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About this tune

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen is a traditional English carol printed on broadsides from around 1760, and the one a boy sings through Scrooge's keyhole in Dickens's A Christmas Carol. It is in E minor here, so on a D whistle it starts and ends on low E with only the bottom hole open, and the range never goes past high E. The C naturals in the “comfort and joy” refrain are the main fingering challenge, and the melody moves in steady steps, which makes it a good carol for building speed.

Whistle

D, the standard tin whistle

Range

D to high E

Length

67 notes

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

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This carol and 12 more as one printable PDF

Every carol on the site, tabbed for the D whistle and printed one to a page, easiest first, with a page of the fingerings they use. Free when you join the weekly email.

Tip for this tune

In E minor the Cs are C naturals, which a D whistle plays by cross-fingering (OXX OOO) or half-holing, and how cleanly that C sounds varies from whistle to whistle.

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About this tune

Whistle: D, the standard tin whistle
Range: D to high E
Length: 67 notes

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