Song List:
Acknowledgements and Credits
Introduction
SECTION 1: First Matters
CHAPTER 1: Orientation to Traditional Irish Music for Tin Whistle Players
CHAPTER 2: A Brief Look into the History and Development of the Tin Whistle
CHAPTER 3: Holding and Blowing the Tin Whistle
CHAPTER 4: On Practice
CHAPTER 5: Getting Comfortable with Fingering
CHAPTER 6: The Language Analogy
SECTION 2: Ornamentation
Introduction to Ornamentation
CHAPTER 7: Cuts
CHAPTER 8: Strikes
CHAPTER 9: Slides
CHAPTER 10: Long Rolls
CHAPTER 11: Short Rolls
SECTION 3: Tonguing, Phrasing, and Use of the Breath
CHAPTER 12: Tonguing
CHAPTER 13: Musical Breathing
SECTION 4: Final Matters
CHAPTER 14: The Language Analogy Revisited
CHAPTER 15: Practice Revisited, and Some Thoughts on "Muscle Memory"
Appendix A: Fingering Chart
Appendix B: Contents of the Companion CD
About the Author
Also by Grey Larsen
Index of Tune Titles
General Index
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