Ireland S Best Tin Whistle Tunes Volume 1

110 of the best tunes in any tin whistle player's repertoire, specially chosen and arranged by one of Ireland's top players and teachers. Graded by difficulty for everyone from the beginner to advanced player. Beginner's songs are all fully diagrammed. Guitar chords included. For D whistle. Walton Mfg. and UK product #WM1313.

(Waltons Irish Music Books). The most comprehensive collection of Irish tenor banjo tunes currently available! Here are 50 jigs, reels and hornpipes arranged for two types of tuning; the standard CGDA used by Gerry O'Connor, and the traditional GDAE tuning used by David McNevin. The first 25 tunes are played by O'Connor, whose creative and individual style has earned him the reputation of being one of Ireland's finest banjo players. The remaining tunes are arranged and played by McNevin, an extremely skillful player in the traditional style, who has received major awards for his achievements on the banjo.

(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.

As he travels through the North, Wilson gets beneath the political surface to portray both the tragedy and comedy of everyday life in the Protestant and Catholic communities. Aware of the polarized image that each side has of the other, he emphasizes the importance of finding common ground and of asserting the middle against the extremes. Just as traditional Irish music is characterized by ornamentations and elaborations on a melodic theme, Ireland, a Bicycle, and a Tin Whistle is full of variations and wanderings on the theme of the trip itself. And just as traditional Irish musicians will follow a sad slow air with a lively foot-tapping reel, Wilson's mood ranges from the nostalgic and reflective to the irreverent and mischievous. If there is a lament in one ear, there is a song in the other.

Thomas Balinger TheBig Book of Irish Songs for Tin Whistle The essential collection of classic Irish songs for tin whistle in D. 101 songs arranged for the beginning to intermediate player and featuring tin whistle tab. Plus guitar chords, tin whistle fingering chart, a short introduction to ornaments and a selection of basic strumming and picking patterns for guitar accompaniment.Songs 1. A bucket of Mountain Dew 2. A bunch of thyme 3. A little bit of of heaven 4. All for me grog 5. A nation once again6. An Irish lullaby 7. Arthur McBride 8. Avondale 9. Banna Strand10. Believe me if all these endearing young charms11. Black is the colour 12. Bonny Boy 13. Boolavogue 14. Boston Burglar 15. Botany Bay 16. Brennan on the moor 17. Butcher boy 18. Carrickfergus 19. Castle of Dromore 20. Come to the bower 21. Courtin' in the kitchen 22. Danny Boy 23. Dicey Riley 24. Down by the Glenside 25. Easy and slow 26. Finnegans Wake 27. Follow me up to Carlow 28. Green grow the rashes, O 29. Harrigan 30. Henry, my son 31. I know my love 32. I'll take you home again, Kathleen 33. I'll tell me Ma34. I'm a rover 35. I met her in the garden 36. I never will marry 37. I once loved a lass 38. Irish washerwoman 39. Isn't it grand, boys? 40. James Connolly 41. Johnny I hardly knew ye 42. MacNamara's Band 43. Mary's a grand old name 44. Molly Malone 45. Mother Machree 46. My Lagan love 47. My wild Irish rose 48. Nellie Kelly 49. Never wed an old man 50. New York girls 51. Old maid in a garret 52. Poor Paddy works on the railway 53. Reilly's daughter 54. Rosin the beau 55. She moved through the fair 56. Skibbereen 57. Spancil Hill 58. Swallowtail Jig 59. Sweet Rosie O'Grady 60. The auld orange flute 61. The band played on 62. The bard of Armagh 63. The black velvet band 64. The cliffs of Dooneen 65. The croppy boy 66. The flower of sweet Strabane 67. The foggy dew 68. The Galway races 69. The hills of Connemara 70. The hills of Kerry 71. The humour is on me now 72. The Irish rover 73. The jolly beggarman 74. The Kerry Dance 75. The Kerry recruit 76. The lark in the clear air 77. The lark in the morning 78. The last rose of summer 79. The Lowlands Low 80. The mermaid 81. The merry ploughboy 82. The Minstrel Boy 83. The moonshiner 84. The mountains of Mourne 85. The Mulligan guard 86. The nightingale 87. The Queen of Connemara 88. The rising of the moon 89. The rose of Mooncoin 90. The rose of Tralee 91. The Sally Gardens 92. The snowy-breasted pearl 93. The Spanish lady 94. The star of the County Down 95. The wearing of the Green 96. The wild rover 97. Three drunken maidens 98. Three score and ten 99. Waxies' Dargle 100. Whiskey in the jar 101. Who threw the overalls in Mrs. Murphy's chowder?

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.

BOOK ONLY (Audio CD available to buy on author's website). Learn to play Irish traditional music on the whistle with this tutor book from Tradschool 104 tunes (28 children's & folk songs + 76 traditional Irish tunes) This book gives a complete introduction to playing Irish music in the traditional style on the tin whistle; it covers all from the very first notes on the instrument to the most advanced ornamentation. The course is broadly divided into two parts, with the shorter first part covering the basics of the whistle while the longer second part (pages 49-296) covers the playing of Irish traditional music on the instrument. It is intended for anybody who wants to play traditional music in the Irish style, from complete beginners to confirmed or advanced players who wish to work on their style or ornamentation. Tablature as well as sheet music is used throughout the book, so it is accessible to the complete beginner; while more advanced players will appreciate the attention to detail in style and ornamentation in the later parts of the book. Contents Introduction Part One Unit 1: Beginning the Whistle Unit 2: Right Hand Notes Unit 3: The Second Octave Unit 4 - Scales Unit 5 - Rhythm, Articulation & Breathing Unit 6 - Putting it together 1 Part Two Unit 7 - Irish Traditional Music Unit 8 - Listening to Irish Music Unit 9 - The Jig Unit 10 - The Hornpipe Unit 11 - The Reel Unit 12 - Ornamentation Ornamentation 1 - The Cut Ornamentation 2 - The Tap Ornamentation 3 - The Slide Ornamentation 4 - The Roll Ornamentation 5 - The Short Roll Ornamentation 6 - The Triplet Ornamentation 7 - The Bounce Ornamentation 8 - The Cran Ornamentation 9 - Combining Ornaments Ornamentation 10 - Staccato Triplets Ornamentation 11 - Summary Unit 13 - Other tunes Unit 14 - Playing in different keys Unit 15 - Playing Irish Music Unit 16 - Putting It Together 2 Unit 17 - Tunes Appendix 1 - Troubleshooting Appendix 2 - Reading Music Appendix 3 - Bibliography Appendix 4 - Tracklist