My new whistle

Whistle
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I got a Kerry last friday!! :slight_smile: Thanks jmssmh!

I love it! It is loud, very responisve and easy to play!
(It is a Kerry Pro low D)


Nico

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Glad you got it and are enjoying it.

Joe

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I also got a Kerry Pro Low D recently…

It’s a beautiful thing :slight_smile: I am really enjoying playing it…It stops everyone dead when I play ‘The Lonesome Boatman’ at the end of our weekly sessions.

Gerry

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Because there’s really no better way than “dead” to leave a session. :slight_smile:

    -Rich
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Do you know where I would be able to get sheet music for the Lonesome Boatman??


Nico

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On 2001-08-01 10:04, NicoMoreno wrote:
Do you know where I would be able to get sheet music for the Lonesome Boatman??

I don’t Nico, but if you can’t find it, would you like me to send you the music for “The Teddybears’ Picnic”? (For we Canadians, that’s Le pique-nique des oursons en peluche, as I’m sure you know.) I find this tune very good for stopping people dead at local sessions, no matter what I play it on (although a bombarde or powerful Renaissance recorder works best).

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Well, it’s tempting, but i don’t think so!!

I have a few good songs from my mom..
Fred Penner’s sing along/play along music book:
Wnat the Cat Came back?
or maybe Bon Soir Mes Amis
or how about My Paddle’s Keen And Bright


Nico

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I have no idea Nico…I play totally by ear so I didn’t need it. I looked in a few sites that I thought might have it but to no avail. Sorry :frowning:

I guess I used the wrong term ‘stop them dead’ in my previous response…actually none of them were dead - they were just sleeping :slight_smile:

Gerry

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Hey Nico,

I found Boatman using JC’s ABC tunefinder. If ever you needed an incontrovertible argument for the superiority learning a tune by ear, this is it.

The](http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/TestGet?F=GIF&U=http://www.lesession.demon.co.uk/woodenflute.abc&X=187&T=LONESOMEBOATMAN&N=LonesomeBoatman.gif%22%3EThe) Lonesome Boatman.

Good luck making sense of this. I’d look for a recording of Finbar Furey playing it, if I were you.

To find it yourself, go to

http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/FindTune.html

And type in the name or part of the name of the tune you’re looking for.


[ This Message was edited by: StevieJ on 2001-08-01 16:04 ]

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If ever you needed an incontrovertible argument for the superiority learning a tune by ear, this is it.

:slight_smile:

Yes, not a pretty sight…

Jens

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Well, I would think that it would be even harder to learn by ear because of all the things happening!!

Nico

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Does anyone play Lonesome Boatman on an A whistle?

I was looking at the standard notation for the Lonesome Boatman. With the number of G-sharps in the tune, you might want to try it out on an A whistle, played an octave lower than written. The tune played on an A whistle wouldn’t have any half-holing. You’d have to adjust the melody for the one F# that, if you were playing and octave below written, would be below the A whistles key note.

Just an idea to throw out,

Enjoy Your Music,

Lee Marsh

[ This Message was edited by: LeeMarsh on 2001-08-03 11:40 ]

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On 2001-08-02 10:58, NicoMoreno wrote:
Well, I would think that it would be even harder to learn by ear because of all the things happening!!

Wait until you’ve heard the tune before you make up your mind. Things that are very easy to play, and imitate, can be very complex to notate.