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!

Back Water Blues

(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

Back Water Blues

Well it rained five days and the sky was dark as night
Yes, it rained five days and the sky was dark as night
There's trouble in the lowlands tonight.

I got up one morning, I couldn't even get out of my door (2x)
There was enough trouble to make a poor boy wonder where to go.

I went and stood up on a high old lonesome hill (2x)
I did all I could to look down on the house where I used to live.

It thundered and lighteninged and the wind began to blow (2x)
There were thousands of poor people didn't have no place to go.

Recorded by Bessie Smith
RG

Thanks to Mudcat for the Digital Tradition!