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Wexford Carol
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:20 am
by joeryan
Does anyone have a version that works nicely on a whistle?
Re: Wexford Carol
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 10:37 am
by Mr.Gumby
Will this do?
Re: Wexford Carol
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:08 am
by joeryan
That looks pretty doable. Thanks.
You just half-hole those F nats and B flats as per below -- right?
F nat: XXX XVO
B flat: XVO OOO
Re: Wexford Carol
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 11:13 am
by Mr.Gumby
Yes.
Re: Wexford Carol
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:25 pm
by benhall.1
I don't know the thing, so ... but it looks from that to be more like 6/8 than 3/4 to me ...
Re: Wexford Carol
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 4:45 pm
by Peter Duggan
Definitely 3/4, Ben.
Re: Wexford Carol
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2018 5:13 pm
by pancelticpiper
Funny, I just played that on whistle at church yesterday!
But I much prefer playing it in A rather than G.
Yes in A there's a G#, but it's a quick note in between two A's and not a note that's dwelled on. Sometimes I leave out the G# by taking a breath there.
In the key of A all the notes are under your fingers, easy to hit precisely, which is important if you're needing to have every note in tune with the musicians and singers.
BTW I play it on a C whistle so it comes out in G, the key they sing it in at our church.
I've played it both in the G position and the A position over the years, and I've come to prefer the A position, on the whistle. On keyed flute and on keyed uilleann chanter no, I prefer the G position.
I have the same thing with What Child Is This, having played it in the A position and the G position, each having it advantages and disadvantages. Once again it's easier on keyed flute or chanter.
Re: Wexford Carol
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:36 am
by benhall.1
Peter Duggan wrote:Definitely 3/4, Ben.
Oh. OK.
Re: Wexford Carol
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 8:16 am
by joeryan
Thanks, Richard. I don't have any formal musical training. To transpose the tune from G to A, do I just shift everything up by one note?
So instead of starting with EGGFG, it would be FAAGA?
If that's right, where does the G# fall?
Thanks again for the help.
Re: Wexford Carol
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2018 12:45 pm
by Peter Duggan
joeryan wrote:So instead of starting with EGGFG
DGGF#G
it would be FAAGA?
EAAG#A