Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor

Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor

with Geraldine Cotter

A complete method for the Irish tin whistle with an appendix of 100 choice Irish airs and dance tunes with full sheet music

(see chapter contents below)

Summary

Geraldine Cotter, herself an outstanding performer and teacher of the Irish Tin Whistle has set out to produce a truly complete instruction book, incorporating all important aspects of the instrument.

The student is guided through all forms of traditional Irish music with its typical variations, ornaments etc.

An appendix of no less than 100 tunes, consisting of Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes, Set Dances, Slow Airs and other pieces will give the user an important first source of repertoire, while these same tunes will be welcomed by already accomplished players, as many are here in print for the first time and others are unusual versions

A tin whistle in D-tuning is the required instrument to be used with this tutor.

Reviews

'No one involved in Irish traditional music should be without it. You don't have to be a tin whistle beginner or specialist to benefit from this book. The 100 tunes can be played on any instrument'

The Irish Post

'One is also impressed by the beautiful presenation of the whole volume, complete with prints, photographs and clearly legible notation'

The Irish Times

Details

Condition: New, Paperback, A4 size,104 Pages

IBSN: 1-857201426

Publisher:Ossian

Contents

• Chapter 1 - Music Reading, Holding the Tin Whistle, Scale of D
• Chapter 2 - Tongueing, Tunes: Ailui eanai, Im bim babaro, A Polka
• Chapter 3 - Time & Rhythm, Note values, Time Signatures, Tunes: The Milltown Jig, Nead na Lachan sa mhuth, Clare's Dragoons
• Chapter 4 - A note on breathing, Tunes: donal na Grein, Green grow the rushes O, Ballydesmond I & II
• Chapter 5 - Articulation : Tongueing, Vibrato, Staccato & Legato, Slurring. Variation, Tune: Apples in winter
• Chapter 6 - Ornamentation: The Cut, The Casadh, The Roll, Triplets, Tunes: Dingle regatta, The Longford Collector
• Chapter 7 - Putting it all together, Common faults in whistle playing, the Reel, The Hornpipe, Tunes: The Milltown Jig, Ladies pantalettes, Tomorrow Morning, The Feis Hornpipe
• Chapter 8 - Slow air playig, Tunes: Na Connery's Molly St. George, Casadh an tSugain.
• Conclusion / Discography
• Conclusion / Bibliography
• Appendix of 100 Traditional Irish tunes
• The returned Yank - Banish misfortune - Tom Friels - Harry's Loch - Donnybrook Fair - Gillian's apples - The hairpin bend - Dan the Cobbler - The Burnt out old man - Down the back lane - The Mug of brown ale - Molloy's favourite - The Monaghan Jig - Tobin's - Do You Want Anymore ? - The Idle Road - The Shores of Lough Gowna - Ryan's Favourite - Langstrom's Pony - The Boys of the Town - Austin Barrett's - The old grey goose - Paddy Canney's No. 1 - Paddy Canney's No. 2 - Hunting the Hare - Open the Door - I have a wife of my own - The humours of Kilkenny - Dever the dancer - Drops of spring water - An phis fliuch - Will you come down to Limerick - The sunny banks - The drunken landlady - London Lasses - Tommy McMahon's - Down the broom - Miss Monaghan - Lucky in love - In the tap room - The peeler's jacket - The flowers of Limerick - The Burren No. 1 - The golden keyboard - The Galway rambler- The Kerry Reel - King of the Clans - The shepherd's daughter - Shuffle the cards - The old bush - Ah surely - The green meadow - Lucy Campbell - the Bank of Ireland - the jolly banger - Controversial reel - Kilefenora No. 1 - Kilfenora No. 2 - Bell Harbour - Blackberry Blossom - Rover through the bog - The Kingstown - Sonny Murray's - The Clareman's - The Wren's - Dunphy's - Gan ainm - The Plains of Boyle - Chief O'Neills - The fairies ' Hornpipe - The stack of wheat - Off to California - Willy Walshe's Hornpipe - The Orange rogue - The blackbird - Bonaparte's retreat - The job of journey work - The garden of daisies - The ace & deuce of pipering