The Beatles?

parkerglynnadey · Post by **parkerglynnadey** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:02 am

Does anyone here play melodies from the Beatles on pennywhistle? Are there any site with sheet music, etc. for songs like Something, Yellow Submarine, Blackbird, that I could download online for free? I have the shee music to Pennylane and Something in one of my ukulele books, but I'm looking for a more thorough treatment of Beatles awesomeness.

emtor · Post by **emtor** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:11 am

Those old Beatles tunes are lovely, but personally I only stick to Irish traditional with the whistle. However, there is one tune that Paul McCartney wrote for the Wings named "Mull of Kintyre" that is typically Irish/Scottish and would suit the whistle perfectly.
Regarding sheet music,-you could look here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/The-BEATLES-Sheet-M ... dZViewItem

Joseph E. Smith · Post by **Joseph E. Smith** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:06 am

Yes, there are tons and tons of books of The Beatles music available and if you read standard notation, I think you'll find that most of their tunes are quite suitable for whistle... like Norwiegan Wood, for example.

candis bowen · Post by **candis bowen** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 7:06 am

If you go to Google Images & search song names, artists, etc., often sheet music will be available to print. I've gotten several Beatles tunes that way.

Daniel_Bingamon · Post by **Daniel_Bingamon** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:53 am

There was a fiddle group that did Beatles music, they called the Album "Picking on the Beatles".

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:01 am

When I am 64 (rolls)

I will

Yesterday golly there must be lots of lovely Beatles tunes one can
play.

Innocent Bystander · Post by **Innocent Bystander** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 3:03 pm

There's a lovely flute solo on "You've got to hide your love away". Just a riff, really, but it's enough to make you want to play the whole thing.

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » Tue Dec 26, 2006 11:58 pm

I'll admit to playing some Beatles music on whistles. They wrote some great tunes.

A-Musing · Post by **A-Musing** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 11:49 am

At the core of my love affair with music are the tunes and songs that have come from the British Isles. Both antique and current. Lennon and McCartney came up with some beauties! I love to low whistle such as "And I Love Her," "Eleanor Rigby," "Norwegian Wood," and "Yesterday." Melody! What pleasure! Those boys went A-Musing, for sure! Life was such an easy game to play...

Tom Dowling · Post by **Tom Dowling** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:51 pm

There is an interesting Bluegrass version of "Things We Said Today" by a group called Grassmasters that I have been working on a bit. I believe it works reasonably well with a low G whistle--at least the first two parts. That 'bridge' part in the middle ("Me, I'm just a lucky guy, love to hear you say....etc.) has got be stumped. I'm betting--given my ongoing lack of musical sophistication--that it is due to the much dreaded change of key.

I downloaded the tune from I-tunes for the traditional $0.97 and fool around with it from time to time--when I'm neglecting the rolls, etc. I should be working on. Any thoughts on the pesky middle part would be most welcome. The name of the album is Beatles Grass.

As the Beatles might have said, "All you need is whistles."

Tom D.

vomitbunny · Post by **vomitbunny** » Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:48 pm

Didn't they write some celtic tunes?
Celter Skelter?
Sgt. Paddy's Drunken Hearts Band?