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Doug I'm not sure if I agree with your description of glottal stops. Pronouncing the letter k (as in luck) requires moving the back of your tongue (as well as the glottis), while with glottal stops there is no tongue movement whatsoever and they are formed by a combination of the glottis and a diagp...

Its an Irish traditional wooden black side flute of an ethnic and Hibernian nature......obvious really!

Beir Bua
Conal

Hello djm I don't agree that I made your point for you at all...in fact I think you are missing the point I am making. The DVD is not a tutorial but a presentation of a selection of the traditions finest exponents in a new and hopefully informative manner with insights into their singing, background...

djm I don't agree that these are obscure songs but wouldn't really mind if they were....in fact they are among the "big" songs from each of the singers local traditions (Na Gamhna Geala, An Bonnan Bui, Taimse agus Maire etc). Also in relation to the DVD being only for those immersed in the...

Hello Lads, Tony, I have already sent you an e-mail with the next two classes. Eddie is correct in saying that the classes are delivered in batches of two with each set being sent upon receipt of the assessment mp3 for the previous two. We feel that this discipline allows students to focus on curren...

Hello Eivind The course consists of 10 classes which are paid for at start. Each class features a new tune and two new ornamentation techniques (plus variations etc.). Each class builds on the learning from previous classes and the student sends in an mp3 of their playing after every two classes. At...

Hello Tony The course covers all of the basics to give the beginner flute player are solid grounding in how to play Irish traditional music..everything from posture, grip, tone production through cuts, pats, triplets, glottal stops, rolls, breathing patterns etc. This is done over the course of 10 c...

Lads, Don't let the recording issue stop you doing the assessment portion of the classes...this is the best bit and by far the most valuable part of the lesson. There's not an issue between Mac & PC formats (hey..the classes are created on a Mac!! although most people use the PC version). If any...

Hello, Scoiltrad have just released a DVD ROM study of Sean Nos singing featuring singers from Ireland and Scotland (Mairead Ni Dhomhnaill, Eoini Maidhci O Suilleabhain, Joise Sheain Jeaic MacDonnacha (all from Ireland), Maggie MacInnes and Anne Martin (from Scotland). As well as in-depth interviews...

Lads I don't know where the idea that tongueing on whistle was untraditional came from....it is used extensively (albeit to varying degree's) by almost all traditional players that I am familiar with. Sean Ryan from Tipperary is an exponent of a heavily tongued style while Deirdre Collis from Sligo ...

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Beir Bua
Conal

Tyhgress In relation to the point I made about practice being the most important aspect of learning, I'm not sure there is much more I can add. Musical technique must become instinctive in order for the musician to be able to exeucte flawlessly...this only comes with practice (assuming that the tech...

Hello Lads Conal O Grada here from Cork & Scoiltrad. The recent discussion about teaching embouchure echoes my own experience as a young fella and also that of my current students starting out on the flute....it has to be the most frustrating aspect of flute playing to both teach and learn. My o...

Also http://www.scoiltrad.com where downloadable lessons that include a personalized student assessment feature are available

Beir Bua
Conal

Hello Folks Conal O Grada here from Scoiltrad. Just to concur with what Susan said in an earlier post, it is absolutely the right thing to get your mp3 in for assessment early. This way you get to benefit from the advice before putting in rakes of time practicing and therefore practice the right thi...