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Mel Bay First Lessons: Tin Whistle - Larsen - Book/Media Online
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Author: Grey Larsen
Format: Book with Audio, Video, PDF Supplement Online
Instrumentation: Tin Whistle
Level: Beginning-Intermediate
The tin whistle has an alluring voice - yearning, melancholy, joyous, playful - both youthful and ancient. Its music can sound like wind, birdsong, flowing water. With this book, you can learn to make beautiful whistle music:
First Lessons Tin Whistle is for beginners and for those who have tried to play the whistle (also known as a pennywhistle) but need more help. This book leaves no stone unturned, offering valuable insights and detailed instruction you won't find anywhere else - expert guidance that will smooth your way and steer you clear of the pitfalls newcomers often encounter. In addition to music notation, this book offers two highly accessible alternatives:
With this book youll get:
Grey Larsen is a master musician who performs and teaches internationally. He has played the whistle since the 1970's and has written nine books, including the best-seller The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle. The author recommends using a tin whistle in the key of D with this book.
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Format: Book with Audio, Video, PDF Supplement Online
Instrumentation: Tin Whistle
Level: Beginning-Intermediate
The tin whistle has an alluring voice - yearning, melancholy, joyous, playful - both youthful and ancient. Its music can sound like wind, birdsong, flowing water. With this book, you can learn to make beautiful whistle music:
- even if you've never played a musical instrument
- even if you don't read music
- no matter how young or old you are
First Lessons Tin Whistle is for beginners and for those who have tried to play the whistle (also known as a pennywhistle) but need more help. This book leaves no stone unturned, offering valuable insights and detailed instruction you won't find anywhere else - expert guidance that will smooth your way and steer you clear of the pitfalls newcomers often encounter. In addition to music notation, this book offers two highly accessible alternatives:
- A much-improved tablature system
- Suit Code - a new and inventive fingering shorthand using the suits of the deck of cards
With this book youll get:
- Access to audio and video downloads
- 23 tunes from Irish, Scottish, Northumbrian, Welsh, English, Breton and African American traditions, along with melodies from Beethoven and Dvorak
- An introduction to Irish tin whistle ornamentation
Grey Larsen is a master musician who performs and teaches internationally. He has played the whistle since the 1970's and has written nine books, including the best-seller The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle. The author recommends using a tin whistle in the key of D with this book.
Contents:
- Welcome!
- Making the Best Use of This Book
- Further Offerings
- What Is a Tin Whistle?
- Acquiring a Tin Whistle
- Anatomy of the Tin Whistle
- Let's Make Some Sound
- Whistle-Friendly Notes and Scales
- The Names of the Notes
- The Relaxed Whistle Hold
- Why Use the Left Hand as the Top Hand?
- Seven Steps to Finding Your Personal Whistle Hold
- Alternatives to the Bottom Hand Pinky Anchor Point
- Training Your Bottom Hand Pinky Using a Rubber Band
- Resting Position for the Fingers, and Economy of Motion
- Tin Whistle Embouchure
- Clearing the Windway
- Breathing and Posture
- Tuning the Whistle
- Using Your Tongue
- Conjunct and Disjunct Tonguing: Connected and Disconnected Notes
- Tonguing a Low-Register Cs
- Exploring Air Speed and Pressure
- Try Disjunct Tonguing
- Try Conjunct Tonguing
- Playing a Low-Register B
- Exploring the Extreme Low End of the Air Speed Range
- Exploring the Extreme High End of the Air Speed Range
- How Do We Increase Air Speed?
- Vibrato
- Two Groups of Three Holes, and the Fingering Patterns We Use
- Suit Code: A New Shorthand for Tin Whistle Fingerings
- Hot Cross Buns, in A major
- Minimizing Finger Movement
- Why Is It So Important to Memorize Fingerings and Note Names?
- Merrily We Roll Along, in Two Keys
- Finding and Sealing Finger Hole Air Leaks
- Feel the Buzz
- Hot Cross Buns, in G major
- Tin Whistle Tablature
- Shady Hollow
- Learn Your Fingerings by Heart
- Practicing
- Lonely Island
- Introducing High-Register Notes
- Lonely Peaks and Valleys
- Introducing Bottom Hand Fingering with the Note Fs
- Adding Standard Music Notation and Introducing Slurs
- Smooth Sailing
- Found a Penny on the Road
- Introducing the Note E
- An Dro
- Introducing the Note D
- Two Fingerings for High D
- Largo from Dvorak's Ninth Symphony
- The Spade, At Last
- A Deeper Look at Tuning the Whistle
- Moving Groups of Fingers, and "Crossing the Break"
- Introducing the Note Cn
- Joy to the World
- Ode to Joy
- Using the Two High D Fingerings
- A Fingering Chart
- The Londonderry Air/Danny Boy
- Letting Go of Suit Code
- Bonnie at Morn
- Letting Go of Tablature
- Morning Has Broken
- Amazing Grace
- Scarborough Fair
- Simple Gifts
- All the Pretty Little Horses
- An Introduction to Irish Tin Whistle and Flute Ornamentation
- We Shall Overcome
- Star of the County Down
- The High Caul Cap
- The Leitrim Fancy
- Collections of Easy Tunes for Tin Whistle and Irish Flute
- Continuing Your Journey
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