The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox

All the tools a beginner, novice, and intermediate tin whistle player needs to progress to a high level of competence in Irish music. Includes an "Orientation to Traditional Irish Music", that puts the music in context, with information on scales and modes, dance tune types, the historical roots of whistle playing, and advice for learning by ear. This comprehensive guide includes thorough instruction, exercises, musical examples, and fundamental techniques such as holding, fingering, breathing, and blowing, as well as advanced ornamentation, phrasing, and musical variations. Features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes beyond any previous method. Also includes history and theory of traditional Irish tin whistle music. Online audio recordings of nearly all exercises and examples are provided to aid in learning, especially for those unfamiliar with music notation.