hiya,i love tin whistle,i think its a magical instrument,i started to learn how to play it,but dont have any clue,what tunes to play in sets together.is it up to me or exist any rules somewhere,which tunes sound good together and which not?thank you for help
Get Mary Bergin's "Feadoga Stain" & "Feadoga Stain II", that should get you off on a great footing. For now focus on a swingy rhythm & proper fingering. Let the ornaments, speed etc, come naturally - it'll come some day, but it'll be harder if you force it.
Luska, you could do worse than visiting http://music.celtic.ru/Session_Tune_Sets/Contents.htm. This site lists the 39 sets of 119 dance tunes published in the Comhaltas Foinn Seisiun book and used regularly at Culturlann sessions in Monkstown (Don't ask me how they found their way on to a Russian site but it says a lot about the universality of Irish traditional Music). If you'd prefer to spare your printer and get a more durable copy, the Book is available at € 10.00 from Comhaltas - E-mail: enquiries@comhaltas.com.
Also, if you just started, you *probably* should concentrate on stylistic issues (getting the "right" sound) before you worry too much about sets. As a matter of fact, almost anything goes together. It all sounds the same anyway! The sets start making sense gradually with time, as you learn tunes and play with other more experienced people.
Alice, I've just checked the link again and it works fine from my PC here in Dublin. By the way the tunes open up in staff notation only (ie they're not in ABC and you can't listen to them).
tin whistle greenhorn is looking for a help
tin whistle greenhorn is looking for a help
hiya,i love tin whistle,i think its a magical instrument,i started to learn how to play it,but dont have any clue,what tunes to play in sets together.is it up to me or exist any rules somewhere,which tunes sound good together and which not?thank you for help
# Posted on February 25th 2003 by luska
Re: tin whistle greenhorn is looking for a help
Get Mary Bergin's "Feadoga Stain" & "Feadoga Stain II", that should get you off on a great footing. For now focus on a swingy rhythm & proper fingering. Let the ornaments, speed etc, come naturally - it'll come some day, but it'll be harder if you force it.
# Posted on February 25th 2003 by B Rad
Re: tin whistle greenhorn is looking for a help
luska, you will find all the help you need on this web-site:
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/
http://www.chiffandfipple.com/
# Posted on February 25th 2003 by claudine
Re: tin whistle greenhorn is looking for a help
Luska, my favourite site, the place where i finally started learning how to play Irish music, is Brother Steve's:
http://www.rogermillington.com/siamsa/brosteve/
I've read everything in that site many times; try it.
He also contributes in thesession.org occasionally.
g
# Posted on February 26th 2003 by glauber
Re: tin whistle greenhorn is looking for a help
Luska, you could do worse than visiting http://music.celtic.ru/Session_Tune_Sets/Contents.htm. This site lists the 39 sets of 119 dance tunes published in the Comhaltas Foinn Seisiun book and used regularly at Culturlann sessions in Monkstown (Don't ask me how they found their way on to a Russian site but it says a lot about the universality of Irish traditional Music). If you'd prefer to spare your printer and get a more durable copy, the Book is available at € 10.00 from Comhaltas - E-mail: enquiries@comhaltas.com.
# Posted on February 26th 2003 by Bannerman
Re: tin whistle greenhorn is looking for a help
Also, if you just started, you *probably* should concentrate on stylistic issues (getting the "right" sound) before you worry too much about sets. As a matter of fact, almost anything goes together. It all sounds the same anyway!
The sets start making sense gradually with time, as you learn tunes and play with other more experienced people.
# Posted on February 26th 2003 by glauber
Re: tin whistle greenhorn is looking for a help
Bannerman, your link doesn't seem to work for me. Can you check and make sure it's correct?
# Posted on February 26th 2003 by aliceflynn
Music.celtic.ru page
I found the page cached on Google, but Netscape tells me it can't locate the music.celtic.ru server.
# Posted on February 26th 2003 by aliceflynn
Re: tin whistle greenhorn is looking for a help
Alice, I've just checked the link again and it works fine from my PC here in Dublin. By the way the tunes open up in staff notation only (ie they're not in ABC and you can't listen to them).
# Posted on February 27th 2003 by Bannerman
Re: tin whistle greenhorn is looking for a help
I concur with the Mary Bergin suggestion - you should also try Laurence Nugent. His playing is absolutely superb and his choice of tunes great.
For figuring out what tunes go together - buy a few CD's of the like of Four Men and a Dog, Altan, Bothy Band, Patrick Street, Dan
# Posted on February 27th 2003 by breandan