Par LARSEN GREY. Here are 34 easy-to-play folk, popular and classical favorites arranged for tin whistle (also known as pennywhistle) or Irish flute. Chords are included for guitar, keyboard, or other accompaniment instrument. Also included with this book: ? Access to online audio for all 34 songs, with tin whistle, Irish flute, piano, and guitar ? Three duet arrangements If you don?t read music, you can still use this book! In addition to music notation, there is a specially designed tablature for tin whistle and Irish flute. What makes these tune arrangements easy? ? They are played in the lower two octaves of the whistle and flute?s range, ascending no higher than B in the second octave. ? They are in easy tin whistle and Irish flute keys, such as: D major, G major, E minor and B minor. No metal keys are needed on the Irish flute. ? They use only eight notes: D, E, F#, G, A, B, C and C#. ? They are also easy to play on soprano and tenor recorder, modern flute, and piccolo. Grey Larsen is a master musician who performs and teaches internationally. He has played tin whistle and Irish flute since the 1970s and has written nine books, including First Lessons Tin Whistle and the best-seller, The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle. The author recommends using a tin whistle in D or a standard Irish flute (with or without keys) with this book. You can also use soprano and tenor recorders, modern flute, and piccolo. However, the tablature in this book uses only tin whistle and Irish flute fingerings. / Date parution : 2022-06-08/ Recueil / Flûte Traversière

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 incontext 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 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. Alsoincludes 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 audio. Audio download available online.

Forty-two Of The Finest Old Irish Dance Tunes Song Airs And O’carolan Pieces In Easy Setting And Easy Traditional Keys (D G & A). Suitable For Beginners On Most Traditional Instruments.

Grey Larsen in the 150 Gems collection has given us a most welcome follow-up to his encyclopedic volume The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle (Mel Bay Publications 2003) and The Essential Tin WhistleToolbox (Mel Bay Publications 2004). The Gems feature not only meticulously-selected tunes but represent the first major offerings that use Larsen's innovative system of notating Irish ornamentation. This bookwith access to online audio will help players gain a deeper understanding of the Irish musical tradition as well as provide new material to enhance the experience of the solo player and Irish session participant alike.

Unique among books on the Whistle and Celtic music this book takes the role of a personal tutor. It explains in detail the peculiarities of the instrument the ancient modal scales the Irish tunes are based on and offers aresults-oriented program for quickly developing ability. As well it offers a practical method for developing breathing skills something few books discuss. But what makes this book truly unique is the discussion of mnemonictechniques and analytical listening skills which would make it an excellent resource for both parents and teachers. The author explains a simple straightforward method of internalizing the old dance tunes of the sessionrepertoire based on understanding the music's structure and the use of mnemonic cues. The scope of Mr. Esson's book makes it relevant to a much wider audience than the title would suggest.

100 Irish Dance Tunes and Airs selected by Geraldine Cotter. This collection contains a varied selection of widely played and lesser known tunes divided into different dance rhythms: double jigs slip jigs reels hornpipes set dances and airs. The range of the tunes are particularly suitable for the flute tin whistle or pipes but they can be played on any instrument!The included CD features demo tracks for the tunes.

Par MC CASKILL MIZZY. Débutants de tout âge pourront profiter d'apprendre à jouer de tinwhistle avec la méthode étape par étape, trouvée dans ce livre. Mélodies folkloriques familiers abondent dans cette collection exhaustive de la littérature facile-à-play. Exercices et soigneusement séquencés tunes enseignent le joueur à lire de notation musicale, et une section est incluse sur l'ornementation irlandaise. Plusieurs airs irlandais contenant l'ornementation suggérée présentent le style traditionnel irlandais de jouer au coup de sifflet. En raison de la facilité d'apprentissage de la tinwhistle de nombreux musiciens irlandais commencent avec leur formation musicale sur le sifflet avant de passer aux flûte ou uilleann pipes. Le compagnon d'enregistrement comporte tous les Irlandais tunes ainsi que le long de jeu. / Niveau : Débutant / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Tin Whistle