Looking for good songs for a beginner
- HeronMark
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Looking for good songs for a beginner
This topic may be covered elsewhere, if so could sombody link me to it...
Otherwise, I am looking for some good songs for a beginner (me). I have been playing a low D for about 3 months. I can play some songs such as Auld Lang Syne, and Loch Lomond, and assorted old hymns. But, I have been searching for more songs in the traditional Scottish and Irish style, to no avail. It would be a great help if there was a MP3 to go along with sheet music, as I cant really read music very well yet but i can go by ear .
Thanks for any help
Heron
Otherwise, I am looking for some good songs for a beginner (me). I have been playing a low D for about 3 months. I can play some songs such as Auld Lang Syne, and Loch Lomond, and assorted old hymns. But, I have been searching for more songs in the traditional Scottish and Irish style, to no avail. It would be a great help if there was a MP3 to go along with sheet music, as I cant really read music very well yet but i can go by ear .
Thanks for any help
Heron
Psalms 150:4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! --Even Fipple Flutes
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Check out Tin Whistle Tunes, a good number of viewer submitted songs on a lot of different whistles.
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Phil Hardy has some nice tutorials on his website.
Kerrywhistle.com
He also has a few tunes, but they may be too advanced. Also he has plenty of videos of performers. Very inspiring!! Just a few tunes that I found relatively easy are:
Kesh Jig
Blarney Pilgrim
The Butterfly
and a number of polkas..whose names elude me right now...
Kerrywhistle.com
He also has a few tunes, but they may be too advanced. Also he has plenty of videos of performers. Very inspiring!! Just a few tunes that I found relatively easy are:
Kesh Jig
Blarney Pilgrim
The Butterfly
and a number of polkas..whose names elude me right now...
I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family.
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These tutorial sites have simple tunes (dance music) and airs (melodies of songs without their words) along with MP3's or midi's I believe:
http://www.whistleworkshop.co.uk/home.htm
http://www.whistletutor.com/index.htm
http://nigelgatherer.com/whist.html
I hope you are also listening to CD's of Irish and Scottish music on any instrument, not necessarily the whistle. That will help you a lot with getting a feeling for the style. I hope you find some tunes to work on.
http://www.whistleworkshop.co.uk/home.htm
http://www.whistletutor.com/index.htm
http://nigelgatherer.com/whist.html
I hope you are also listening to CD's of Irish and Scottish music on any instrument, not necessarily the whistle. That will help you a lot with getting a feeling for the style. I hope you find some tunes to work on.
Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium. ~ Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence.----Seneca
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Thank you much for the help with the sites. I do listen to a lot of Celtic music, Ive been listening for as long as i could play a Record/tape/cd/mp3 in that order that certanly gets it into your soul.
Psalms 150:4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! --Even Fipple Flutes
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For beginning I'd recommend '110 Ireland's Best Tin Whistle Tunes' book & CD as featured on the page at this link
It has lots of well known tunes and is very clear indeed. Also consider the Bill Ochs tutor which has a lot of beginner tunes as well as good instruction. Search this site for 'Ochs' and you'll soon find details of that one.
It has lots of well known tunes and is very clear indeed. Also consider the Bill Ochs tutor which has a lot of beginner tunes as well as good instruction. Search this site for 'Ochs' and you'll soon find details of that one.
And whether the blood be highland, lowland or no.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
And whether the skin be black or white as the snow.
Of kith and of kin we are one, be it right, be it wrong.
As long as our hearts beat true to the lilt of a song.
The guy that runs our local beginner's sesion, keeps updating the
session tunebook as tunes are taught. This is the book I learned my
tunes from (and then added tunes heard at session, as I needed)
http://ncfolk.net/sessions/pinecone1/
A second (continuously updated) tune book, and the ABC versions of
both are available here:
http://ncfolk.net/sessions/
session tunebook as tunes are taught. This is the book I learned my
tunes from (and then added tunes heard at session, as I needed)
http://ncfolk.net/sessions/pinecone1/
A second (continuously updated) tune book, and the ABC versions of
both are available here:
http://ncfolk.net/sessions/
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Thank you for all the help guys so far this is the friendlyiest (yay spelling) forum i've been to. this is what i normaly end up doing with any sheet music that I get, because i am lazy... and because i can by no means sight read, or read ABC fast enough... http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5 ... ZNWzdo2cOT
yay for copy and paste
yay for copy and paste
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Learn it, becuse learn it you must. Then never play it again.
Learn it, becuse learn it you must. Then never play it again.
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Here's another link for some songs -- I think it's in German ... maybe Dutch .. .. Not sure ... but the song links are in English. That works for me. Some nice music in any case.
http://www.fleadh.de/fleadh_4u/songbook/index.html
Judy
http://www.fleadh.de/fleadh_4u/songbook/index.html
Judy
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wow, so many songs, so little time
Does anybody know where i can get the music for LOTR or Braveheart? i have figured out the first couple of bars for the "hobit song" but after that it gets all muddled with strings etc.
Thanks for all the help, you guys are the best.
Does anybody know where i can get the music for LOTR or Braveheart? i have figured out the first couple of bars for the "hobit song" but after that it gets all muddled with strings etc.
Thanks for all the help, you guys are the best.
Psalms 150:4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes! --Even Fipple Flutes