As Relates to the Tin, Penny, or Irish Whistle: A Convenient Conversion of Sheet Music to Tabs or Tablature

[Mary Diamond]

As I slowly pick my way along, learning the Tin Whistle, I have recently come across an invaluable aid. Not a musician myself, I do not know how to read sheet music, and have struggled with picking through a tune to write the tabs. Lo and behold, I have come across a lovely resource for Irish traditional (or “trad”, for those in the know) music - at https://thesession.org. A free resource, you can search for tunes, view sheet music and ABC notation, and hear the tune as well.

 

But how to make this resource even more helpful? By converting the ABC notation to tabs, of course! Once you have copied your ABC notation, you can then open https://tinwhistletabscreator.vercel.app, paste in the notation, add a title, et Voila! Beautiful tablature (tabs) notation for your convenience.

 

I must thank Inside Irish Music for the video that sent me down this amazingly productive rabbit hole -

 

[michaelsbagley]

That Irish music channel is great! I've watched a few of their vidz now, and enjoyed them all.

But I'm not gonna lie, learning to read sheet music... was a HUGE positive step in my learning to play music. Yes, one can play music without ever having to know how to read sheet usic (playing by ear or by tablature etc.).... But as someone who dabbled in music here and there since I was a teenager, starting to buckle down and dedicate to learning to read sheet music in my late 40s was huge in advancing my skills at playing music.

Yeah reading music is not easy for everyone to learn, but it is worth the effort and time if you can work up the dedication to doing it.

[Halfpint]

Thank you Mary for the info 😃

I've been trying to learn the penny whistle as well, and I'm sure that resource be a great help! 😊