My Tin Whistle Learning YouTube Channel

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Hello Chiff and Feaple!

I am Marco Túlio, a brazilian that loves ITM and the Tin Whistle for about a couple weeks, but I can guarantee you all that it will never die. ; )

This is my first post here and for this first one I want to announce my new YouTube channel in which I show my little progresses on the Tin Whistle. I will post, mainly, the tunes that I’ve been learning on the Bill Ochs book which is awesome! And I also posted an unboxing of my first whistle, a silver Clarke MEG. : )

I hope that you guys check enjoy it : D Would be very good too if you guys could give me some tips and show me where I can improve. : ))

Here is the link to my channel. :
http://www.youtube.com/user/truespiritism

Ah, you can add me on Facebook if you want too. : )
https://www.facebook.com/marcotuliolgp

Hugs From Brazil

Marco Túlio

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You sure enjoy playing the whistle. Please post some videos in a month and then you’ll see how you’ve improved. What are you working on now?

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Welcome!
I visited your channel and subscribed.
Looking foward to watching your progress.

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Hey Muteponte, thanks for your reply : ) Now I’m working on a Tune called “Oats and Beans and Barley Grow”, an Anglo-American singing game on lesson eight of the Bill Ochs’ Book.
My project is to post all the tunes of the book :astonished: hahaha.. That will take a certain time but I am improving a little each day and I am loving to post these progresses on YouTube. It’s funny to see that it’s already possible to see big differences between the first tune and the last one that I’ve posted.

Thank you too, Maki, for the answer. You’re very welcome :smiley: Hope you enjoy the videos.

Again, thank you all for the support!!

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Hello, and welcome. Very nice playing.

I too visited your YouTube and viewed the videos. I was particularly impressed by dublin924 with the Michael Burke and Colin Goldie whistles in Low D.
Duet, no less about 2:10sec - http://www.youtube.com/user/dublin924?feature=plcp

That has GOT to be TWICE the FUN! Now I have to do everything TWICE! Thankyou

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Hahahaha… It’s a good Channel indeed, yetliek. The only problem is that some nice videos is in Japanese. thank you God that music is a universal language, everybody can hear and enjoy it :slight_smile:

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I posted a new video of my sixth tune. Oats and Beans and Barley Grow.

Do you like it?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emQEr-cUFZ0

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you should work more time on each tune instead of “learning so many as possible in a short time”
it seams so without loving the music, just quick and dirty done
i bet ull get much better if you work on the tunes and you`ll have more fun i think

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On the other hand, I like learning a bunch of tunes and then improving on them all as I get better. Every now and then, I have to face an exceptional tricky song and stop and study it. To each his own. Have fun.

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Welcome!

I think it’s great that you are posting videos of your progress. It will also be good for you to view them as time goes on to see how you’ve improved, and what needs improving.

Have fun and keep learning!

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Wow, those are short slow tunes.

I guess that is a really good book, i have just recently researched that book and read alot of good reviews.

I never knew that book existed, forgive me.

My first tone was Rebel Heart by the Corrs
My second was Toss the Feathers Version by the Corrs.

Then my succeeding was my compositions.

I was playing by combined technique of Sight and Ear then studied Slow passages now.

I enjoyed

Titanic-as Popularized by Celine Dion
She move thorough the Fair-Trad
You raise me up-Inspirational Popularized by Josh Groban
Swan Song-Within Temptation

Im eyeing to try Cannon in D by Pachelbel

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Wow that is a good review.

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i agree to that
but to me it looks like, that he always post a video, when he “knows” a new tune … he should wait untill he “realy know to play them”
maybe its just me but i think he just rushes trough the book, wanting to “know” so many tunes as possible, as fast as possible, without realy learn to play one and or develop a feeling for it

i know that wish, i begann (…well when…?) …2 moanth ago? and untill now i am able to play (just) 5 tunes …but i wish it to be 50, i am always working on 1 or 2, sometimes 3 at the same time, but i continue to practice all of them
of course my waiting list is long but i force myself to “give it some time”

anyway, as long as he has fun all is well
and maybe it looks to me different than it realy is, but i still bet, he would have much more fun playing “his tunes” if he would “give it more time”

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I’m surprised no one else has mentioned this seeing you did ask… But you should not be tonguing every single note. You should think of the whole tune to be slurred with some tonguing added in where it feels right. I suggest you read through Brother Steve’s entire site, but particularly this section about tonguing to start with:

http://www.rogermillington.com/siamsa/brosteve/tonguing.html

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I like people’s videos whether they are brand new or experienced. He has lots of enthusiasm. It makes me happy. I really enjoy looking at how other people live. I’d really like to know what is up with those squares on that one cupboard. Are they magnets, stickers, tiles or something else? They’re very orderly. I like order. The rest of the house looks orderly too. Messes have their places too. I live in a mess. Children love coming to our house. They open our drawers to see what more we have. Sometimes they just take stuff. We let them. We have too much stuff.

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For anyone who isn’t aware of Bill Och’s book, Oats and Beans and Barley grow is from Chapter Eight. Since slurring is in Chapter Nine, all of Bill’s songs up to this point are tongued on the CD.

Marco, I think you are doing fine. After Chapter Ten the songs get more challenging. I recommend continuing to play all of the songs you learned as you move on to new songs. I noticed, since I’m ahead of you, that the songs focus a lot on particular finger patterns note for note. A good example is “What Shall We do with a Drunken Sailor” (Page 34.) In order to play it fast you will have to get good muscle memory with your fingers. It doesn’t mean you have to stay there - it means that these songs need to remain as part of your practice. These take the place of boring finger exercises.

Venture out, but be aware of conflicts in how something is taught. Brother Steve has really good videos, but if Och’s book is your primary learning source, don’t veer of of Och’s methods. Mixing can add confusion and take focus off of what it is you’re trying to do. I am now taking Blayne Chastain’s video courses. I’ve decided to make that my main learning source but I’ll continue to learn songs from Och’s book as well.

In six months or so, make another video of Oats and Beans and Barley grow. Everyone can watch both versions and hear how well you’ve improved.

Keep it up!

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Yeah German Whistler, “du bist richtig” :slight_smile: , I think you are correct, I should be more patient and spent more time on each tune. I understand what you meant to say. Danke, for your helpfull reply!!

On the other hand, it’s also funny to play all this six tune sequentially and improve them all the same time, as Mutepoite said, but I think that when I finnish lesson ten, I’ll stop for awhile before entering on “The Tune” section and practice more the rhythm and I’ll do some fingering exercises as well.

Mutepointe, I love cupboards, I’ve been collecting then for a long time. There are many of them from Germany, Uk, Hungry, Czech Republic, Austria.. All beer cupboards, that I like to put then whit some tape on my Closet, and I like to have my three beer bottles too.

Thank you too, Mr Ed, for your reply, it makes me very happy! :slight_smile:

Hi, Angel Shadowsong, It is really an awesome book! Bill Ochs really knows how to teach music to us. One thing that I observed, is that he is very concerned to “teach” rhythm into your heart. :smiley: I really encourage you to get it! About those songs you said, I really enjoy them, but for know I am more focous on the Ochs’ book. Thank you for your reply.

Blaydo, as Ghicken said, all tunes for now on are whith tonguing. :smiley: But I really appreciate tonguing when it is in the right place, as Matt Maloy and Brian Finnegan used to do. Finnegan is my biggest inspiration right now, I listen to The Ravishing Genius Of Bones all the time! :stuck_out_tongue: I wonder one time to play all that cd…

Ghicken, Thank you a lot for this tip!! It is very boring indeed to do finger exercises, but we all know that it’s fundamental. Some times, you know what your fingers have to do, but they just does not do it. Hahahaha Thank you both!

Again, thank you all!! Those tips whill certain help me a lot on my long jorney of learning the whistle. You guys are such a nice people, I am very greatful to know you all!

Have a nice friend day :smiley:

Hugs from Brazil… Wow it’s so cold here! Bzzzz! :stuck_out_tongue: It’s hard to play on this cold, your fingers just don’t contract very well.

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The Bill Ochs book has been a lot of fun while still challenging. It’s been over a year and I’m still not in the ornamentation section of it. I did check out the cuts and strikes, which was a mistake. Being in a hurry to get into that stuff was a distraction from the much more important rhythm, phrasing, and getting the tunes under the fingers more. (Oh, and listening to the music.) Bill Ochs knows what he is doing and the progression of the lessons and tunes are in their order for a good reason. :blush:

I’m working on Kemp’s Jig right now. (The section on the third octave won’t be started until after hearing protection is purchased.) And still go back to the tunes from the lessons. Maybe I’m easily amazed, but once you get to the point of slurring the notes, I think you’ll be amazed too at the variety that can be had in how you make the tune flow or swing. The Lyke Wake Dirge is a good example. It’s a simple air, but when you start slurring and then go back to that tune… you can really play it pretty and not get bored with it.

I’ve been watching a lot of Brian Finnegan on YouTube lately. His approach is interesting and I enjoy it. If you get the chance, check out some Micho Russell, Joanie Madden, and Mary Bergin too if you haven’t already.

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Hey Mr Ed! Your Reply really encouraged me! I read it all the time. I love how Bill Ochs can teach music! I’m in love with The WHISTLE :blush:

I recorded two more tunes, you can check it on my channel.

The Lewis Bridal Song
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos#/watch?v=ADJQfIA-gLg

The Cat’s Jig
http://www.youtube.com/my_videos#/watch?v=1pGtSEM11hY

Thank you all C&F

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I started off with the Bill Ochs book…back in 1995.

I blasted through the lessons just as fast as I possibly could, and practiced for hours every day.

It took me a couple of years to really wring the last bits of wisdom I could out of the book…but in all honesty, I could have probably moved away from it after 12-18 months, and into something that exemplified more of the Irish style.