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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Benny Goodman's Clarinet Method (Instrumental Jazz) Review

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(More customer reviews)While many books on the clarinet are out on the market, it is a rare opportunity to experience one from a clarinetist with the fame, renown and talent of Benny Goodman. This short method book presents brief articles discussing basic techniques, methodology and even a little clarinet history. Mr. Goodman's knowledge and encouragement to the student are presented in a straightforward, no-nonsense style. The method book presents listings of all of the major and minor scales as well as over three dozen separate exercises working with timing, intervals, syncopation and more advanced chromatic work. The book also includes several of Mr. Goodman's solo works, including the accompaniments for the other instruments in the piece.

While the books is excellent in all respects, there are a couple of minor flaws. The first flaw is the lack of a fingering chart normally seen in most method books. This would indicate that Mr. Goodman and the subsequent editors felt the method was geared more towards intermediate and advanced students. This also leads to the second flaw, which is the focus on the more experienced student. The presentation of the material assumes the reader is familiar with the basics of music and is familiar with all of the basic fingerings of the clarinet's three major registers. The altissimo register and the upper clarion register are heavily emphasized and beginning students having issues with these registers would have difficulties without further technique development.

These very minor flaws do not detract from the fact that this small volume is a great method book for intermediate and advanced students and offers a rare insight into one of the greatest clarinet players of the 20th Century. Any serious clarinetist should pick up this book as they will be richly rewarded.

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This book, written by Benny Goodman himself, has been out of print for many years.It teaches the beginning student clarinet tone, style, technique and musicianship. It covers such basics as assembling and tuning the clarinet, proper position, scales, expression and many exercises.Features 11 tunes, including biography of his career up to 1940 is also included.

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Children's Classic Grand Black Toy Piano & Bench (features 30 keys, a 2 1/2 octave span, sheet music stand and matching bench). Perfect for your young Mozart! Review

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(More customer reviews)My kids love this piano!It is tiny, though, and my not-yet 6-year old son cannot sit on the bench, because his knees raise up the whole piano.A nice, affordable addition to our lives, though.

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Children's Grand Black Toy Piano & Bench. Made of solid wood. This toy piano is made just for kids! This child toy piano features 30 keys, a 2 1/2 octave span, sheet music stand and matching bench. This child toy piano includes a care kit and easy assemble how to's. It will start off a kid's interest in music. Who knows, your child could be the next Mozart! Dimensions: 19.75" x 22.25" x 19.5" (piano), 12.5" x 7.25" x 8.25" (bench).

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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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Best of Kenny G: Soprano, Alto, and Tenor Saxophone (Artist Transcriptions) Review

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(More customer reviews)Friends, I am sure you like Keeny G just like I do. I bought this book to study, dreamed about one day I could play saxophone like him. When the book arrived, the notes were extremely complicated! It's impossible to play it with saxophone. I wondered what happen; several minutes ago, I finally realized that it was for piano, not for saxophone!

Come on, Amazon and sellers, why don't you just add 2 words: "for piano" so that I wouldn't waste my money to buy a useless music book? Or, you just want to confuse buyers to make some money for your business?

Friends, if you want to buy music book, make sure you zoom in the pictures and read the tinny words really close, otherwise you might waste money to buy junks home.

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Complete scores to 14 of his best, featuring separate pull-out section with complete saxophone melody and solos transcribed. Songs include: Songbird * Silhouette * Going Home * and more.

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The Enormous Guitar Songbook (Guitar Tab Collection) Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this book and two others for my brother-in-law for his birthday. He is a tab reader, and said that what he liked most about this book and the others is that the chords are given on the first page of the piece, and which version of the chords are used for the piece - for those of you who don't play the guitar, this merely means that you can make the same chord by arranging your fingers in different ways on the guitar, and the book shows you the best one for the song. He told me that he can go over the cords before reading the tab and that makes it much easier for him, that extra prep before he gets into the song. From what he says, this is not common, but it is a plus for a tab style book which makes it a better purchase.

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63 hits transcribed in notes and tab: Ain't No Mountain High Enough * Another One Bites the Dust * Change the World * Cliffs of Dover * Crossfire * Dancing in the Street * Daytripper * Detroit Rock City * Fire and Rain * Free Fallin' * Hot Blooded * I Can See for Miles * Iron Man * Let Her Cry * Name * Pride and Joy * Round and Round * Sweet Child O' Mine * Time After Time * Torn * What I Like About You * You Shook Me * more!

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Amsco Clarinet Fingering Chart (Amsco Fingering Charts) Review

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(More customer reviews)Super easy to pick out the notes and the fingering position on this large plastic coated chart.Using a pink background with black lettering, your eyes quickly find the information you need to play all those notes. No flipping pages back and forth.Nice close up pictures of the clarinet showing where to place your fingers. On the reverse side is a full page titled 'Notation' explaining the written music components found on sheet music.This chart also gives you instruction in instrument care. A nice addition for a beginner clarinet player and a reminder for those who have played a for a few years. 'Transposition' and 'Pitch System' finishes off the reverse side. This guide is for Eb, Bb,Eb Alto and Bb Bass clarinets which is very nice when you want to add a different clarinet instrument to your repertoire. All in all a nice reference guide for the new player to the advanced clarinet player looking to find how to finger some of those odd ball notes that one finds in a few music scores.

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This laminated reference chart shows fingerings, a notation guide, instrument care tips and an instrument diagram. 9 inch. x 12 inch.

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