I’m learning the waltz Ashokan Farewell and was just wondering if anyone has some differnt ideas on how to play it on whistle.
As of now I’m just jumping up an octive when it dips down below the D note and it sounds good,any ideas on variations or harmony notes or any other thoughts would be appreciated.Thank you
I transposed it to G and play it on an A-whistle your then back to D again.
Then you only have one note that falls off the end of your whistle.
If your playing on your own just play it in G.
Here’s the tune in G (abc format)
df||g3 fed|B4 AB|c3 BAG|E2 G3
E|D2 G2 B2|d2 g2 b2|b3 c’ b2|a4
df|g3 f ed|B4 AB|c3 B AG|E2 G3
E|D2 G2 B2|d2 g2 b2|d2 f2 a2|g4
Bc|d3 B G2|g4 d2|e3 f g2|d B3
A2|B3 A G2|E4 C2|D6|d4
BA|G2 B2 d2|=f6|e3 f g2|d2 B2
That’s what I do. . .play on the A. . .mournfulish sound that people really seem to like. I have to say this is the one tune I’ll play comfortably in front of people, miked even. Crowd pleaser.
I made an arrangement of Ashokan Farewell for a C whistle not too long ago…
If you’d like, I could post it on another site and you could print it off…? However, it’s in the Finale NotePad format, so you’d need Finale or NotePad to open it…
On a D whistleI play d’f#‘g’ as the opening three notes of Ashokan Farewell and have no trouble rendering the tune as it is played on Ken Burns’ Civil War TV documentary. The lowest note, a few bars from the end of the second part, will be D.
If your whistle can’t manage 3rd octave to at least a’, or if the 3rd octave is not in tune with the 2nd, you should get another whistle!
Mal
If you are playing with others, a low G would work.
It would be in A.
-Ross
[ This Message was edited by: rossmpfc13 on 2003-01-05 21:51 ]