jig · Key of D

Whistle and I'll Wait For You

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Irish tenor banjo tab

Sheet Music for "Whistle and I'll Wait For You"Whistle and I'll Wait For You5025205420005025204025552052552552553205255257300205255255107553Book: O'Neill's 391Notes:"With spirit."Segno above first and last bar lines.H is a fermata."collected by J. O'Neill"

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X: 391
T:Whistle and I'll Wait For You
M:6/8
L:1/8
B:O'Neill's 391
N:"With spirit."
N:Segno above first and last bar lines.
N:H is a fermata.
N:"collected by J. O'Neill"
K:D
(d/2e/2) \
| f>dB A>GF | E>ee e2d/2e/2 | f>dB AFA | B>dd d2 :|
| (f/2e/2) \
| d>fa d>fa | d>fa a>(gf/2e/2) | d>fa d>fa \
| bge e2(f/2e/2) | dfa dfa | dd'b Ha2(a/2g/2) |]
FAQ

Questions about Whistle and I'll Wait For You

  • Whistle and I'll Wait For You is in D, in 6/8 time. The D major scale gives you every note it uses.

  • Moderate. 95% of the notes fall in first position, between the open string and the fifth fret, and the highest fret used is 10.

  • It is a jig, written in 6/8.

  • Yes. Copy the ABC below into the ABC transposer, move the transpose control by semitone, and the notation and tab are redrawn together in the new key. Handy if a singer wants it lower or the tune sits awkwardly on the neck.

  • Yes. Tenor banjo, mandolin and octave mandola are all tuned GDAE, so the tab above is identical for all three. A bouzouki tuned GDAD needs the top string adjusting, which the converter handles.

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