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07/10/10 Tony Higgins (the bald-headed guy with the migraine to the left) posts a few tunes on Abell A (blackwood):
The Lark on the Strand (jig)
O'Carolan's Welcome (waltz) (saved in misc)
O'Keefe's Slide (misc)

07/03/10 Tom Hamilton sends "my rendition of His Voice as the Sound, as played on my John Sindt High D. The recording is a bit harsh due to the minimal quality on my laptop's microphone, but I think it comes across pretty well (or at least acceptably enough ^_~). " (saved in misc)

06/21/10 David Goldsworthy sends three jigs on uillean pipes: I Buried My Wife/Father O'Flynn/Old Joe's.

05/18/10 Sean Cavanaugh plays a jig, The Mouse in the Mug, on a Blackbird High D whistle.

05/01/10 Peter Boiney sends: the song, For Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name, played on a Tony Dixon tuneable D whistle. (saved in slow airs)

04/05/10 Bud Woods sends: "This past Sunday I played special music at Church in preparation for Easter; my selections were "He Was Wounded For Our Transgressions", "When I Survey The Wondrous Cross" and "Amazing Grace". I played the selections on my Highland Bagpip...

03/07/10 Welcome to Etienne Savoye, who writes, "I play especially Irish tunes on my whistles but i recently discover that some traditionnals from my country may sounds well on a whistle... So, this is a set of two "branles" from south of France, "Lo nostre Ase" and "La...

02/22/10 Welcome to Joseph Carmichael, who sends: "The tune is Hammy Hamilton's "Kerfunten", played by Joseph Carmichael (me) on a bamboo Ab flute made by William Miller." NAME: Ashley Jones INSTRUMENT: Copeland Low D (brass) TITLE: 'Bird On A Brier'. This is an old old song from...

02/18/10 Welcome to Stephanie Oliver (Stephlisa) who sends: "I have some recordings of irish tunes, 3 on a bamboo flute, 2 on a feadog D whistle, 1 on an original clarke C whistle: Danny Boy- flute, Dans En Dro- Flute, Down By The Sally Gardens- Flute (all saved in flute), Irish Washerwoman (ji...

I like Blazer's reply. I'd add a few things that have helped me. Slow the tune way down and figure out a nice phrasing- where to break up the rhythm (without disrupting it). Consider the downbeat at the beginning of a bar, especially if it's a 2-count note and play the first half, then breath throug...

01/23/10 Jules Bitter sends 3 slow airs: "An Roisin Dubh : I play on a Sindt D-whistle = air from my Whistle Basics tutorial. Give me your Hand: I play a Dixon brass tunable D. Cape Clear: I play an original Overton non tunable D accompanied by my brother Rob."

01/17/10 Jules Bitter returns promptly with another tune: Langstern Pony, a jig, played on a Sindt D with Philip Masure on guitar. Jules has a website, which has notation for his tunes: http://www.whistle-flute.com/

01/14/10 Welcome to Jules Bitter in New Zealand, who sends: "1 The Swallows Tail Reel (a version I learned from Thomas Keenan) 2 Farewell to Ireland ( a version played by his brother Paddy Keenan). I recorded them a while ago with guitar accompaniment by Philip Masure, a music friend from Belgi...

01/06/10 Welcome to Conchi Sanchez, who writes, "My name is Conchi. I'm from Spain. I'm beginer playing the tin whistle and I don't speak English very well. The first tune is The Boyne Hunt. It's a Reel played with Tin Whistle Dixon in D (Tuneable). The second one is My Darling Asleep. IT's a J...

12/28/09 Asa Strong sends The Rising of the Moon: "An Irish standard made popular by the Clancy Brothers. Made with a PVC Whistle I made and I also added a guitar as well. I used the The free Audacity software recording package to make the original recording and also to overlay the guitar track...