The Tin Whistle Book

Author: Tom Maguire
Publisher: Music Sales
ISBN: 9780946005253
Category : Folk music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(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 Complete Irish TinWhistle Tutor (New & Revised)

Author: L.E. McCullough
Publisher: Oak Publications
ISBN: 1783235810
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 79

Book Description
This book is a comprehensive, detailed approach to playing Irish music on the tinwhistle. It has been written especially for new enthusiasts who live impossibly far from Irish musicians and are fretfully asking themselves, “Where Can I Ever Learn To Play?” It contains information on technique and style that more advanced players will also find useful. And, there are 72 dance tunes and airs suitably arranged for the tinwhistle, including some recently-composed pieces and several unusual settings of old standards that even the most jaded musical palates aflame with the insatiable desire for New Tunes will find exhilarating and momentarily satisfying.

The Companion to Irish Traditional Music

Author: Fintan Vallely
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814788028
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 506

Book Description
"The Companion to Irish Traditional Music is not just the ideal reference for the interested enthusiast and session player, it also provides a unique resource for every library, school and home with an interest in the distinctive rituals, qualities and history of Irish traditional music and song."--BOOK JACKET.

300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments

Author: Grey E. Larsen
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1619114402
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 121

Book Description
From the author of The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle, comes 300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments. These 300 tunes, selected from among the author's favorites, are notated in a style that makes them accessible to players of fiddle, flute, whistle, accordion, concertina, harp, keyboard, guitar, mandolin, banjo, uilleann pipes - to all melody players.Here you will find some of the most beautiful tunes in the storehouse of Irish music - session standards and rare treasures alike - tunes that will help both the performer and the Irish session participant build a vibrant and varied repertoire.Many of the transcriptions pay homage to recordings by famous Irish musicians and groups such as Matt Molloy (of the Chieftains), Martin Hayes, Sharon Shannon, Mary Bergin, Kevin Burke, James Kelly, Willie Clancy, Altan, the Bothy Band and the Mulcahy Family, as well as to early 20th century recordings from revered Irish masters Michael Coleman, Paddy Killoran, Dennis Murphy, Bobby Casey, Paddy Canny and others.

The Tin Whistle Tutor

Author: Michael Raven
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780906114070
Category : Penny whistle
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
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Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle

Author: Grey Larsen
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 1610658892
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 481

Book Description
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 traditional Irish 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, Séamus Ennis, Willie Clancy, Paddy Taylor, Paddy Carty, Grey Larsen, Josie McDermott, Matt Molloy, Cathal McConnell, Mary Bergin, Donncha Ó Briain (Denis O'Brien), Desi Wilkinson, Breda Smyth, Seán Ryan, Conal Ó Gráda, Micho Russel, Joanie Madden, Kevin Crawford, Catherine McEvoy, and Seamus Egan. for those who don't read music, almost all the exercises, examples and tunes appear on the two companion CDs. Grey has, through his research, patience, and diligence, completed a work on Irish flute and tin whistle that I feel is essential reading for anybody interested in getting it right. - Matt Molloy, Irish Flute player with the Chieftains.

Traditional Slow Airs of Ireland

Author: Tomas O'Canainn
Publisher: Music Sales Amer
ISBN: 9781900428620
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description
(Music Sales America). This book is a major collection of traditional Irish slow airs that captures the essence and beauty of Irish traditional music. Included in the 118 airs that make up this fabulous compilation, are some of the great sean-nos (old style) airs as well as tunes by Caloran and other favorite and well-known pieces. Author Tomas O'Canainn has a lifetime of experience both performing and teaching Irish music and his selection of beautiful, soaring and majestic slow airs is ideal for extending your repertoire for any melody instrument. These relatively easy pieces are also suitable for those approaching Irish slow airs for the first time. Includes access to online audio, presenting every tune in the book played by the author and an ensemble of expert traditional musicians so you can hear how the pieces should sound.

Christmas Songs for Ukulele (Songbook)

Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1476860084
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 71

Book Description
(Fretted). 20 Christmas classics arranged especially for the uke, including: Blue Christmas * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) * Christmas Time Is Here * Feliz Navidad * Frosty the Snow Man * I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Jingle-Bell Rock * Mele Kalikimaka * My Favorite Things * Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree * Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town * Silver Bells * and more!

Geraldine Cotter's traditional Irish tin whistle tutor

Author: Geraldine Cotter
Publisher: Music Sales Amer
ISBN: 9780946005123
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 102

Book Description
(Music Sales America). This is a complete method for Irish tin whistle with a detailed appendix of 100 choice Irish airs and dance tunes. Varying from simple tunes and polkas, and progressing to more complex pieces. Outstanding and renowned teacher Geraldine Cotter guides students through all forms of traditional Irish music with step-by-step examples, exercises and diagrams. This all-encompassing book is beautifully presented and contains prints, photographs and clearly legible notation. The generous section of repertoire pieces includes "The Jolly Banger," "Lucky in Love" and "The Galway Rambler." An accompanying 2-CD demonstration recording called Traditional Irish Tunes is also available, featuring all one hundred tunes from the final section of the book.

Campfire Songs for Ukulele

Author: Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495004651
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 167

Book Description
(Ukulele). 30 favorites to sing as you roast marshmallows and strum your uke around the campfire. Includes: Blowin' in the Wind * Drift Away * Edelweiss * God Bless the U.S.A. * Hallelujah * The House of the Rising Sun * I Walk the Line * Lean on Me * Let It Be * The Lion Sleeps Tonight * On Top of Spaghetti * Puff the Magic Dragon * Take Me Home, Country Roads * Wagon Wheel * You Are My Sunshine * and many more.