Here are 30 easy-to-play Christmas favorites arranged for tin whistle (also known as pennywhistle) and Irish ?ute. Chords are included for guitar, keyboard, or other accompaniment instrument. Also included with this book: ? Access to audio downloads for all 30 songs, with tin whistle, Irish ?ute 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 ?ute. What makes these tune arrangements easy' ? They are played in the lower two octaves of the whistle and ?ute?s range, ascending no higher than B in the second octave. ? They are in easy tin whistle and Irish ?ute keys: D major, G major, E minor and B minor. No metal keys are needed on the Irish ?ute. ? 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 ?ute and piccolo. The author recommends using a tin whistle in D or a standard Irish ?ute (with or without keys) with this book. You can also use soprano and tenor recorders, modern ?ute and piccolo. However, the tablature in this book uses only tin whistle and Irish ?ute ?ngerings.

Variation in Traditional Irish Dance Music. Par LARSEN GREY. From the author of The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle comes a work for players of all melody instruments that probes deeply into the art of variation in traditional Irish dance music. At the heart of Down the Back Lane are the accompanying audio recordings. The author plays eight traditional tunes on Irish flute and tin whistle, each three times through, complete with beautiful variations. He notates each performance in meticulous detail and offers insightful comments on each one. We get a rare and intimate view into the intuitive musical mind of a masterful player, along with extensive information on ornamentation, phrasing, articulation, dynamics and much more. Though the author plays the tunes on flute and whistle, he has carefully designed the book to be useful to players of all melody instruments. From the author of The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle comes a work for players of all melody instruments that probes deeply into the art of variation in traditional Irish dance music. At the heartof Down the Back Lane are the accompanying audio recordings. The author plays eight traditional tunes on Irish Flute and Tin Whistle, each three times through, complete with beautiful variations. Henotates each performance in meticulous detail and offers insightful comments on each one. We get a rare and intimate view into the intuitive musical mind of a masterful player, along with extensive information on ornamentation, phrasing, articulation, dynamics and much more. Though the author plays the tunes on Flute and Whistle, he has carefully designed the book to be useful to players of all melody instruments. / Niveau : Très Avancé / Recueil / Tin Whistle

For the beginner to the highly advanced player of Irish Flute Tin Whistle or Boehm-system Flute. Features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes beyond any previous method exploring ornamentation techniques never described in print before.Also includes adaptations for Boehm-system Flute players guidance on breathing and phrasing 49 ornamentation exercises history and theory of traditionalIrish Flute and whistle music and 27 meticulous transcriptions of recordings by these important Irish Flute and Tin Whistle players: John McKenna Tom Morrison William Cummins Willie Clancy Paddy Taylor Paddy Carty GreyLarsen Josie McDermott Matt Molloy Cathal McConnell Mary Bergin Desi Wilkinson Breda Smyth Micho Russel Joanie Madden Kevin Crawford Catherine McEvoy and Seamus Egan.For those who don't read music almost all theexercises examples and tunes appear on the audio download available online.'Grey has through his research patience and diligence completed a work on Irish Flute and Tin Whistle that I feel is essential reading foranybody interested in getting it right.' - Matt Molloy Irish Flute player with the Chieftains