Blow, Ye Winds

Blow Ye Winds is an old whaling song with a robust melody.  

Get free piano sheet music for beginners, elementary, and intermediate students, plus a piano duet as well!

This is a brand-new piece in my studio - I have yet to see how kids will like it.  

The Blow Ye Winds lyrics are fun, and the music is full of energy, and that is generally a good combination.  

There were LOTS more verses I could have included, but I chose to stay away from the actual descriptions of butchering the whale (!), and the racier kind of lyrics...

This is the most difficult version of Blow, Ye Winds for the piano:

Sea shanty Blow Ye Winds sheet music

Please scroll down the page for the links to the free downloadable PDFs.


The following arrangement is ALMOST the same as the first, but a little easier, with less movement (not much).

Sea chanty Blow, Ye Winds piano sheet for early intermediate

Here's a much easier left hand, same melody:

Easy piano arrangement of Blow Ye Winds

And now here's a "note-reader" version, with just a few "helper" notes to orient kids.  

With a complicated melody like this, I find it can really help a student (who wants the harder version) to start simpler, until they KNOW the way the melody sounds.


Below is a duet arrangement - the notereader above is the Primo.  This arrangement is robust, and fun!

Duet for Blow Ye Winds, piano

Piano duet "Blow, Ye Winds" sailor song




The links for the piano solos:


Download Blow, Ye Winds hardest arrangement, free


Download early intermediate arrangement


Download easiest full melody with left hand



The links to the duet primo and secondo: 


Download notereader version of sea shanty - which is the same as the duet primo


Download duet of Blow Ye Winds, with primo and secondo parts together

Dianna:
Your website is a light in the darkness. THANK YOU for all you do in helping to spread the love of music. It matters!

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Dana Thynes

Hi, I'm Dana!  (Say that like "Anna".)  I'm the owner of Music-for-Music-Teachers.com, and a newer site, SingTheBibleStory.com.

Like some of you, I've been playing the piano since early childhood, and have added a few other instruments along the way, plus an interest in arranging and composing music.

You can find out more about me and the reason for this website at my About Me page.