Finger Chart for tin whistle

[Burly Brute]

Anybody know where I could get a finger chart for dirty old town on the tin whistle?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en3JkC2ZLC4

I can't follow it along.

[KiltShot]

Would this help? Do you intend to play by ear or sheet music?
Dirty Old Town

[Burly Brute]

Neither haha. I am trying to just look for the finger charts for a tin whistle, to see which holes to plug.

[Chirs]

There are 6 holes on the whistle; the number is how many are closed. A + means upper octave. An _ means 1/8 notes, everything else is 1/4 notes. The note before the , is usually held long. I am assuming you know the song well.

6 5 3 1, 3 2 1 3 6, 1 +6 +5, +6 1 2 2 1, +6 +5 +6 1, 3 2 1 3 6, 6 3 1 2, 2 3 5 5

This is just off the top of my head so, if anyone knows a better sounding way, let's have it.

[madmacs]

This maybe...?

http://unitedireland.tripod.com/id584.html

[OC Richard]

In my opinion you are really harming your progress by limiting yourself to tablature.

Developing your ear so that you can pick up tunes by listening to them is the traditional Irish way and I highly recommend it. (For that to work, though, you'll need whistles in several keys so as to be able to play along with various recordings.)

Though not traditional, learning to read standard music notation (staff notation) will open you to a vast amount of material.

Modern traditional Irish musicians favour what's called ABC notation. You can go to thesession.org to see how ABC works. They have many thousands of Irish tunes available online both in ABC notation and standard staff notation.

[English Bloke]

I'm inclined to agree... Master the dots. It's easier in the long run.

This might help as a starting point.

[turpin]

Agree on that too. I can just barely read the music. enough so that when the tune is in my head I can check that I am actually playing the right notes.

[Burly Brute]

Thanks all for the information, I might end up trying many different routes. I am not very musicly inclined, so learning by hearing will not do me much good. And I am not being modest, either, I am terrible! haha! However, I really appreciate the help and will update you all as soon as something happens!

Thanks friends,

BB

[KiltShot]

Developing your ear so that you can pick up tunes by listening to them is the traditional Irish way and I highly recommend it. (For that to work, though, you'll need whistles in several keys so as to be able to play along with various recordings.)

I agree with the playing by ear part. It seems to speed up the learning of an instrument that should be easy anyway. After playing a Sweetone for three months I am finding out how useful whistles in other keys will be (once I buy them). I am still transposing the melodies in my brain, so I can't play along. Most of the things I want to play are not in "D".
I have been thinking about buying a set of better whistles in Eb, D, C, Bb and low G. Any suggestions?