{"id":5848,"date":"2019-12-09T15:34:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T20:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=5848"},"modified":"2020-08-29T18:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T22:17:23","slug":"carols-notated-in-suit-code","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/shop\/product\/carols-notated-in-suit-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Carols Notated in Suit Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This collection of Christmas carols, arranged for tin whistle in D or standard Irish flute, is a supplement to Grey Larsen&#8217;s book, <a href=\"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/shop\/product\/easy-christmas-favorites-for-tin-whistle-or-irish-flute-physical-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Easy Christmas Favorites for Tin Whistle or Irish Flute.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>The carols in that book are\u00a0presented in standard music notation as well as tablature notation.\u00a0This eBook provides that same music notated in <a href=\"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/FreeDownloads\/Suit_Code_Explanation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suit Code<\/a>, a graphic fingering shorthand, as\u00a0well as in standard music notation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/FreeDownloads\/Suit_Code_Explanation.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Suit Code<\/a>\u00a0is a graphic shorthand which\u00a0uses the four suit symbols in the deck of playing cards, plus an open circle, to represent the five fingering patterns used for the primary notes of the tin whistle (also known as a pennywhistle) and keyless Irish flute. This notation system is particularly useful for those who are not fluent in reading music notation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the recordings that come with this eBook, Cindy Kallet plays guitar accompaniment while Grey Larsen plays a <a href=\"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/shop\/product-category\/pennywhistles\/carbony-pennywhistles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Session Whistle in D from Carbony Celtic Winds<\/a>\u00a0or an Irish flute. <strong>The chords you hear on the recordings are shown in the music notation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The audio recordings that come with this eBook are identical to those that come with <a href=\"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/shop\/product\/easy-christmas-favorites-for-tin-whistle-or-irish-flute-physical-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Easy Christmas Favorites for Tin Whistle or Irish Flute.\u00a0<\/a>(If you already have that book, you might decide to not download the audio that comes with this eBook.)<\/p>\n<p>Here you may listen to six examples of the audio included with this eBook:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href='https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/media\/lib\/samples\/easyxmasfavorites\/Bring-a-Torch-Whistle.mp3' class='klaudio'>Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella &#8211; tin whistle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/media\/lib\/samples\/easyxmasfavorites\/First-Noel-Flute.mp3' class='klaudio'>The First Noel &#8211; Irish flute<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/media\/lib\/samples\/easyxmasfavorites\/We-Three-Kings-Whistle-Duet.mp3' class='klaudio'>We Three Kings &#8211; tin whistle duet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/media\/lib\/samples\/easyxmasfavorites\/Ding-Dong-Flute-Duet.mp3' class='klaudio'>Ding Dong Merrily on High &#8211; Irish flute duet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/media\/lib\/samples\/easyxmasfavorites\/God-Rest-Ye-Whistle.mp3' class='klaudio'>God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen &#8211; tin whistle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href='https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/media\/lib\/samples\/easyxmasfavorites\/Silent-Night-Flute.mp3' class='klaudio'>Silent Night &#8211; Irish flute<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The sheet music component is a 45-page PDF file.<\/p>\n<p>You might also enjoy some\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greylarsen.com\/xef\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">free downloads<\/a>\u00a0related to <a href=\"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/shop\/product\/easy-christmas-favorites-for-tin-whistle-or-irish-flute-physical-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Easy Christmas Favorites for Tin Whistle or Irish Flute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>These Christmas carol arrangements are easy to play on tin whistle or Irish flute because:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They are played in the lower two octaves of the whistle and flute\u2019s range, ascending no higher than B in the second octave. 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