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About this tune

Good King Wenceslas sets John Mason Neale's 1853 words, about the Bohemian duke who goes out in the snow on the Feast of Stephen, to “Tempus adest floridum”, a spring carol printed in the 1582 collection Piae Cantiones. The tab is in G major and stays between low D and high D, moving in steady even notes, which makes it one of the easiest carols here to play in time. There are only three C naturals, all in the last two lines, and the tune ends on a long low G, so save enough breath for that final note.

Whistle

D, the standard tin whistle

Range

D to high D

Length

53 notes

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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 G major 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 D
Length: 53 notes

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