Learning to play ITM
Posted: Sat Oct 31, 2020 6:44 am
I assumed that everyone who plays tin whistle plays ITM, but it seems that's not the case, after all the tin whistle didn't originate in Ireland, its an English invention isn't it?
Anyway I thought about learning some ITM but it seems you can't just learn it note by note but you have to feel it, experience it. A bit like the blues I suppose. It's there or it isnt. Now, I grew up playing music by ear, never had lessons but I was able to hear a tune then play it on my keyboard when I was in short trousers, and I still kinda have that ability. I play numerous instruments and though I'm now learning to read music, I still play by ear and I improvise all the time, on whatever instrument I have to hand. Many frown at this, especially in the recorder community, as its believed that to play an instrument like the recorder or the clarinet you should learn to read music and play music 'properly'
I say fooey to all that stuffiness and I just tend to go with what I feel. I upset people because I add ornaments to classical pieces. Ode to Joy with a lilt? Oh no you mustn't! Pah.
On with the music.
So just how hard is it to learn to play ITM on a D whistle?
Anyway I thought about learning some ITM but it seems you can't just learn it note by note but you have to feel it, experience it. A bit like the blues I suppose. It's there or it isnt. Now, I grew up playing music by ear, never had lessons but I was able to hear a tune then play it on my keyboard when I was in short trousers, and I still kinda have that ability. I play numerous instruments and though I'm now learning to read music, I still play by ear and I improvise all the time, on whatever instrument I have to hand. Many frown at this, especially in the recorder community, as its believed that to play an instrument like the recorder or the clarinet you should learn to read music and play music 'properly'
I say fooey to all that stuffiness and I just tend to go with what I feel. I upset people because I add ornaments to classical pieces. Ode to Joy with a lilt? Oh no you mustn't! Pah.
On with the music.
So just how hard is it to learn to play ITM on a D whistle?