Beltaine - Parcel of Rogues tabs or sheet music

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Beltaine - Parcel of Rogues tabs or sheet music

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Does anyone knows if there a sheet music for Beltaine's version of Parcel of Rogues? I really like it and wanted to play with my whistle but I can't find a sheet music anywhere and since I'm a beginner at music in general I can't just tell the notes by ear. I'm assuming the song is played with a low D whistle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUPi3xt ... l=oszooszo
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Here is a version that fits nicely on a D whistle:

http://www.folktunefinder.com/tunes/100485
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Re: Beltaine - Parcel of Rogues tabs or sheet music

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fintano wrote:Here is a version that fits nicely on a D whistle:

http://www.folktunefinder.com/tunes/100485
Yes, if you play that as written, on a mezzo/alto G whistle, it comes out in the same key as the recording the OP linked to.

And that's the whistle I would use, personally.

If you played it on a Low D whistle (which the player on the recording might be doing) it would have to be played a 4th higher.

Because the first note in the first full bar, a B in that written version, is an E in the recording.

I tried playing it on a Low D too, it's very high! Goes up to 3rd octave D (the note written as second octave A, the second note in the last line).
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