What non ITM tunes do you play on the whistle?

fancypiper · Post by **fancypiper** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:31 am

I know quite a few old time tunes I play (probably some from the prev. post, but know few of their names (as usual)

A few I can remember names for:

Soldiers Joy
Over the Waterfall
Angelina Baker
Golden Slippers
Faded Love
Fisherman's Hornpipe
Whiskey a'fore Breakfast

Plus, I can play quite a few hymns with a little bit of practice.

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:33 am

Wabash Cannonball
Theme from Dallas
La Bamba
hymns (most any that isn't over-complicated)

jbarter · Post by **jbarter** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:37 am

Tons of stuff.

Arrival by Abba
Anything from musicals
Beatles songs
Lots of Buddy Holly songs.

I paticularly like the ones where my sons are happy to join in. The theme from Wallace and Gromit's The Wrong Trousers is a great favourite. They also like stuff that one person can play on two whistles at once, so I've taught them to play Da Doo Ron Ron and they've taught me one that starts with the lyric 'My friend's got a girlfriend and he hates that bitch'.

BrassBlower · Post by **BrassBlower** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 10:57 am

Thanks for all the suggestions! I'll start on them right away!

jbarter wrote: Arrival by Abba

Nice choice! Very Celtic-sounding. I'd like to hear it played on u-pipes.

While you're at it, try out some of their tunes (e.g. "Move On") that actually DO contain a whistle!

Will O'B · Post by **Will O'B** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:00 am

Some interesting responses. Thanks everybody! I also enjoy playing hymns, Christmas carols, Beatles and Scotish tunes. Some of Simon & Garfunkle's music sounds good on the whistle, also. Now I just need to get my hands on some sheet music for some of your suggestions. It's relaxing to have something else to fall back upon when working on a particular reel or jig gets frustrating.

When I was in Dingle over the summer there was a woman who looked a lot like present day Joanie Mitchell (only with shorter hair) playing folk songs on a Susatto D while her husband played the guitar. It was a nice sound. I might add, her singing also sounded a lot like Joanie.

Will O'Ban

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 11:51 am

jbarter wrote:'My friend's got a girlfriend and he hates that bitch'.

Ah, the immortal Offspring. Last I heard, they were getting sued by Michael Jackson
(or whoever owns the Beatles catalog now) because the chorus to that song
("Why Don't you Get a Job") sounded mysteriously similar to "Life Goes on".

I tend to stick to Irish music and improvising with some folk music, but I did find
that Sheryl Crow's recent remake of "The First Cut is the Deepest" can be played
nicely on a D whistle, and Rod Stewart's version is in C, so I can use my C whistle
for something besides Julia Delaney. I think the Cat Stevens original is in G,
so you have your pick...

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 12:15 pm

Just remembered: Nights in White Satin by Moody Blues. (I should try that on low whistle. hmmm...)
Tony

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 3:48 pm

I have been know to play a few Strathspeys and Morris Dances I will name one of each but I play more than that:

The Blue-Eyed Stranger (Morris Dance)
Cutty's Wedding (Strathspey)

Fun4Bambi · Post by **Fun4Bambi** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 4:06 pm

Whistle While You Work
Flintstones Theme song
Turkey in the Straw
Hi Ho

I like cartoony songs. They're fun.

emmline · Post by **emmline** » Fri Sep 17, 2004 6:54 pm

After seeing Phantom of the Opera this week, I will die if I don't play "The Music of the Night."

Darwin · Post by **Darwin** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 3:31 am

Thanks to franfriel's post in another thread, I ran across this on the Barnes and Noble site. It's the Chieftains' Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions: http://music.barnesandnoble.com/search/ ... 0266397129

I had to get it, just to have Gillian Welch doing Katie Dear and Julie Miller's Country Blues -- and then there're Lyle Lovett and Del McCoury.

Alison Krauss' Molly Bán seems to have the makings of a slow air. It's really different from the Dillards' Polly Vaughn.

robh · Post by **robh** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 6:55 am

I've been fooling around with the Pink Panther theme on my Howard Low D. You have to half hole the A# but the tune usually gets interesting looks.

caniadafallon · Post by **caniadafallon** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:02 am

I've just started working on Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freebird on my D. I tried working out The Entertainer, but got frustrated.

I think I'm going to follow Walden's lead and try out Wabash Cannonball, I used to play that in band on my clarinet.

FJohnSharp · Post by **FJohnSharp** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:06 am

I discovered that if you start an arpeggio on the first octave D on a D whistle you can play the first few bars of Live and Let Die. Right through the "You know you did, you know you did, you know you di-iid." part.

And I play a little tune from Les Mis, the one at the end where Jean ValJean dies. "Come with me, where pain will never find you." The part that makes me cry every time.

Someone listed Star of the County Down. I though that was an Irish tune.

JamesF · Post by **JamesF** » Sat Sep 18, 2004 8:30 am

fearfaoin wrote: Sheryl Crow's recent remake of "The First Cut is the Deepest" can be played
nicely on a D whistle

Yup!
I also like
Powerless - Nelly Furtado
Not All Me, Hand in my Pocket (Strung Out version) - Alanis Morissette
Up From Your Life, A Little More Time with You - James Taylor
Ready to Run - Dixie Chicks