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    4. I'll Bid My Heart Be Still

    I'll Bid My Heart Be Still

    Intermediate
    Slow AirCeltic
    D whistle No whistle yet?·
    126
    ·Arranged byOOrki The Whistler
    Play along Practice
    c
    b
    a
    g
    e
    d
    e
    g
    c
    +d
    +e
    c
    +d
    +e
    a
    c
    +d
    +e
    c
    c
    +d
    c
    c
    b
    a
    g
    c
    c
    b
    a
    g
    e
    d
    d
    e
    g
    a
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    About this tune

    I’ll Bid My Heart Be Still is an old Scottish Borders air with words by Thomas Pringle, a quiet, mournful melody beloved of flute and whistle players. It needs the C natural cross-fingering throughout, but its slow pace gives you time to place each note.

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

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