyone Can.” Then there is stuff done on Bb whistles or flutes that can be played on a Low F, for instance, Ass in the Graveyard by the Tannahill Weavers (mermaid’s song) or Dobbin’s Flowery Vale by Frankie Kennedy (Altan Harvest Storm). I’d have to look to find more.
Why do you look for this stuff?
Thanks, I’ll check those out. I’m looking for this stuff so I can play my F whistle with some of the songs. All the pennywhistle songs I have right now, I can’t play along with on my F whistle - so, I thought if I could find a C.D. with the F whistle and I could perhaps learn the tunes by ear, I’d be able to play along with it. I could have made that explanation way shorter, couldn’t I have?
Peace be with you,
Sara
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Mary Bergin uses a Generation (high)F on her recordings (just a few tracks). Sounds real good when she plays it.
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Sara,
Just thought I’d mention another method of getting your tunes in F in the hope that someone knows of inexpensive software that will do it. It is possible to copy tracks from a CD into the computer and transpose them into any key without changing their timing. I have done just that with many of Mary Bergin’s tunes changing the tunes played on the Bb, C, Eb, and F whistles to D! It also helps to have software to slow the tunes down if you hope to keep up with her! I have a program called Sound Forge that does all of this but would be way to expensive to buy just for this purpose. I mostly wanted to let you know that it is possible. There are 4 tracks on Feadoga Stain 1 in F already which you can use as is but again you’ll probably want to use one of the inexpensive programs to slow them down. Finally, have you thought about doing this with a D whistle! It will make life much simpler!
Best wishes, Tom
Yep,
Mike McGoldrick, Brian Finnegan, Cormac Breatnach and Rory Campbell all play lots of low F
Tom_Gaul,
I’ll look for those. Having the tune slowed down could really help me. Speaking of software - is there any computer software which will give the sheet music to songs? Like, if I put in a C.D. it would make the sheet music to it?
Later…
Sara
I believe Kevin Crawford (?) plays a Grinter Low F with Lunasa.
On 2002-02-16 19:59, Tom_Gaul wrote:
Sara,Just thought I’d mention another method of getting your tunes in F in the hope that someone knows of inexpensive software that will do it.
I’ve never used this, but it’s fairly cheap:
http://www.ronimusic.com/slspcdtr.htm
Looks like it works on Windows and Mac.
Speaking of software - is there any computer software which will give the sheet music to songs? Like, if I put in a C.D. it would make the sheet music to it?
One day Sara such software will probably exist. But in the meantime you have even more marvellous software at your disposal - it’s between your ears. 
By saying this I’m not just trying to be a smartarse (not this time anyway). I think you would gain a lot from bypassing the sheet music and learning to play by ear.
It takes a little time - like learning a language - but once you’ve trained your “inner software” you’ll be amazed at how quickly you can learn a tune. You can take it anywhere, without needing a computer. And the more you train it to do, the more it is capable of doing.
Steve
Hi Sara,
I have to agree with Steve, first, that there is no software (that I know of) to turn CD tracks into sheet music. The second is the need to train your ears to be able to pick up tunes and not be totally dependent on sheet music. My own feeling is that writing the music out yourself after you have learned it by ear can be a helpful memory aid especially if you don’t play the tune for a while. But it is most important to hear traditional music and learn it with your ears! The traditional part of the music is probably what gets lost in a printout! Many people find it helpful to learn tunes by ear from CDs if they can slow them down a bit and there are many inexpensive programs to do this. Finally, once you are familiar with the traditional style of playing, there is nothing wrong with using books like “Ireland’s Best Tin Whistle Tunes.” Just remember that the music is just a memory aid for the tunes and the music needs to be brought back to life!
Now people on the board often post ABC files in order to exchange tunes and there is free or inexpensive software to print these out as sheet music. JC’s ABC tune finder is also a source of printable music, both ABC and midi files. I use an inexpensive program called “Melody Assistant” to read these files and print out the music. It is also a music notation program that lets you create sheet music from the songs you have learned by ear.
Sorry Steve! I just can’t stop talking about software! I confess it was how I made my living and I just can’t seem to let go!
Best wishes, Tom
Edit: Just noticed I talked about the slow down software in both postings. Now you see why I like to make sheet music of tunes after I learn them by ear! My memory isn’t worth a damn!
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Hey Sara ~ I have the RONI Slow Speed CD Tanscriber which you can not only slow the music down but change to another key. They have upgraded since I bought mine…not just sure how. Melody Composer will put out sheet music for you. I don’t quite understand how it works but Neil Dickey does, He has done some sheetmusic for me.
BTW…OT here…but are you going to the NTIF? Gm
StevieJ and Tom_Gaul,
You guys are right, it would be better if I tried to learn the songs by ear, instead of relying on sheet music.
Grannymouse,
Thanks for telling about RONI and Melody Composer. I still haven’t found out for sure whether I’m going. I hope I can, are the tickets still available? I have a question about the NTIF - is there going to be anything where people can get up and play a song or two on the whistle? It would be wizard if there was, I could work on a song and perfect it and perhaps play it there.
Sara
“Hey Jude, don’t make it bad, take a sad song, and make it better.” - Beatles