Tin Whistle for Beginners - Volume 1

Tin Whistle for Beginners - Volume 1
Author: Stephen Ducke
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-01-19
Genre: Folk songs, English
ISBN: 9781519656933

Book with FREE AUDIO DOWNLOAD (180 tracks - each song played slowly, and faster with ornamentation) A great collection of Celtic music arranged for easy tin whistle. Sheet music and whistle tablatures for 90 well-loved Irish and Scottish songs, chosen for beginners. Download link inside.

The Low Whistle Book

The Low Whistle Book
Author: Steafan Hannigan
Publisher: Soar Valley Music
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2000-12-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780952530510

A low whistle is a tinwhistle or pennywhistle with a six-finger note below B-flat. Focusing on the low D whistle but applicable to all low whistles, this book and CD set offers everything one needs to know about how to play the low whistle, including ornamentation, history, and fantastic tunes. This book can be used by people that have never played the whistle before. The tutor section covers the basics and moves on to explain Irish decorations in detail. Even if you already play the standard-size tin whistle, you will find many parts of this book useful in terms of technique. The tunes section contains many unusual pieces which have been researched and collected from many sources. These highlight the characteristic sound of the low whistle and range in difficulty from easy to show off! The enclosed free tutor CD contains 79 tracks, covering approximately the first half of the book.

The Tin Whistle Book

The Tin Whistle Book
Author: Tom Maguire
Publisher: Music Sales
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-06
Genre: Folk music
ISBN: 9780946005253

(Music Sales America). This step-by-step instruction book explains everything required to master the basics of tin whistle playing. This easy, straightforward approach to playing the penny whistle has countless diagrams and symbols and comes complete with a wide selection of simple tunes and traditional songs from around the globe. Contents: A Bunch of Thyme * A Donegal Mazurka * An Buachaill Caol Dubh * Andersons * Blind Mary * Come Back Paddy Reilly * Going to the Well for Water * Im Bim Babaro * Kathleen Hehir * Munster Buttermilk * Pilib an Cheoil * Saratoga Hornpipe * Still I Love Him * Sweeney's Dream * The Bag of Spuds * The Bantry Girls' Lament * The Blacksmith's Reel * The Boy in the Boat * The Boy in the Gap * The Cliffs of Dooneen * The Derry Air * The Old Shandy Bohereen * The Poor Irish Boy * The Star of the County Down * The Three Sea Captains * The Versevienna * The Wet December.

The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox

The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox
Author: Grey Larsen
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2011-03-11
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1610657284

All the tools the beginner, novice, and intermediate tin whistle player needs in order to progress to a high level of competence in Irish music. Includes an Orientation to Traditional Irish Music, which puts the music in context, with information on scales and modes, dance tune types, the historical roots of whistle playing, and advice for learning by ear. the book is full of thorough instruction, exercises, and musical examples: from holding, fingering, breathing, and blowing, on up to advanced ornamentation, phrasing, and variations. Features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes beyond any previous method. Also includes history and theory of traditional Irish tin whistle music. for those who don't read music, almost all the exercises and examples appear on the companion CD.

The Tin Whistle Tune Book

The Tin Whistle Tune Book
Author: William E. White
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
Total Pages: 32
Release: 1980
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780879350512

The airs in this collection are appropriate for playing on the tin whistle or penny whistle, fife, flute, or violin. They are typical of those enjoyed during the last quarter of the eighteenth century.

How to Play the Penny Whistle

How to Play the Penny Whistle
Author: Gina Landor
Publisher: Omnibus Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2005-07
Genre: Penny whistle
ISBN: 9780711943636

A step-by-step method which assumes no previous knowledge of the penny whistle or of music.

Tin Whistle for Beginners - Volume 2

Tin Whistle for Beginners - Volume 2
Author: Stephen Ducke
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2018-11-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9781728882291

Irish Tunes - Carolan Tunes - Celtic Christmas Songs Book with FREE AUDIO DOWNLOAD (180 tracks - each song played slowly, and faster with ornamentation) A great collection of Celtic music arranged for easy tin whistle. Sheet music and whistle tablatures for 90 well-loved Irish and Celtic songs, chosen for beginners. Download link inside. Songs and tunes with tablatures for Tin Whistle The songs in this volume have been arranged for the tin whistle, specifically with beginners in mind. Some tunes are very easy, while others you may find more challenging! Tablatures - fingering guides for tin whistle - are included on each tune. No prior experience of reading music is necessary. The accompanying audio makes this the ideal book for beginners, or for more advanced players wishing to further their repertoire. Songs include : Around the World for Sport, the Dunmore Lasses, the King of the Fairies, Maggie in the Woods, the Kesh, the Blarney Pilgrim, Sí Beag Sí Mhór , Eleanor Plunkett, Lord Inchiquin, Blind Mary, Da Cold Nights o'Winter, Auld Lang Syne, Christmas Day in the Morning, Port an Dreoilín, The Wrenboy's Song... and many more!

Irish Firebrands: a novel (Volume 1)

Irish Firebrands: a novel (Volume 1)
Author: Christine Plouvier
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2018-02-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1387624008

He's an Irish political journalist in search of his past. She's an American genealogist trying to forget hers. But what's the real reason that keeps bringing them together? The Celtic Tiger economy is losing its fangs, so journalist Dillon Carroll must rent out his ancestral home in the Gaeltacht. The worsening exchange rate is depleting genealogist Lana Pedersen's budget, so the Baby boomer backpacker breaks into a vacant farmhouse for shelter. From the night the Irishman discovers the American at Drumcarroll, their tangent lives catalyse the chemistry between their beleaguered bodies and stormy spirits. How far will a man go, to know his father? To become a father? All his life, Dillon Carroll has felt cut off from the past by his lack of parents. Half his life, he has felt cut off from the future by his lack of posterity. Lana becomes Dillon's last hope for reconnecting with his roots, and with the meaning of his life: to fulfill his dream of belonging somewhere, to someone, forever.

First Lessons Tin Whistle

First Lessons Tin Whistle
Author: Grey Larsen
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2019-08-20
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619119404

The tin whistle has an alluring voice — yearning, melancholy, joyous, playful — both youthful and ancient. Its music can sound like wind, birdsong, flowing water. With this book, you can learn to make beautiful whistle music: even if you’ve never played a musical instrument even if you don’t read music no matter how young or old you are First Lessons® Tin Whistle is for beginners and for those who have tried to play the whistle (also known as a pennywhistle) but need more help. This book leaves no stone unturned, offering valuable insights and detailed instruction you won’t find anywhere else — expert guidance that will smooth your way and steer you clear of the pitfalls newcomers often encounter. In addition to music notation, this book offers two highly accessible alternatives: A much-improved tablature system Suit Code — a new and inventive fingering shorthand using the suits of the deck of cards With this book you’ll get: Access to audio and video downloads 23 tunes from Irish, Scottish, Northumbrian, Welsh, English, Breton and African American traditions, along with melodies from Beethoven and Dvorák An introduction to Irish tin whistle ornamentation Grey Larsen is a master musician who performs and teaches internationally. He has played the whistle since the 1970’s and has written nine books, including the best-seller The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle. The author recommends using a tin whistle in the key of D with this book.