First Lessons Tin Whistle
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Tin whistle - Beginning-Intermediate
SKU: MB.30043M
Composed by Grey E. Larsen. Saddle-stitched. First Lessons. Folk. Book and online audio/video/pdf. 40 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #30043M. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.30043M).ISBN 9781513462820. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.
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
- A much-improved tablature system
- Suit Code — a new and inventive fingering shorthand using the suits of the deck of cards
- 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 Dvorák
- An introduction to Irish tin whistle ornamentation
Song List (79)
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- Welcome!
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- Making The Best Use Of This Book
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- Further Offerings
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- What Is A Tin Whistle?
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- Acquiring A Tin Whistle
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- Anatomy Of The Tin Whistle
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- Letas Make Some Sound
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- Whistle-Friendly Notes And Scales
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- The Names Of The Notes
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- The Relaxed Whistle Hold
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- Why Use The Left Hand As The Top Hand?
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- Seven Steps To Finding Your Personal Whistle Hold
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- Alternatives To The Bottom Hand Pinky Anchor Point
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- Training Your Bottom Hand Pinky Using A Rubber Band
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- Resting Position For The Fingers, And Economy Of Motion
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- Tin Whistle Embouchure
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- Clearing The Windway
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- Breathing and posture
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- Tuning The Whistle
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- Using Your Tongue
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- Conjunct And Disjunct Tonguing: Connected And Disconnected Notes
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- Tonguing A Low-Register Cs
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- Exploring Air Speed And Pressure
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- Try Disjunct Tonguing
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- Try Conjunct Tonguing
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- Playing A Low-Register B
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- Exploring The Extreme Low End Of The Air Speed Range
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- Exploring The Extreme High End Of The Air Speed Range
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- How Do We Increase Air Speed?
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- Vibrato
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- Two Groups Of Three Holes, And The Fingering Patterns We Use
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- Suit Code: A New Shorthand For Tin Whistle Fingerings
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- Hot Cross Buns, In A Major
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- Minimizing Finger Movement
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- Why Is It So Important To Memorize Fingerings And Note Names?
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- Merrily We Roll Along, In Two Keys
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- Finding And Sealing Finger Hole Air Leaks
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- Feel The Buzz
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- Hot Cross Buns, In G Major
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- Tin Whistle Tablature
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- Shady Hollow
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- Learn Your Fingerings By Heart
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- PRACTICING
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- Lonely Island
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- Introducing High-Register Notes
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- Lonely Peaks And Valleys
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- Introducing Bottom Hand Fingering With The Note Fs
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- Adding Standard Music Notation And Introducing Slurs
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- Smooth Sailing
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- Found A Penny On The Road
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- Introducing The Note E
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- An dro
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- Introducing The Note D
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- Two Fingerings For High D
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- Largo From Dvora!Kas Ninth Symphony
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- The Spade, At Last
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- A Deeper Look At Tuning The Whistle
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- Moving Groups Of Fingers, And Acrossing The Breaka
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- Introducing The Note Cn
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- Joy To The World
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- Ode to Joy
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- Using The Two High D Fingerings
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- A Fingering Chart
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- The Londonderry Air/Danny Boy
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- Letting Go Of Suit Code
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- Bonnie At Morn
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- Letting Go Of Tablature
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- Morning has Broken
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- Amazing Grace
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- Scarborough Fair
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- Simple Gifts
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- All The Pretty Little Horses
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- An Introduction To Irish Tin Whistle And Flute Ornamentation
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- We Shall Overcome
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- Star of the County Down
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- The High Caul Cap
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- The Leitrim Fancy
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- Collections Of Easy Tunes For Tin Whistle And Irish Flute
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- Continuing Your Journey