Help playing in a different key

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Hi,

I’d like to play along with the following song -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H44h_xPzrw8

I worked the main notes out to be -

A# C D F G

Not sure that key its in, anyone?

Anyway, I have a D tin whistle with a C hole, and the whistle is tuneable. I’ve never retuned it and I’ve never played tunes before that weren’t in D major.

How would you advice me to play this tune?

Thanks for your help,

Barry.

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The Altan setting of Dúlamán alternates between the main keys of C Major in the A part, and G minor in the B part. To play along, you should use a C whistle and play in D Major / A minor fingerings.

BTW, that video seems like a thin excuse to rip off the album track. At least this live video from the Cambridge Folk Festival seems a bit more legit. :slight_smile:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP2jca0s-04

3

The notes you list are all in the key of F, so either an F whistle or a C whistle, with oxxooo used for A# (Bb) would work.

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Thanks for your help!