Introducing If I Was a Blackbird for Low and High D Whistles

Join me as I introduce and walk through the ballad, If I was a Blackbird. This is a hauntingly beautiful ballad for us to play on our whistles. In this video I walk through the tune, provide a portion where you can play along with me to learn the tune. I also talk about any difficulties you may experience, share some ornamentation and expression ideas, and what I could find from the history of the tune.

Select the video on the right to learn the tune with me.

Select Download to access a pdf of the music and tabs.