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!
![[GIF Score]](/wscores/HIRAMHUB-E.gif)
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Dulcimer tab
for this song is also available
Hiram Hubbard Come gather round me children and a story I will tell Come gather round me children and a story I will tell Concerning poor Hiram Hubbard, and how he came and fell While traveling through this country in sorrow and distress (2x) The rebels overhauled him, and in chains they bound him fast They whopped him up the mountain and they whopped him up the hill To that place of execution where he begged to write his will Farewell kind friends and neighbors, likewise my wife and child I never hurt nobody, but now I'm bound to die Well they bound the chains around him and they tied him to a tree Eleven balls went through him and then he sank away Hiram Hubbard was not guilty, I've heard great many say He was not in this country, he was ninety miles away DT #367 Laws A20 recorded by Joe Hickerson SOF
Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!
