Oak Pennywhistle In D (Oak Classic Pennywhistles) Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm not a professional musician, and I wanted to buy this just to fiddle around with it (and it was cheap, that was a plus). I found some websites that had sheet music for it, showed you how to play certain songs. Its great for that, its simple and the sound is very full. I'd recommend it if you wanted the instrument for the sound. The range of the instrument is lacking, some Pennywhistles in D give you a higher range, but not this one. Its not horrible, but if you're looking to hit some higher notes, you might want to look elsewhere.

All in all, its great.

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One of the premier pennywhistles in the world, created from premium triple-nickle plated solid brass tubing polished to a lustrous shine and capped with the unique Oak adjustable turnable mouthpiece. Ideal for playing traditional folk and Irish music, the Oak Pennywhistle is among the easiest of all the instruments for beginners to play.

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Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor: Book Only (Penny & Tin Whistle) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a very nice tutor for the Irish Whistle.Ms. Cotter assumes you dont know anything about music, and starts from the beginning, not only teaching how to play the whistle, but also the basics of reading sheet music.Tonguing, time & rhythm, breathing, articulation, slurring, ornamentation (including cuts, rolls and the casadh) are all covered using nice irish tunes as examples.There is also a small section on slow aire playing, which is the slow, haunting style that you often hear on movie soundtracks.
After the tutorial, Ms. Cotter lists the music for 100 Irish tunes.It is a nice mix of tunes--many are popular tunes that are often played during pub sessions, and others are very nice but less well known.
I started from scratch with this tutorial, and made very quick progress.However, I also had the accompanying CDs:one CD that walks through the teaching part, and two CDs playing the 100 tunes.IF YOU ARE NOT VERY VERY FAMILIAR WITH IRISH MUSIC, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU GET THE ACCOMPANYING CDS.I cannot tell if these CDs are also available on Amazon...it looks to me like only the book tutorial is offered.
Why is this important?One of the unique things about irish folk music is that unlike classical music, the basic irish tune is almost never played as written...the soul of irish music and whistle music is how you embellish and customize the tune to your own style.In her written tutorial, Cotter covers how to play cuts, rolls, and other ornaments, but you have to HEAR it played to really understand and learn how to play this music.
So, to sum up, this is a great learning tutorial when you get the CD's too.I've heard that L.E. McCullough's Irish Whistle tutorial is also very good, and also comes with a bunch of good session tunes.Im going to get McCullough's next, since his list of session tunes seems to be the "bible" that a lot of players use and refer to during pub sessions.

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

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Irish Whistle Tune Book (Penny & Tin Whistle) Review

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(More customer reviews)If you only want to buy one book of tinwhistle tunes, this wouldn't be a bad way to go.About half of the 34 tunes are ballads and airs, and the other half are dance tunes such as jigs, reels, polkas, hornpipes and mazurkas. Most of the tunes are quite distinctive and catchy. They are also in an informal, easier to more difficult order. The companion CD (available from 'Sheet Music Plus') has all the songs, played on whistle & low whistle, flute and guitar. I don't have the tutor by the same author, but I suspect that combined with this book one could become well steeped in Celtic whistling and music.

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Forty-two of the finest old Irish Dance Tunes, Song Airs and O'Carolan pieces in easy setting and easy traditional keys (D, G & A). Suitable for beginners on most traditional instruments.

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