I have found the sheet music for the above song but I must be doing something wrong because when I translate the notes on the page into notes on my whistle it comes out wrong. Im a pure novice so could some kind soul do me a favour and produce this tune on a sheet with which holes to cover up to make the necessary notes for me. Or if my whistle is a “D” does this mean I cant play this tune. Many thanks for your help.
Some tunes go below the D of the 1st Octave. Like Danny Boy. Some tunes, you have leave notes out , the ones that fall below ist octave D, or move the tune up a key , (ie for every note lift three fingers). Which could annoy some people.
Irish, what key is it written in? If you’re not sure, just tell us how many sharps or flats are noted at the left side of the staff. It may be that you just need this transcribed for you.
If there are NO sharps or flats (key of C) then try this: just play one note up from what you see. It’s not difficult to do once you get the hang of it. If you see a G, play an A; a D becomes an E, and so forth.
On “Sleepwalk” (key of C), in the B section of the “verses” on the original record, the guitar part goes G E G E C a(low) as the chord progresses from C to Am. On a C whistle, I modified it to just go G E G E C, which works out OK since C is the third of Am.
I say to check the chord progression in the troublesome section of your song and play one of the other notes of the chord which does not fall below your whistle’s range.
I have Sinead O’Connor doing this song on the “Gael Force” DVD (nice video, BTW). I may give it a listen this weekend and see if I can transcribe it for the whistle in an acceptable fashion without the ornamentation. If so, I’ll scan my tab sheet for it and leave it here on this Message Board.
Let us know how it works out.
C-ya,
BB
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On 2002-01-25 07:12, Irish Guy wrote:
I have found the sheet music
for the above song but I
must be doing something
wrong because when I
translate the notes on the
page into notes on my whistle
it comes out wrong. Im a pure novice …[quote]
so am I…
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?topic=1992&forum=1&19
This is a thread i started a
while back when I was
starting…funnily enough
it was the same tune that i
was interested in !!!
Try this version as it starts
up an octave …ie.by
covering the first two
wholes on your whistle and
working away from there…
from one novice to another.
Good luck
C
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