Digital Tradition Mirror

This notation is pretty simple; dark circles mean covered holes; empty circles mean uncovered holes; a '+' below means to blow harder to get the upper octave; a '#' below means this note is too low for the whistle chosen and you'll have to fake it :) The author of this program always plays accidentals by closing holes, so you'll never see half-covered holes.

When I was starting, I found notation like this to be very helpful, and I know plenty of people who have trouble reading music who find this notation easier. Good luck!

Abstract Intellectual Thought

(C whistle)

(This score available as ABC, SongWright, PostScript, PNG, or PMW, or a MIDI file)
(Choose a whistle key: A B C D E F G Ab Bb Cb Db Eb Fb Gb A# B# C# D# E# F# G#)
Dulcimer tab for this song is also available

Abstract Intellectual Thought

    Now Marx and Engels always taught
    That undue concentration
    On abstract intellectual thought
    Without its application
    Is very bad, and always is
    A source of great confusion,
    And only helps the bourgeoisie,
    And not the Revolution.

    So that is why we always try
    To keep a close relation
    Between the statement of the line
    And its practical application.

from the Australian CP,
From Ruthie Gorton of L.A., in Vancouver, 1975.
MS

Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!