Key signature: Dminor
Submitted on August 23rd 2001 by Zina Lee.
This tune has been added to 1139 tunebooks.
Also known as Ceilidh Funk, Drumshambo, Feet Of The Dancer, Glasgow, The Glasgow , Howling Wind, Indian Points, The Low , Night On The Titanic, Tam Lin, Tam Lin's, Tam Linn, Tam Linn's, Tam Lyn, Tam Lynn's, Tamblin, Tamlin, The Tamlin, Tamlinn, Tamlyn, Tamlyn's, Tamlynn's, Tammlin, The Titanic.
Recordings of a tune by this name:
X: 1
T: Glasgow, The
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Dmin
A,2DA, FA,DA,|B,2DB, FB,DB,|C2EC GCEC|FEDC A,DDC|
A,2DA, FA,DA,|B,2DB, FB,DB,|C2EC GCEC|FEDC A,DD2:|
|:dA~A2 FADA|dA~A2 FADA|cG~G2 EG~G2|cG~G2 cdec|
dA~A2 FADA|dA~A2 FADA,|~B,3A, B,CDE|FDEC A,DD2:|
Glasgow/Tam Lin
This is often played first in Dm a few times, then in Am a few times (many sessions feature a lot of whooping at the change, don't ask me why).
# Posted on August 23rd 2001 by Zina Lee
Changing Key
Changing from Dminor to Aminor is a bit of a cheap trick, isn't it?
On the fiddle at least, all you have to do is move everything up a string.
Still, it does sound very impressive and I can see how you could elicit some whooping noises by "lifting" the tune up like that.
# Posted on August 23rd 2001 by Jeremy
By the way, lest anyone think I'm disparaging the tune with my "cheap trick" comment... I'm not. This tunes kicks rear end! I've added this one to my tunebook.
# Posted on August 23rd 2001 by Jeremy
Transposing
How cool!
It sounds very powerful on the flute if you transpose it to Bm, and it's a good tune to practice rolls.
# Posted on August 24th 2001 by glauber
Heh
Actually, I agree with you, Jeremy -- I think it IS a bit of a cheap trick. I generally don't do the stair-stepping thing, and only play it in one or the other key. But it's a pretty simple tune to learn and sounds impressive, so it's great for a session when you're trying to keep everyone together -- changing the key up makes it sound a little more impressive, so it's great to motivate a beginner with.
But the tune itself is great. I prefer it in Aminor, actually, but that's probably because I hate my current set of strings on the low end, plus my fiddle has bad lower end response. It's also a great tune to dance to...it's one of our consistent favorites in dance class.
You'll probably not find anyone playing it in a session in Bm, glauber, although it'd be fun for a performance!
Zina
# Posted on August 24th 2001 by Zina Lee
Key
Hey, it's not my fault that whoever composed the tune didn't use the right number of sharps!
I'm doing the macho thing now and using a keyless flute. I hope to graduate to a keyed one after i learn to play rolls (in 10 or 15 years, i hope).
# Posted on August 24th 2001 by glauber
Reel to Follow Tamlin
There's a reel that works very well when you run Tam Lin into it. I don't know the title, but I've posted it as "Reel to Follow Tamlin" until someone can come up with the name...
# Posted on August 30th 2001 by JeffK627
Reel to Follow Tamlin
...actually, it's posted as "Gan Ainm", reel in d minor.
# Posted on August 31st 2001 by JeffK627
Tam Lin, another version
I don't mean to play one-upmanship here, so please don't ban me from the site, but I'd like to share the version we play here in Helena. It has a slightly more developed melody line in the B part that I like.
Also, we usually go into Julia Delaney after Tam Lin, another great D minor tune.
Will
# Posted on August 31st 2001 by Miss Lonelyhearts
Or not...
So in Montana, that B part goes something like:
|d^cdA FA D2|d^cdA FA D2|cE (3EEE cEdE|cE (3EEE cBc^c| etc.
There are lots of other variations to throw in, and we also play Tam Lin three tines through, starting at slow air pace, and then speeding it up a notch each time round.
Will
# Posted on August 31st 2001 by Miss Lonelyhearts
Great dance tune!
I love the way this tune drives. With two fiddles you can get some great harmony on the "B" part. One fiddle going high while the other runs the melody.
I have had great success putting this tune in a medley with:
Cooley's / Glasgow / The Banshee
The dancers generaly get to whooping it up when you hit Banshee.
# Posted on January 16th 2002 by flyinfiddler
Tam Lin written by Davey Arthur
In the liner notes to the "Walking Stones" CD, Ken Kolodner credits Tam Lin as "written by Davey Arthur." Does anyone know who Davey Arthur is/was? Kolodner describes the set (The Green Gates/ Tam Lin/ The Silver Spire) as "three well-known Irish session reels." (It's a great set, by the way. I love the way the fiddle soars on the B part of The Silver Spire.)
I was trying to hit a few notes as the tune whizzed past on the CD(gotta get that slow-down software sometime!), and I think they were playing Tam Lin up a whole step from how it is transcribed here. That would make it E minor, switching to B minor. (So Glauber, you aren't the only one who plays it in B minor.)
Sarah
# Posted on May 10th 2002 by x
Davey Arthur
Hello HD Sarah
I have only just caught your question. Davey Arthur was, for a long time, with the Furey Brothers but is now following a solo career. He is a singer/songwriter from Donegal, but now lives in Scotland I believe, and has written loads of tunes. Check out www.daveyarthur.com.
My former band did Tam Lin at the end of a three tune Scottish set:-
Floating to Skerry/Islay Rant/Tam Lin (Glasgow Reel ...whatever you want to call it) and by the end was travelling at a fair lick and always went down well.
# Posted on August 20th 2002 by Geoff Pollitt
The Glasgow- a tip for the Belfast session player
half a year ago I had the great and unbelievable honor to sit next to John McSherry--lord of musical perfection--during an evening session at Molly Bloom's, our local (and only) Irish Pub. You see, I live in Israel, and John McSherry was a guest artist in our annual Irish Festival, and one evening he joined us to a session. I feared to touch my tin whistle, for I was paralysed with awe. At some point I asked one of the Israeli musicians to play The Glasgow reel, as it was my favourite. But John refused, for some reason, which we couldn't understand (utterance issues, I suppose...). After some time I asked him myself to play it. I could hardly pronounce the syllables, as English is not my mother tounge, but mostly because I feared to talk to His Lordship, and was amazed by his loveliness. You know, the regular stuff. He refused again (I was not too charming then, I believe). Why? Well, He played it thousands of times with his first band, the late Tamalin, and he has a trauma! Even the tune's title- "Tam Lin"- brings back dark memories... So, if one day one of you joins this sweet mind-twisted lad, don't menbtion this tune. Though, I must say, it is a great one.
Netallica
# Posted on August 21st 2002 by Netallica
Different setting of A part
I learned this tune with, and have heard most players play, this on the A part:
A,D D/2D/2D A,DFD| B,2DB, FB,DB,|CE ~E2 CEGE| FcAF ~E2DC|...
Sounds much less repetitive that way (which helps it considerably, I think).
# Posted on May 20th 2003 by pchaffee
GPaddy O'Brian (Accordeon) gives himself credit for renaming the "Tam Lin" to The "Howling Wind" because of the sound of it..... Just having reread "great treads of the past" the Glasgow reel is mentioned as an example of a non-irish tune (Scottish). Is this tune within the established "irish repertoire" or would this tune be considered an outsider?
# Posted on October 9th 2003 by FiddleTramp
Tam Lin in Managble Key
could anyone possibly direct me to Tam Lin reel in the key of Bm. I really like the sound and pace of Tam Lin, but am worthless with transcribing.
Cheers
Simon Pratt
# Posted on December 8th 2003 by Rhymin_Simon
Guitar chords for The Tamlin
Can anyone suggest guitar chords to go with this reel? I'm referring to the Dm version posted by Zina. Is this not just the grooviest reel in the world?
# Posted on January 30th 2004 by sergeant fox
Paul was asking for some chords. I'm not an accompanyist but these might do.
Transposed into Am start works better, especially if barre chords take the F to G to Am moving up the neck (but it depends on what instrument you are playing of course).
|:Dm/// | Bb/// | C/// | Dm/C/ | Dm/// | Bb/// | C/// | C/Dm/ :|
|:Dm/// | Dm/// | C/// | C/// | Dm/// | Bb/// | C/Dm/ :|
# Posted on January 31st 2004 by len
Re: Guitar chords for The Tamlin
I have put some chords on the comments section of the first Tamlin tune that comes up on the search. I'm sure you will get better advice but at least it's a start.
# Posted on January 31st 2004 by len
Halldor, sorry, only just caught that question of yours -- yes, the Glasgow is firmly within that mythical "Irish repertoire" -- in most places.
I *have* met some players who really dislike it because they think it's repititious and a cheap trick tune, but I quite like it myself, even if I don't play it that often.
# Posted on January 31st 2004 by Zina Lee
Len - As a confirmed pedant, I take it as my responsibility to point out a minor error in your chord sequence: you appear to have missed out one bar of Dm in the B-part. I presume, what you meant was:
||:Dm/// | Bb/// | C/// | Dm/C/ | Dm/// | Bb/// | C/// | C/Dm/ :||
||:Dm/// | Dm/// | C/// | C/// | Dm/// | Dm/// | Bb/// | C/Dm/ :||
Since much of this tune is based on arpeggios, the chords are pretty much laid out for the backer. But this also makes it more difficult to find alternative chords to prevent monotony. Without getting too 'experimental', this might work as a slight variation:
||:Dm/// | Bb/// | C/// | Dm/C/ | Dm/// | Bb/// | C/// | Am/Dm/ :||
||:Dm/// | Dm/// | C/// | C/// | Dm/// | Dm/C/ | Bb/Gm/ | Am/Dm/ :||
# Posted on January 31st 2004 by OrganicPeatCreature
Re: Guitar chords for The Tamlin
I don't know any guitar chords for it...but yes, this is one of the most rockin' reels out there. It's at the top of my favourite tunes list...followed closely by Catharsis.
# Posted on January 31st 2004 by Crysania
I've just caught up with this tune after sitting it out at sessions for a while. That's a sure sign it's about to go out of fashion
. The Scottish fiddlers kind of dirl the bow on the low string for the ascending bit - do you "ITM" crowd do that also?
BTW Davey Arthur is a cracking banjo player as well as singer-songwriter. I saw him live once (in Abu Dhabi!) and he fairly ripped up the Mason's Apron.
# Posted on April 4th 2004 by Bren
Using relative majors and minors as alternative chords will give you a more interesting bassline. You can also drop in optional 7ths if you want a more jazzy feel. For example you could do something like this for the A-part:
||:Dm/// | Gm7/// | C/Am7/ | Bb/C/
And start the B-part like this:
||:Dm/// | F/// | C/// | Am7/// ....
# Posted on April 4th 2004 by Dow
WANTED: notes for glasgow reel
cud someone please send me the tin whistle notes for the glasgow reel???
# Posted on October 30th 2004 by stiofán
Nice Variation
Here's a variation that I really like:
A,DFD A,DFD
|B,DFD B,DFD|CEGE CEGE|FAGE FEDC|
A,DFD A,DFD|B,DFD B,DFD|CEGE CEGE|FDEC D3A:|
|:d^cdA FDD2|d^cdA FDD2|cEEE cEdE|cEEE A=BcA|
d^cdA FDD2|d^cdA FDD2|B,DFD CEGE|FDEC D3:|
# Posted on January 10th 2005 by meri-lawes
While flicking through a nice new tunebook I found this tune whith a completely different B- Part -quite nice actually - in A minor. Since it was difficult to play all the F natural on the tin whistle I changed it into B minor. Others had this idea earlier on, obviously... When I wanted to play that tune in A and B minor during the last session I was told, it's in D minor!
I checked the seesion.org and see this 'awful' notes for tin whistle. But it's a real challenge to transfrom and play it in three different keys. Great tune!
# Posted on January 27th 2005 by craics90
Is there a particular story to this tune? ; when it was written and why and what about.
# Posted on November 10th 2005 by ecidralla
PJA,
I found this about TamLin's history
http://www.ibiblio.org/fiddlers/TA.htm#TAM_LIN_REEL
Miki
# Posted on February 8th 2006 by nemethmik
Here is a version in Bm, for all of us Flute and Whistle players. If you play it using Bm fingerings on an F Flute or Whistle it sounds in the usual key of Dm.
X: 1
T: Tamlin
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: Reel
K: Bm
F2GF dFBF|G2BG dGBG|A2cA eAcA|dcBA FBBA|
F2GF dFBF|G2BG dGBG|A2cA eAcA|dcBA FBB2:|
|:bf~f2 dfBf|bf~f2 dfBf|ae~e2 ce~e2|ae~e2 abc'a|
bf~f2 dfBf|bf~f2 dfBF|~G3F GABc|dBcA FBB2:|
# Posted on February 13th 2006 by Why Bother?
Tune rocks
this is mt fav tune of all time along with Les Chicaneaux
# Posted on June 12th 2006 by h-coreviddle
Dark and menacing all at once.
I love this tune. I play it on a swing-tuned B/C buttonbox -- it sounds great with alto banjo! Usually segue into "Julia Delaney's."
# Posted on June 14th 2006 by WaltzingMattilda
mairijo@hotmail.com
thanks very much
# Posted on June 18th 2006 by twinkle_toes_14
Bother to read the comments and you might find what you require.
# Posted on June 18th 2006 by Dow
The Glasgow reel - Johnny Murphy
Johnny Murphy plays a version of the glasgow reel which doesn't appear to be the same as the one on this site. Does anyone know the one which he plays?
Thanks!
# Posted on September 10th 2006 by Faerie Feet
3 parts ?
Have heard this played by a scottish fiddler at a folk festrecently, with 3 separate parts.. the 2 shown in tune posting being thefirst 2.
Just wondering if the there is an "official" 3rd part, and if anyone could point me in it's general direction.
btw, have looked thru' JC's abc, tho' I may have missed it, there is only 2 parters with lifted variations.
# Posted on October 4th 2006 by philmoz
Lyrics?
There are lyrics that are sung along with his tune that I am looking for (different from the ballad Tam Lin). I heard them on Scythian's CD Aidan's orbit. They sounded neat, but I am not able to find them anywhere. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
# Posted on January 14th 2007 by synaesthete402
Getting the sound right
I came looking for Tamlinn after I heard it on Gaelic Storm's self-titled album. I'm trying for the driving rhythm of GS's fiddle on my whistle but can't seem to get it right. Any tips or hints?
# Posted on January 31st 2007 by walrus
If you need to come looking for the sheetmusic then it means you're not listening closely enough. You'll find the driving rhythm on the recording, not on this webpage.
# Posted on January 31st 2007 by Dow
You're so hard 'Dow', ease up, just because you're suffering shock having returned to Oz is no reason to be a grumpy wizard...
# Posted on January 31st 2007 by ceolachan
'walrus' your quest for 'ways' with your instrument would be better met as a 'discussion', I would guess?
# Posted on January 31st 2007 by ceolachan
Tune to go into Tam Lynn's
Out of curiosity, I've been playing around with some tunes to put in a set with Tam Lynn's, does anyone have any suggestions?
# Posted on March 10th 2007 by Bryn
At my session we play Tamlin with Catharsis, and it's the highlight of the evening.
# Posted on March 20th 2007 by Tall, Dark, and Mysterious
Thanks for the idea, I like it. I never thought of that, and I even know Catharsis.
# Posted on April 3rd 2007 by Bryn
Above was suggested the key of Bm for flute & whistle, but I like to play it in Am, using a low G whistle to make it come out in the original Dm.
The version I learned (by ear at sessions) is somewhat different from the version given here, with more leaps.
# Posted on September 16th 2007 by Richard D Cook
Yes to play it in Am on the whistle you have to half-hole a few F naturals but this is not difficult to do.
# Posted on September 16th 2007 by Richard D Cook
Tamlin (reel)
Hey just woundering if anyone could tell me what key the tamlin is in???
# Posted on December 3rd 2007 by Newport Hughes
Re: Tamlin (reel)
Any quay you want.
I like the band Tamalin from Belfast though!
# Posted on December 3rd 2007 by eurbanjo
Re: Tamlin (reel)
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/248
# Posted on December 3rd 2007 by domnull
Re: Tamlin (reel)
You can start off with a Dmin version of the tune in jig time, then over to reel time in the same key, then over to Amin (one string up), then to Bmin (one tone up). Would that do?
# Posted on December 3rd 2007 by Henk Bos
Henk - I'm not so sure about that
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/13417/comments
# Posted on December 3rd 2007 by domnull
Fiddle bowing for first couple bars of Tam Lin (The Glasgow)
This is probably one of those questions where everyone will have a different answer, but I'll ask anyway. I'm a beginning fiddler and I'm trying to learn Tam Lin (The Glasgow, Howling Wind, whatever). I am wondering if there is a "standard" way to bow the first couple of bars.
The first three bars have one quarter note and then six eighth notes each. If I bow each note separately, then the second bar is bowed the reverse of the first and third. Is this usual? Or is there a standard way to ensure that I start each of the first three bars on a downbow (i.e. which two notes do I slur together)?
Thanks in advance!
# Posted on February 14th 2008 by insomniac
Re: Fiddle bowing for first couple bars of Tam Lin (The Glasgow)
I slur the first two notes (down bow), then slur the next three (up bow), then the last two notes down - up.
# Posted on February 14th 2008 by Henk Bos
Re: Fiddle bowing for first couple bars of Tam Lin (The Glasgow)
insomniac
I'll put Tam lin on my u-tube vidios next the way I play it
anyway ,hope it good enough - it dose me for sessions in Ireland,,It will be put on Slow then Fast Then Fancy,,
jim,,,
# Posted on February 14th 2008 by FIDDLE4
FIDDLE4's version is very nice. And it sidesteps the technical
problem of bar three (in the Session's version)
See http://www.mediamax.com/fiddle4/
An Irish fiddler who's actually from Ireland - accept no substitutes
# Posted on February 27th 2008 by Hup
I'm amazed you all like this tune so much. I think its to jazzy but I suppose everyone has an opinion.
# Posted on February 27th 2008 by Walnut Box
glasgow / tam lin
what key is it best 2 play the tam lim / glasgow reel in on the piano accordian accordian.
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by accordian ace
Re: glasgow / tam lin
D min, and then change to A min after lots of shouting. It's equally easy to play in both keys.
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by mehitabel23
Re: glasgow / tam lin
thanks 4 that I no it in the key of d min so ill start transposing
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by accordian ace
Re: glasgow / tam lin
I didn't know that e.e. cummings was a member of this site.
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by dafydd
Re: glasgow / tam lin
Here's what The Fiddler's Companion has to say::
"Tamlyn.” AKA and see “The Glasgow Reel,” “The Howling Wind.” Irish, Reel. D Minor (Black): A Minor (Taylor). Standard tuning. AABB. The tune has been set in D Minor, E Minor and A Minor (for flute). Paddy O’Brien played it in D Minor. It is often heard in sessions played first in D Minor, then in A Minor for a variation. Composition credited to Dublin musician Davey Arthur (originally from Edinburgh, Scotland), "
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by Pirate-Fiddler
Re: glasgow / tam lin
whether or not e.e
cummings is a member of this site. or
not
is a matter that can discussed be
by anyone who chooses
to do so
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by mehitabel23
Re: glasgow / tam lin
tamalin, written by davey aurthur i believe??! who would have thought it!
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by S.Doherty
Re: glasgow / tam lin
Please, for the love of all that is sacred, don't play it in any key...
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by mcdevincabe
Re: glasgow / tam lin
Yeah, I hate the tune as well, and I'm *from* Glasgow.
# Posted on May 6th 2008 by Enda Vittol
Wrong
This tune is in Fmajor. F major has one flat aswell
# Posted on June 11th 2008 by jesusman
The Glasgow Reel
jesusman said, "This tune is in Fmajor..."
It looks like it's firmly in D minor to me, JM. Why are you saying F major?
# Posted on June 12th 2008 by nigelg
3 part version...
X:1
T:Tam Lin (3 Part)
M:4/4
R:Reel
K:Dmin
DE|:FEDC DEFD|B,2 DB, FB,DB,|C2 EC GCEC|FAFE FDDE|
|FEDC DEFD|B,2 DB, FB,DB,|C2 EC GCEC|FAFE FD D2:|
|:dA A/A/A FADA|dA A/A/A FADA|cG G/G/G cGcd|edeg fed^c|
|dA A/A/A FADA|dA A/A/A FADA,|B,A,B,C DCDE|FDEC D4:|
|:fd d/d/d AGFE|DEFG A=Bcd|ec c/c/c ecge|ec c/c/c agfe|
|fd d/d/d Adfa|fdAG FEDA,|B,A,B,C DCDE|FDEC D4:|
This version is played at our local sessions. Still not sure where it originated... looking into it.
# Posted on August 21st 2008 by davydd
Its in Dm
Dm is the reletive minor of F major, thats why it only has one flat
# Posted on December 20th 2008 by fiddler15
Tam lin for whistle....
Hi everyone,
I have trawled through Tam lin posts today as I am trying to find out what key whistle to play it in if it is in D minor and what the appropriate guitar chords would be? I haven't got very far, just confused, so, if anyone can help!
Thanks, Lou.
# Posted on February 14th 2009 by kilmartinlou
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
I think an F whistle would be the easiest to play it on in D Minor. Next best option might be a C whistle, but that could be a lot harder.
Trying to answer your question provoked my first ever attempt to play this grisly tune!
# Posted on February 14th 2009 by nicholas
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
thanks for that, i'll give it a shot!
# Posted on February 14th 2009 by kilmartinlou
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
Is there any reason that you wouldn't use the relative major whistle when playing in a minor key?
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by JTC111
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
Because half-holing is a pain in the.
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by Whiddler
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
I've heard it on an F whistle. Caught me entirely off guard when said whistle player led it - it's so ingrained in my consciousness as a fiddle tune that I didn't recognize it on the whistle at first.
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by Tall, Dark, and Mysterious
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
yep the F whistle. iIt's a bit tricky but not as tricky as all the half-hole stuff trying to do it on a C (which is usually great for Dm tunes)
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by pipewatcher
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
No kidding T,D, and M!
I play it in A and D minor with one whistle player that really gets the feel out of it, and it still surprises me every time.
Worst is, he doesn't pull the recorder on the A minor, and I don't think he owns an F whistle for the D minor.
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by Fanning
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
JTC111: " Is there any reason that you wouldn't use the relative major whistle when playing in a minor key?"
Whiddler: "Because half-holing is a pain in the."
JTC111 - I assume you meant relative major in the proper sense, as F major is to D minor, for example (G major to E minor etc.)
Whiddler - You might be thinking of the major starting on the same note as the minor, i.e. playing in D minor on a D whistle - that would involve a lot of half-holing.
In the case of this tune, an F whistle is the easiest option, and doesn't involve any half-holing at all (unless you play some C-sharps in the B-part - but they're not too challenging), since it is in the Aeolian mode. But it depends on the compass of the tune. The A-part of Tam Lin fits very comfortably on a C whistle, without any half-holes (if you cross finger the B-flat), but the B-part takes you up to D in the 3rd octave, which, if you .can get there at all, is very shrill.
Pipewatcher:" it's a bit tricky but not as tricky as all the half-hole stuff trying to do it on a C"
Where's all the half-holing? There are only the optional C-sharps in the B-part. The only problem on the C-whistle is the range.
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by OrganicPeatCreature
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
Yes, Ragaman, that's what I meant. I'm not a whistle player, at least not yet, but since a minor scale would have the same notes as its relative major scale (albeit the starting point would be different), it would make sense to use that whistle.
So I'd grab a C to play in Am, a G to play in Em, a D to play in Bm, etc.
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by JTC111
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
Most tunes that are supposedly in Am are not really. They are more likely to be in A dorian (with an F#). As such you would probably be better with a D whistle than a C whistle in that case.
In terms of which whistle to pick for particular keys the range is going to matter a lot. For example there are plenty of tunes in G that you would not play on a G whistle because they go below the range. On the other hand they are a piece of cake on the D whistle.
Really the simple D whistle is flexible enough to play a vast range of tunes in all the standard keys and a few non-standard keys - all I need to do now is learn to play it!!
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by No Cause For Alarm
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
Which version of 'Tam Lin' are you playing?
The 1 posted here is 2 parts & is playable on an F whistle.
There are different versions & variations. So depending on which one you are playing will effect your choice of whistle.
I learned the tune from a 4 - parter which modulates in the last 2 parts. On that version I play a C whistle (bringing some of the low notes up an octave). I tried the version posted as "The Galway" & it seems fine on my F whistle.
I'll listen to the recording I learned it from since I have not played the tune in many years.
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by Random_notes
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
another surprise ~ I just clicked on "The Galway" & see it's posted as a hornpipe. I play 'Tam Lin' as a reel.
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by Random_notes
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
I was looking to play the reel version from the tunes section on this site.....I don't have an f whistle (maybe an excuse for another whistle mmmmm.......!) i saw a guy playing on you tube on a b flat and wondered how this would work.....
Thanks for all the advice, i'll see how I go with C, D and maybe order an f?!
Lou.
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by kilmartinlou
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
Here's your easiest options...
F whistle is best..you can play it like this..
X: 1
T: Tam Lin
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmin
F2 BF dFBF|G2 BG dGBG|A2 cA eAcA|dcBA FBBA|
F2 BF dFBF|G2 BG dGBG|A2 cA eAcA|dcBA FB B2:||
bf ~f2 dfBf|Bf ~f2 dfBf|ae ~e2 ce ~e2|ae ~e2 abc'a|
bf ~f2 dfBf|Bf ~f2 dfBF|~G3 F GABc|dBcA FB B2:||
or for a c whistle
X: 1
T: Tam Lin
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Emin
B2 eB gBeB|c2 ec gcec|d2 fd adfd|gfed Beed|
B2 eB gBeB|c2 ec gcec|d2 fd adfd| gfed Be e2:||
eB ~B2 GBEB|eB ~B2 GBEB|dA ~A2 FA ~A2|dA ~A2 defd|
eB ~B2 GBEB|eB ~B2 GBEB|~c3 B cdef|gefd Be e2:||
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by conscientous objector
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
Just in case you don't know, copy and paste the abc's here http://www.concertina.net/tunes_convert.html and click submit to get the notes
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by conscientous objector
Re: Tam lin for whistle....
I had the b in the wrong octave there. Here it is for F whistle to sound in Dmin
X: 1
T: Tam Lin
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Bmin
F2 BF dFBF|G2 BG dGBG|A2 cA eAcA|dcBA FBBA|
F2 BF dFBF|G2 BG dGBG|A2 cA eAcA|dcBA FB B2:||
bf ~f2 dfBf|bf ~f2 dfBf|ae ~e2 ce ~e2|ae ~e2 abc'a|
bf ~f2 dfBf|bf ~f2 dfBF|~G3 F GABc|dBcA FB B2:||
# Posted on February 15th 2009 by conscientous objector
Love this tune since ive heard it years ago life by the fureys and Davey Arthur....
http://www.daveyarthurmusic.com/The%20Fureys%20And%20Davey%20Arthur%20-%20Tamlin.mp3
# Posted on March 4th 2009 by Kurt Franke
Help for the idiot classical violinist
I second the request for Tam Lin sheet music as played by Gaelic Storm. Yeah I should be able to pick it up from the CD. Unfortunately, I'm a professional classical violinist only recently come to fiddle jam sessions, and Iam utterly pathetic when it comes to playing anything that isn't written down in black and white with all sorts of nice little Italian guidelines.
In other words, HALP! How do I stop it from sounding dry?
# Posted on July 6th 2009 by TheWonderfulWombat
Help for the classical violinist
Listen to Liz Carroll till your ears bleed and start by playing along with her slow tunes. The only way forward is to make your ear skills catch up with your reading. No amount of sight reading skills prevent your listening skills from developing, you're as capable as anyone else.
# Posted on July 6th 2009 by conscientous objector
Help for the classical violinist
This very appropriate discussion just popped up........
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/22010/comments#comment457272
# Posted on July 6th 2009 by conscientous objector
Tamlin in A minor
X: 1
T: Tamlin
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
R: reel
K: Amin
EA~A2 EAcA|F2AF cFAF|G2BG dGBG|cBAG AGED|
EA~A2 EAcA|F2AF cFAF|G2BG dGBG|cBAG A3:||
ae~e2 ceAE|ae~e2 ceAE|gd~d2 gd~d2|gd~d2 gabg|
ae~e2 ceAe|ae~e2 cBAG|F3G ~A3B|cABG A3:||
# Posted on August 12th 2009 by laveylad
Another B part variant for the tune in Amin
I'd like to share the way I've been playing it. I don't know where that B part came from but it's a lot of fun. Play it ABAB so that the A doesn't get too repetitive.
T:Tam Lin
T:Glasgow
M:4/4
L:1/8
N:B part a variation from usual.
K:Amin
|:EA (3~AGA cA~AE|FA (3~AGA cA~AF|GB (3~BAB cBAB|1cBAG AGED:|2cBAG AGEA||
||A2 a^g ~aecA|~Aa ~a^g aecA|g2 (^fg) (^cd) (_B=B)|(^FG) (_B=B) (^cd) (^fg)|
|~a2. ^g ~aecA|~Aa ~a^g aecA|~FEFG Acde|~gedc BGAG||
# Posted on August 16th 2009 by Dave Linden