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About this tune

O Little Town of Bethlehem was written in 1868 at Holy Trinity Church in Philadelphia: the rector Phillips Brooks wrote the words after a visit to the Holy Land, and the organist Lewis Redner composed the tune “St. Louis” for the Sunday school. This is that American tune (British churches usually sing “Forest Green”), in G major from low D to high E. It is the most chromatic carol in the set, with two A sharps, played with the first, third, fourth and fifth holes covered, plus a few C naturals, so take the opening bar slowly until the A sharp to B step is clean.

Whistle

D, the standard tin whistle

Range

D to high E

Length

57 notes

O Little Town of Bethlehem

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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.

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This tune uses A♯, a note outside the D whistle’s scale that you half-hole or cross-finger, and how well it sits in tune varies from whistle to whistle.

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About this tune

Whistle: D, the standard tin whistle
Range: D to high E
Length: 57 notes

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