"impossibly hard, yet superb"
Why would you look for impossibly hard tunes rather than just good ones. Anyway there are no impossibly hard good reels for the whistle.
I have in my collection a whistle player playing The Swallow's Tail Reel (the so called Traveller's Version of the reel) The style reminds me of Mary Bergin and maybe it is her, but if I could play the whistle that tune would be No 1 on my list to learn.
few good choons mentioned..so far
4me a few worthwhile difficult ones would be
-Girls of Boisdale - learnt from brian finnegan
-sweeneys buttermilk - learnt off sum mad fella with locks
-stranger at the gate - Barry Kerrs version, easily sourced off you tube or world looks away album
-Rathlin island - Lunasa Kinnity session trk 7, whistle solo Kev Crawford goes nicely with sporting paddy..
---tis good when someone describes a choon as impossible, shows they pay attention to the intricacies.. if u find a tune easy, u r either a pro or you havnt bothered the arse learning it properly. devils in the detail . gd lk
Hydra-headed rampant mutancy has characterised the music and culture of Newcastle since time immoral.
It is easy to explain this today: the sheep-dip goes into the Tyne, the Tyne goes into the water supply, the water supply goes into the beer, and the beer goes into the Folk Degree students.
But why it was so in the distant past, when the environment was more pristine, remains one of the disquieting enigmas of history. Perhaps there was continuous endemic ergotism; perhaps there still is.
Whistle Reels
Whistle Reels
Hi all, does anyone know of any impossibly hard, yet superb reels for the whistle. . .I'm a little short on good new reels at the moment. thanks
# Posted on March 25th 2010 by fluther
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Which impossibly hard and superb reels do you already play?
# Posted on March 25th 2010 by Dragut Reis
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Thats the problem, I;m short of good 1's at the moment,. . .ned killeens and moving cloud would be favs of mine
# Posted on March 25th 2010 by fluther
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Have a go at The Bunch of Keys.
# Posted on March 25th 2010 by Dragut Reis
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Listen to Mary Bergin for great ideas.
# Posted on March 25th 2010 by primrose lass
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Aye.
# Posted on March 25th 2010 by Dragut Reis
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Her version of The Ivy Leaf is pretty righteous.
# Posted on March 25th 2010 by Dragut Reis
Re: Whistle Reels
"impossibly hard, yet superb"
Why would you look for impossibly hard tunes rather than just good ones. Anyway there are no impossibly hard good reels for the whistle.
# Posted on March 25th 2010 by bogman
Re: Whistle Reels
I have in my collection a whistle player playing The Swallow's Tail Reel (the so called Traveller's Version of the reel) The style reminds me of Mary Bergin and maybe it is her, but if I could play the whistle that tune would be No 1 on my list to learn.
# Posted on March 25th 2010 by Free Reed
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Try 'The Old Station House'. It can be a challenge on whistle or keyless flute.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/8100
# Posted on March 26th 2010 by Toppish
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The Knotted Flute.
Or maybe I mean The Knotted Cord...lovely whistle tune, anyway!
# Posted on March 26th 2010 by nicholas
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the musical priest is a good one
# Posted on March 26th 2010 by James Morgan
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it's a grand tune James & not at all impossibly difficult.
# Posted on March 26th 2010 by Ben Steen
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H9aIrs3ZsI
Try these out
# Posted on March 26th 2010 by pipersgrip
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I forgot to mention. They are called: The High Reel, Naughton's, and Shoot When the Ducks Are Flying.
# Posted on March 26th 2010 by pipersgrip
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few good choons mentioned..so far
4me a few worthwhile difficult ones would be
-Girls of Boisdale - learnt from brian finnegan
-sweeneys buttermilk - learnt off sum mad fella with locks
-stranger at the gate - Barry Kerrs version, easily sourced off you tube or world looks away album
-Rathlin island - Lunasa Kinnity session trk 7, whistle solo Kev Crawford goes nicely with sporting paddy..
---tis good when someone describes a choon as impossible, shows they pay attention to the intricacies.. if u find a tune easy, u r either a pro or you havnt bothered the arse learning it properly. devils in the detail . gd lk
# Posted on March 26th 2010 by Miss Mulligan
Re: Whistle Reels
Try 'Maggie's Pancakes', actually in Bm, not in D as described in the Mustard Pages search.
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/1316
The quintessential rendition of this tune is on an Alasdair MacCuish & the Black Rose Ceilidh Band CD called 'Stepping Out'. Played like no one else.
# Posted on March 26th 2010 by Toppish
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http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2589
# Posted on March 26th 2010 by Kenny
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Or, if you wanna be REALLY pretentious (or if you live in Newcastle
), http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/2589 you can play Pressed For Time...
# Posted on March 26th 2010 by Joe CSS
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Hydra-headed rampant mutancy has characterised the music and culture of Newcastle since time immoral.
It is easy to explain this today: the sheep-dip goes into the Tyne, the Tyne goes into the water supply, the water supply goes into the beer, and the beer goes into the Folk Degree students.
But why it was so in the distant past, when the environment was more pristine, remains one of the disquieting enigmas of history. Perhaps there was continuous endemic ergotism; perhaps there still is.
# Posted on March 27th 2010 by nicholas
Re: Whistle Reels
Bunch of keys transposed for whistle and flute here...
DGGF ~G2 Ac|BG (3GGG dGBG|DFFE EF2 B|A~F3 dFcF|
DGGF ~G2 Ac|BGGA Bcde| (3fga fe fdec | (3Bcd cA BGG2 :||
dgg^f ~g3 a | bg~g2 ag^fe|d^cde fefg|af~f2 gfeg|
dgg^f ~g3 a | bg~g2 ag^fg|(3fga fe fdec | (3Bcd cA BGG2 :||
BG(3GGG BGdG | BG(3GGG Bdgd | AF(3FFF AFcF | AF(3FFF ABcA |
DGGF ~G2 Ac|BGGA Bcde| (3fga fe fdec | (3Bcd cA BGG2 :||
# Posted on January 19th 2011 by Conor the fiddler