A 4-Part Whistle Harmony Merry Christmas!

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 11:47 am

Just wanted to say Merry Christmas!

http://www.flutesite.com/samples/giblet.mp3

This is a Christmas carol that the high school choir used to sing. I know nothing about it except they called it "the Giblet" and it is obviously Baroque in style.

Normally I play this with recorders--gasp! the horror!

--but thought it would be neat with whistles. The descant and alto are a very tweaked Guinness D, the tenor and bass are a Susato Low D.

I hope you enjoy this.

Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy Holiday Season to all,

--James Peeples
http://www.flutesite.com

Sandy Jasper · Post by **Sandy Jasper** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 12:57 pm

James

Great tune! (Elf clapping wildly!!!) Now for the question on probably everyone's mind... Where can we get a copy?

Best Wishes,

Sandy

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 2:44 pm

::applauding wildly:: Bravo, James, bravo!! That was really marvelous... I love how everything melds together! Thanks for sharing...

Andrea ~*~

thewesleyan · Post by **thewesleyan** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 5:40 pm

Lovely!
Do you have a link to the sheet music (or abc file)? Of course, I'd also need some more whistlers...

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 6:04 pm

Thanks for the kind comments!

I learned this piece by ear, from a recording of the choir singing it.

If you'd like, I could write out the parts for it and post them here.

I wish I knew more info about this music, but I graduated high school in 1984 and haven't kept track of anyone who was in the choir. (I wasn't--no voice worth talking about--but I loved to hear them sing!)

I'll see if I can get some ABC's put together for this...gimme a couple of days and hopefully I'll have something to post.

Best wishes, and Merry Christmas,

--James
http://www.flutesite.com

Sandy Jasper · Post by **Sandy Jasper** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 6:10 pm

Wow James,

That would be great!

S.

mvhplank · Post by **mvhplank** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 6:19 pm

Way cool, James!

Thanks for sharing

M

Isilwen · Post by **Isilwen** » Sun Dec 15, 2002 8:37 pm

Cool tune Jim!!! Bravo!

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:17 am

Ok, folks, here ya go.

--James
http://www.flutesite.com

X: 1
T: The Giblet
S: transcribed by James Peeples
M: C
L: 1/8
K: G

|| B2GD EFGA | B2d2 c2B2 | e2e2 d2B2 | c2B2 A4 |
B2GD EFGA | B2d2 c2B2 | e2e2 d2c2 | B2A2 G4 ||

G2B2 GABc | d2B2 A2G2 | c2c2 B2G2 | A2G2 D4 |
G2B2 GABc | d2B2 A2G2 | c2c2 B2A2 | G2D2 G4 ||

d4 c2BA | G4 D4 | G2G2 B2d2 | d8 |
d4 c2AG | G4 D4 | G2G2 G2D2 | D2F2 G4 ||

G2 G4 DD | G2G2 F2G2 | cBAG D2D2 | F2G2 F4 |
G2 G4 DD | G2G2 F2G2 | cBAG D2Bc | d2c2 B4 ||

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Mack.Hoover · Post by **Mack.Hoover** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:33 am

Hi James,
Very nice!
I've been going through your website again, while listening. It's a wonderful place and an engaging diversion from making whistles...better get back to work now.
Thanks much!
Mack

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 9:53 am

Is that "The Giblet" as in the bits you pull out of a Christmas goose before cooking it, and can allegedly make into soup or stock, but which everyone actually throws away after finding them still in the fridge several weeks later?

If so, ook!

Thanks for sharing your giblets, James!

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 10:17 am

I have wondered many times through the years about the name "The Giblet."

I don't have any good answers--I only know that it is what the choir folks called it.

The words don't mention anything about a giblet at all (see below).

Best wishes,

--James
http://www.flutesite.com

Descant verse
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"Look there, the Holy Christ, the Child is sleeping
On his lowly bed of hay,
While his gentle mother there beside him
Sings a song to ease his play."

Alto verse
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"Humble shepherds on a rocky hillside
Keep watch o'er their flocks of sheep;
Radiant angles singing all God's praises
Waken them from restless sleep."

Tenor verse
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"Slowly through the desert,
Wise men travelled far,
Till they reached the stable,
Guided by a great white Star."

Bass verse
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"Jesus came to be our Savior
When He left his home with God above;
Let us worship and adore Him
For He saved us with his redeeming Love."

ysgwd · Post by **ysgwd** » Mon Dec 16, 2002 10:43 am

thanks James! Great merry go round feel to it. Sort of like the way a "gimlet" makes me feel.

Lisa

Walden · Post by **Walden** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 1:54 pm

Thanks for sharing this, Jim. It's a great carol. It sent me on a quest to try and find information on it. So far no luck. Now I'm contemplating trying to procure a copy of The New Oxford Book of Carols (not that this song is in it).

On 2002-12-16 10:53, Martin Milner wrote:
Is that "The Giblet" as in the bits you pull out of a Christmas goose before cooking it, and can allegedly make into soup or stock, but which everyone actually throws away after finding them still in the fridge several weeks later?

Grandma always made some pretty good gravy out of them at Christmastime.

JohnPalmer · Post by **JohnPalmer** » Wed Dec 18, 2002 1:01 am

For what it's worth, I don't believe that this song is from the Baroque era. It is too 4X4 (classical), where Baroque would go on and on (Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring). It is also too melodic, where Baroque would tend to outline chords, except in the late Baroque, but then it would be Bach or Handel, and it doesn't sound like them. Maybe it might be a renaissance piece. But it definately sounds English, which really never was at the top of its game, musically, compared to Italy, France, or Germany. -JP

Had to edit, because I had the wrong title of a tune. Drat!

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