I am teaching myself to play the whistle I started last Christmas I can play lots of tunes and some tunes by ear, I am now trying to learn to read music but I need help with my playing and the music, I live in Northern Ireland Co Antrim can anyone help.
Thanks Dacvid.
You can go to lunchtunes,com where some very talented guys (one is my teacher) have posted neat tunes. Also check out the online tutorials. There is so much help available! Have fun!!!
janmarie
Ryan Duns ~ * with reservations http://www.youtube.com/user/RyanDunsSJ http://www.tinwhistler.blogspot.com/
* Ryan's introductory lessons are fine, but other contributions are not so good, for example his take on hornpipes, which he doesn't manage well, in my opinion. His philosophy is great, but like us all, he doesn't exactly follow what he preaches, at least as I interpret it all. Bless him for his generosity, but be sure to temper exposure here with listening to lots of good music, whatever the instrument giving it swing... Also check 'Links' here, for lessons and listens. Best of luck...
Also, there are some fine players there in the North, in and around Antrim, so don't pass up any opportunity to learn direct, from living sources, including the many workshops held all over Ireland, such as the Frankie Kennedy on this December.
Smikinni, just go to your local sessions as often as you can - listen and
imitate, you lucky dog! Surrounded by the real deal - probably lots of
bad players too, but learning the difference is part of the process.
I must reply here because I feel so strongly, that you should forget all the tunes you have learned from the "dots" as they say. That kind of music is for the academics and the puristas. Don't be one of those teeners who can't wait to play everything better than everyone else. How boring. In a more positive sense, practice timing, intonation, and then expand your repertoire in as natural way as is possible in your musical environment. And filter your feedbacks to suit yourself first, and proselytizers last. IMHO.
@ windybaer
I agree with the second half of your post above. Sound advice. But it seems to me you overcook it when you advise Smikinni to forget all tunes learnt from the dots.
When I started playing Irish traditional music I learnt quite a few tunes from the dots. Years later, there’s not one of those tunes I play the same way I learnt them. Equally, when I started, I learnt a great many tunes by ear. And again, I don’t play any of these the same way I heard them originally.
The important thing it seems to me is to listen to lots of good players of whatever instrument you’re playing. From this you develop a sense of the music, and how it works on your instrument. And from this you find you also have a feel for how you yourself are inclined to characterize the music you play. In addition to which, over time, you hear other versions of tunes you know which appeal; and other players whose style you are drawn to. And so, to some extent, you find your own playing changes naturally as a result. And so it continues...
Where do you live? There are more trad musicians in Antrim than anywhere else in Ireland, so it shouldn't be that difficult to find somewhere to learn.
Penny Whistle
Penny Whistle
I am teaching myself to play the whistle I started last Christmas I can play lots of tunes and some tunes by ear, I am now trying to learn to read music but I need help with my playing and the music, I live in Northern Ireland Co Antrim can anyone help.
Thanks Dacvid.
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by Smikinni
Re: Penny Whistle
You can go to lunchtunes,com where some very talented guys (one is my teacher) have posted neat tunes. Also check out the online tutorials. There is so much help available! Have fun!!!
janmarie
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by janmarie
Re: Penny Whistle
If I were fond of puns, I woud say "work your phrasing", but I'm not
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by Ramiro
Re: Penny Whistle
http://lunchtunes.com/
Ryan Duns ~ * with reservations
http://www.youtube.com/user/RyanDunsSJ
http://www.tinwhistler.blogspot.com/
* Ryan's introductory lessons are fine, but other contributions are not so good, for example his take on hornpipes, which he doesn't manage well, in my opinion. His philosophy is great, but like us all, he doesn't exactly follow what he preaches, at least as I interpret it all. Bless him for his generosity, but be sure to temper exposure here with listening to lots of good music, whatever the instrument giving it swing... Also check 'Links' here, for lessons and listens. Best of luck...
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: Learning and progressing on the whistle
Also, there are some fine players there in the North, in and around Antrim, so don't pass up any opportunity to learn direct, from living sources, including the many workshops held all over Ireland, such as the Frankie Kennedy on this December.
http://www.thesession.org/events/display/1769
http://www.frankiekennedy.com/
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: Penny Whistle
Musn't take things for granted ~ just in case you aren't already familiar with the infamous Chiff & Fipple and that lot of antiquarians ~
~
http://www.chiffandfipple.com/
If they weren't whistle players they'd be train spotters...
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by ceolachan
Penny Whistle Anoraks
# Posted on November 14th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: Penny Whistle
Discussion: YouTube Lessons
# Posted on March 11th 2007 by RyanDunsSJ
http://www.thesession.org/discussions/display/12983
# Posted on November 15th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: Penny Whistle
Smikinni, just go to your local sessions as often as you can - listen and
imitate, you lucky dog! Surrounded by the real deal - probably lots of
bad players too, but learning the difference is part of the process.
# Posted on November 16th 2009 by Hup
Re: Penny Whistle
Damn, I forgot to mention local sessions and music related carry on...
# Posted on November 16th 2009 by ceolachan
Re: Penny Whistle
good whistle n flute teacher in Ballycastle - ask the local CCÉ branch for Catherine Mc Clean - a great player and teacher.
# Posted on November 16th 2009 by iwerzon
Re: Penny Whistle
Here's an excellent tutor: http://www.rogermillington.com/siamsa/brosteve/
# Posted on November 16th 2009 by mcswiss
Re: Penny Whistle
I must reply here because I feel so strongly, that you should forget all the tunes you have learned from the "dots" as they say. That kind of music is for the academics and the puristas. Don't be one of those teeners who can't wait to play everything better than everyone else. How boring. In a more positive sense, practice timing, intonation, and then expand your repertoire in as natural way as is possible in your musical environment. And filter your feedbacks to suit yourself first, and proselytizers last. IMHO.
# Posted on November 17th 2009 by wvwhistler
Re: Penny Whistle
Ha, I liked that post. And I like it when people feel strongly.
(I must ask though, What's a "Purista"?)
# Posted on November 17th 2009 by ...
Re: Penny Whistle
A cat owner by a Sandinista?
# Posted on November 17th 2009 by ramblingpitchfork
Re: Penny Whistle
@ windybaer
I agree with the second half of your post above. Sound advice. But it seems to me you overcook it when you advise Smikinni to forget all tunes learnt from the dots.
When I started playing Irish traditional music I learnt quite a few tunes from the dots. Years later, there’s not one of those tunes I play the same way I learnt them. Equally, when I started, I learnt a great many tunes by ear. And again, I don’t play any of these the same way I heard them originally.
The important thing it seems to me is to listen to lots of good players of whatever instrument you’re playing. From this you develop a sense of the music, and how it works on your instrument. And from this you find you also have a feel for how you yourself are inclined to characterize the music you play. In addition to which, over time, you hear other versions of tunes you know which appeal; and other players whose style you are drawn to. And so, to some extent, you find your own playing changes naturally as a result. And so it continues...
# Posted on November 17th 2009 by Presumin Ed
Re: Penny Whistle
Where do you live? There are more trad musicians in Antrim than anywhere else in Ireland, so it shouldn't be that difficult to find somewhere to learn.
# Posted on November 19th 2009 by bodhran bliss
Re: Penny Whistle
Thanks bodhran bliss, I live in newtownabbey.
# Posted on November 20th 2009 by Smikinni