Does anyone know where I can find sheet music in D or G for this old hymn? It’s also called Of the Father’s Love Begotten. Quite a pretty song but I’ve only found it in Eb and currently I am without an Eb whistle. Thanks for any help.
just transpose it to whichever key you like 
plus if you play it on your D whislte like it is written it will come out in D.
Drop every note by a semitone and it will come out in D.
It doesn’t work that way unless I half hole several notes (which I could do I suppose but that’s just too much work for the likes of me )
Pardon my igonorance, but what is a semitone?
Look at a piano keyboard:
One semitone is the next key, whether it is white or black.
For example. One semitone down from E is D#. One semitone down
from D# is D. Because there is no such thing as B# or E#, one
semitone down from C is B and one down from F is E.
Etc.
[quote=fearfaoin]Look at a piano keyboard:
One semitone is the next key, whether it is white or black.[/quote]
Thanks for the explaination. I was confused because I’ve always referred to semitones as half-steps.
Let me get this straight: To transpose from on key to the next, simply move all the notes over however many semitones it takes to get to the new key. Is that correct?
I’ve been playing whistle for quite a few years, but haven’t done much with sheet music since gradeschool. Thanks to all who have posted.
figuring out how to transpose will be one of the best musical talents that you can teach yourself. being able to sight transpose to a better key for a few different instruments is my only musical gift, so i’m partial. all the rest is hard work and luck. playing by ear would beat out transposing but i got what i got.
Yes, because D is a half-step below Eb, move every note down a half-step:
Eb to D, F to E, G to F#, Ab to G, Bb to A, C to B and D to C#