The Community did decide that the Tune for the second Learn and Compare Beginners Challenge for the Penny Whistle is:
"Down by the Sally Gardens"

If you want, add informations, sheetmusic, examples ....and last but not least your recordings.
Have fun and learn well.

http://soundcloud.com/kmartycz/down-by-the-sally-garden
I tried some cuts.

On The star of the county down I didn't use ornamentation when I tried serious recording, just tonguing.
I did some craziness on next "crazy" recordings, but it was ... crazy and completely wrong (including wrong cut-like ornaments if I remember correctly).

I'm glad you enjoy it 🙂

I did check out this tune today for the first time (did have a look at sheetmusic)
And i noticed that it, even if its maybe an easy tune to play, its not easy for a beginner to the "dots" (sheetmusic notation) to read and play.
It contains half pointed notes (did met them before once i think) and even pointed notes (they are new to me - Hello i am the german Whistler what do you want to tell me?).

I could play this tune by tabs and ear and also by the "dots" (sheetmusic) together with a soundfile,.... but it will interupt my learning steps of the "dotsreading" (this tune is an advanced one for me in this case).

I think i will need some more time to learn it on the way i would prefere, first learn the dots then the tune but its good for me because i finaly have a reason to continue with learning to read sheetmusic (i stoped for a while and didnt touch my tutorials at all and just did practise what i already can play, its time to moove on now and this tune ia pushing me to do it 😉

Lets see when i can submitt a recording

Andreas: It's a some time when I last looked into Walton's book, but I don't remember any dotted notes :-/. I'll try to find this book and ... let will see. Actually, some notes I played differently (because I heard it so in some audio with this tune). Nevertheless, most of them I tried to play exactly as it was on CD (which was together with the book). You're better, you can read notes. I just copying what I hearing.

The only thing I know about dotted notes is, that this means that this note is prolonged by half of own length of note (length_of_dotted_note = length_of_note * 1.5).
EDIT: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dotted_note

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Quote from ggiles on September 26, 2012, 13:03
... Great flow nice pops. I better get in gear with this one! ...

He? Sorry, my english isn't ... damn, I simply don't know what you said :-).

My work in progress the A section for Down by the Sally Garden Listen on Sound Cloud

Hi guys,

I encoded this to a software for my training in Orchestration and Notation.

Here is a music sheet in PDF file
https://www.box.com/s/mjqjlfhfjyvbmiiijsyy

Here is a WAV format with Metronome (Andreas this will help you on keeping your Rhythm. I improved on the freaking click sound. Listen to the Click sound regularly. 😉 and listen to the tone altogether)
https://www.box.com/s/2hd23bd70zgpq6jrftzp

Here is without a Metro (this is to test yourself on without a Metronome, remember that the ultimate test is how you improved. No cheating)
https://www.box.com/s/m3a2xawyfjpwmid6xtdd

Sorry its a 10MB WAV file. The software does export that way.

The PDF scoresheet has V marks. Those are suggested breathmarks.

Ornamentation can not be captured by the software, sad to say.

Colored notes are parts with similar movements.

Chords are provided. So John, play and mix around... 🙂

I Hope Box.net is accessible to Shao-yang.

Note that those WAV format is computer generated. It is not me playing...hope it was ahahahh 🙂

Sorry im a little busy. I will practice this and post my recordings

Quote from Angel_Shadowsong on September 29, 2012, 15:01
Hi guys,

I encoded this to a software for my training in Orchestration and Notation.

Here is a music sheet in PDF file
https://www.box.com/s/mjqjlfhfjyvbmiiijsyy

Here is a WAV format with Metronome (Andreas this will help you on keeping your Rhythm. I improved on the freaking click sound. Listen to the Click sound regularly. 😉 and listen to the tone altogether)
https://www.box.com/s/2hd23bd70zgpq6jrftzp

Here is without a Metro (this is to test yourself on without a Metronome, remember that the ultimate test is how you improved. No cheating)
https://www.box.com/s/m3a2xawyfjpwmid6xtdd

Sorry its a 10MB WAV file. The software does export that way.

The PDF scoresheet has V marks. Those are suggested breathmarks.

Ornamentation can not be captured by the software, sad to say.

Colored notes are parts with similar movements.

Chords are provided. So John, play and mix around... 🙂

I Hope Box.net is accessible to Shao-yang.

Note that those WAV format is computer generated. It is not me playing...hope it was ahahahh 🙂

Sorry im a little busy. I will practice this and post my recordings

Thanks for all the files Angel very useful resources and great sound from your audio generator 🙂

Quote from Andreas the German Whistler on September 29, 2012, 16:08

by the way, i like your sheetmusic with the different colours, which software do you use?

for changing .wav files into .mp3 files try "Free WAV to MP3 Converter" from http://www.polaris-software.com/ its free its easy and it works well

I borrowed a laptop from a friend. Its Sibelius 7.

For MP3 conversion, o well the laptop has limited access. sorry.

Quote from Angel_Shadowsong on September 30, 2012, 03:04
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Enjoy Playing with a friend

or with yourself (2 recordings) 😉
wouldnt this be something for you?

Here is mine...sorry it took so long. it has been raining here and record quality is affected

High D Whistle
http://soundcloud.com/angel-shadowsong/sally-gardens-high-d-whistle

A Whistle
http://soundcloud.com/angel-shadowsong/sally-gardens-a-whistle

Low F Whistle
http://soundcloud.com/angel-shadowsong/sally-gardens-low-f-whistle

I love the sound in F it is quite haunting

I love to try any tune at different whistle to practice my breath control. Basically the lower the whistle the harder it is.
Try it on a Mezzo A (or Alto A)

Then try to be brave lowering it... Damn the air requirements ahahahh

And now, after posting my recording (see above), here comes my feedback to the already posted versions

First:
i didnt listen and look for mistakes, i didnt try to find out if the rhythm is correct or notes are missing or whatever, i just did listen and feel
and will write what i thought

Second:
let me repeat; i write what i feel and think right now after listening again to all recordings one after the other.
I think everybody did well, and at least much better than i thought i will be able to after a short time only.
So nothing is ment as a bad critic, but all as a constructive one.
The following is just what one "listener" think:

kmarty

Quote from kmarty on September 19, 2012, 20:20
http://soundcloud.com/kmartycz/down-by-the-sally-garden
I tried some cuts.

additional to what i wrote already (directly after yopur posting):
verry nice!
i am not a big fan of cuts but your version sound nice with them
also your whistle sounds nice and clear, which one is it?
well played anyway

Whistler

Quote from Whistler on September 26, 2012, 19:21
My work in progress the A section for Down by the Sally Garden Listen on Sound Cloud

Wow, that sounds like you (i think its a good thing the have an "own sound"), its in that catchy way you usualy play, but i think it may not fit to this tune so much.
Would like to hear the whole tune from you, maybe you even play it different now under the influence of the second part?

ggiles

Quote from ggiles on October 1, 2012, 00:43
Okay ... here is my submission for this. Just the basic bones:

http://soundcloud.com/gary-giles/sally-gardens

There is some static on the recording so I may redo it at some point but no sense in not getting something up.

Well done.
You are right, its maybe just the basic bones, i guess there would be room for interpretation and that you could play it better if you would, on the other hand, nothing is worng with "pureness" isnt it?
I relay have to listen again and compare to the other versions to find out, how much i like it .

Angel_Shadowsong

Quote from Angel_Shadowsong on October 7, 2012, 04:31
Here is mine...sorry it took so long. it has been raining here and record quality is affected

High D Whistle
http://soundcloud.com/angel-shadowsong/sally-gardens-high-d-whistle

A Whistle
http://soundcloud.com/angel-shadowsong/sally-gardens-a-whistle

Low F Whistle
http://soundcloud.com/angel-shadowsong/sally-gardens-low-f-whistle

I love the sound in F it is quite haunting

I love to try any tune at different whistle to practice my breath control. Basically the lower the whistle the harder it is.
Try it on a Mezzo A (or Alto A)

Then try to be brave lowering it... Damn the air requirements ahahahh

Angel the brave one 😉
Well played, i think your version is even purer as the one from ggiles?
Probably also very accurate, i am the wrong person to say something about accuracy as o guess i play sloppy but i guess that you look out fopr accuracy.
But i think i noticed that there is a part which you played different on each version.
That part you played best on the F whistle for my taste.
I like the sound of the A whistle most for this tune.
And i didnt like the sound of the D its "somehow squeaky" isnt it? which one is it?

Hope i didnt forget any recording?

Quote from Angel_Shadowsong on September 30, 2012, 03:04
You just might want to add or raise the difficulty.

....

Enjoy Playing with a friend

Great idea Angel!

Did you arrange that?

Why dont you play with one of us?
Wouldnt you like to take my recording of the regular part and play the second part to it and than mix it?
I would like to know how that sounds, or am i to much out of rhythmn?

its a shame with the chinese govement
anyway, i hope things are changing AND most (or oll?) of us did also upload soundlcoud or other files, i am not sure but didnt we? (just check)

your recording is very silent, ich will try it later with my new headset, maybe i can hear better than
it is very long, thats a challenge anyway, well done
and... it sounds quite advanced to me with all these ornements
normaly i am not a big fan of ornaments, maybe this change when i am more used to them, but here i like it, it doenst sound like a voice singing the song (like i like whistles) but its an own interpretation of the melody , i think thats how whistles are more suposed to sound like, as like a singing voice ...

* what do the others think?
come on guys thats why we are here, arent we? let us know what you think

* caishaoyang, what do you think about the other files? (the ones not on youtube)

* this challenges make sence when we learn new tunes
but it makes more sence when we share our thoughts about different ways, i belive

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/TLD3poMr2xs/

a video （not me），《down by the salley garden》，in 【 low D 】whistle

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/g-WkyrwD0fU/ here is 《silk road》，by whistle

http://player.ku6.com/refer/LhLPsHCY8xh536YRQMOliA../v.swf 《paint heart》

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/yunEynsp_oU/ 《sea &sky》

thank u advice，i will make my time more balance。

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/A5ztTQe5Y7Q/

here is my newest performence record，it is wonderful，and amazing！！ enjoy it！

http://youtu.be/v6foNSzXlWM

Yes I like the vocal version very well sang and performed by this Transatlantic session group 😀

Now i know why i remmeber the singer
I had to search but here is a video of the same artist BUT with an "intro" where she ...well should i say "said silly things"? lets be nice and say "she said funny things" when she tried to explain who W. B. Yeats is for example