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    1. Home
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    3. Slow Air
    4. Castles in the Air – Sam Fawcett

    Castles in the Air – Sam Fawcett

    Advanced
    Slow Air
    D whistle No whistle yet?·
    326
    ·Arranged byRRobert
    Practice
    d
    g
    f#
    g
    b
    d
    d
    g
    f#
    g
    a
    b
    c
    b
    c
    +e
    +d
    b
    g
    c
    b
    a
    g
    e
    d
    g
    f#
    g
    b
    d
    d
    g
    f#
    g
    a
    b
    c
    b
    c
    +e
    +d
    b
    g
    a
    b
    g
    a
    f#
    g
    +d
    +e
    +e
    +d
    +d
    c
    c
    b
    c
    b
    c
    +e
    +d
    b
    g
    c
    b
    a
    g
    e
    d
    d
    g
    f#
    g
    b
    d
    d
    g
    f#
    g
    a
    b
    c
    b
    c
    +e
    +d
    b
    g
    a
    b
    g
    a
    f#
    g
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    Tip for this tune

    Slow airs like this one sound lovely on a low D whistle, and because it uses the same fingering, this tab plays as written, an octave lower.

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    About this tune

    "Castles in the Air" collected by Peter Kennedy from Sam Fawcett in Baldersdale, North Riding of Yorkshire, 1953.

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

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    OTOrki The WhistlerCommentJul 4, 2026
    Amazing thank you so much for adding this one! love it.

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