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I'm a rather new player to the pennywhistle and, like you, I absolutely love the song that Picard plays in The Inner Light. I was wondering if anyone out there had the sheet music or chords to that song. While I'm at it, I'm also looking for the music to Greensleeves. I'm not a naturally talented musician, so I really can't listen to the song and play it by ear, so I'd appreciate the help.
Oh, and I have a C whistle. I read the thread where it is established that Stewart used a D, so I also need to know if it's even possible to play the song on my whistle.

Thanks!
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Hi, Revanche. . .the Ressikan flute tune, Inner Light, has been posted here, I think. Try doing a search and seeing what comes up.

You can play this tune on whatever whistle; you just can't necessarily play it with the TV show.

I'll look through my files to see if I can find it, though.
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Here's the first bit, working from memory so it might be a bit off:

XXXXXX
XXXXXO
XXXXXX
XXXOOO

XXXOOO
XXOOOO

OXXXXX+
XOOOOO

XXOOOO

XXXXXO+
OXXXXX+

OXXOOO (or whatever your Cnat is)
XOOOOO

XXXOOO
XXXXXO

Edit - if you;re not familiar with whistle notaion, the six letters represent the whistle holes. The top of the whistle is to the left. An X is a closed hole and a O is an open one. A + means it is in the second octave.

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hmmmmm. I'll have to try that... I know that on Sessioneer, they have a midi file of it, but I'm not sure if anyone's put down notation....
Light spills into the hidden valley,
Illuminating the falls, paths, and
The breathtaking Elvish dwelling
Set back among great trees.
Lilting strains of Elven songs fill my heart;
I am finally home.
~Isilwen Elanessë
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For Greensleeves check out The Wandering Whistler website
http://www.tinwhistler.com/music/sheet. ... eensleeves

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Post by Kim in Tulsa »

I have the sheet music and will send it to you via file once you have accepted me on ICQ.

I play it all the time on a B cane whistle and it sound beautiful (to me, anyways). You can listen to it here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mustard_s ... ssikan.wav

I recorded this snip of it when I was first learning the whistle fingerings, so it sounds a bit rough...:wink: Also, I've found that Yahoo connections sound better if you let it play through once, and then play it again.

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Post by Revanche »

Thanks for all the help guys. Time to get to practicing!
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