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I agree that understanding the words helps to understand where the composer was coming from and the sentimnents they wanted to put into the song but i dont think it would be wrong to play an air as a melody in its own right.Besides many airs,being lost in time now have a variety of different lyrics ...

Well thanks for all the replies, I guess it could well have been an oak however it was thinner and lighter and played more clearly than my present Oak D, however there's quite an age gap so maybe thats it....
Thygress...my uncle was given it in 1968 but I wouldn't know if it was new then or not.

PS: I definitely agree with what Peter says above

Sorry Teri and anyone else i may have offended, i didnt mean the comment that way at all, more along the lines of how waldon interpreted it. I can only speak through personal experience and thats how it feels to me. Of course you dont have to have lived in Ireland or anything, besides there's a lot ...

Well here's my stab - hope it helps... I cant say ive ever come across a question like this before but having been surrounded by intensive ITM my whole life my thoughts may be of some use. I was bought up in the Gaeltacht and in my opinion the very core of ITM comes from the whole culture and atmosp...

hey all you crazy people :smile:, i was wondering if anyone could identify a whistle for me....it was nickle, with a black plastic mouthpiece, it was fairly thin and played quite clearly and had a sticker with james galway's signature wrapped round it. It was passed onto me by my uncle who got it ye...