Semitones

Trad Irish Music
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I have a track that I know was played on a C whistle. To play along with that track on a D whistle I need to raise the pitch by 2 semitones. What does it mean if I have to raise the pitch by 3 semitones to play on the D whistle? Is the original track on a Bb whistle?

It would be helpful if someone could list the different whistle keys with semitone differences between each.

Thanks for any help,
Don

[ This Message was edited by: dlambert on 2002-09-21 14:07 ]

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Three half steps lower than D is B, not Bb.
(D-C#; C#-Cnat’l; Cnat’l-B)

But given that you can play in several keys on each whistle, it’s hard to conclude that the original is played on a B, though it could be.

Carol