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!
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Dulcimer tab
for this song is also available
Three Jolly Welshmen Three jolly Welshmen and jolly boys were they. They went a'hunting on St. Patrck's Day. Look a-there now! They hunted and they whooped, and the first thing they did find Was a barn in a meadow, and that they left behind. Look a-there now; One said it was a barn, and the other he said nay, One said it was a haystack with the top blown away. Look a-there now! They hunted and they whooped, and the next thing they did find Was a frog in the well, and that they left behind. Look a-there now! One said it was a frog, and the other he said nay, One said it was a jaybird with his feathers washed away, Look a-there now! They hunted and they whooped, and the next thing they did find Was a pig in the lane and that they left behind. Look a-there now! One said it was a pig, and the other he said nay, One said it was an elephant with its trunk cut away, Look a-there now! They hunted and they whooped and the next thing they did find Was a babe in the woods and that they left behind. Look a-there now! One said it was a babe, and the other he said nay, One said it was a monkey with the tail cut away. Look a-there now! They hunted and they whooped, and the next thing they did find Was the moon in the elements and that they left behind. Look a-there now! One said it was the moon, the other he said nay, One said it was a cheese with a half cut away, Look a-there now! They hunted and they whooped, and the next thing they did find Was a woman in the kitchen and that they left behind. Look a-there now! One said it was a woman, and the other he said nay, One said it was an angel with the wings cut away. Look a-there now! They hunted and they whooped, and the next thing they did find Was an owl in an ivy bush and that they left behind. Look a-there now! One said it was an owl, and the other he said nay, One said it was the Devil, and they all ran away. Look a-there now! Note: one version of a real old one: first found in sixteenth century play attributed (partially) to Shakespeare (The Two Noble Kinsmen) This version from Southern Folk Ballads, McNeill; collected From Mrs Annie Stevenson, TN, 1954 DT #315 RG
Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!
