Recommended Beginner Tunes?

Stella · Post by **Stella** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 1:45 am

Well, I am sick and tired of My Grandfather's Clock, Greensleeves and Ode to Joy...
Any easy-to-learn recommendations will be greatly appreciated!
Stella

sweetone · Post by **sweetone** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 2:46 am

Try Lord of the dance

blackhawk · Post by **blackhawk** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 2:58 am

Star of the County Down is very easy, and the Foggy Dew.

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 3:29 am

Going along with blackhawk's "foggy" theme

how about "The Bright Hollow Fog"?

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 3:29 am

Going along with blackhawk's "foggy" theme

how about "The Bright Hollow Fog"?

~Larry

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 3:31 am

Darn, now I'm stutterin'!!!

~Larry

burnsbyrne · Post by **burnsbyrne** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 5:49 am

Dawning of the Day and Roddy McCawley are nice. Also Rattlin' Bog.
Mike Burns

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 5:49 am

On 2002-10-08 05:31, madguy wrote:
Darn, now I'm stutterin'!!!

~Larry

BillG · Post by **BillG** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 5:57 am

Sally Gardens, South Wind and Mountains of Pomeroy. Easy, slow and sweet.

BillG

andreaz54 · Post by **andreaz54** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 7:16 am

I saw this tread and was interested right away! Good question Stella! I am in the same boat..........all my beginners tunes are wearing bit thin!!!!!!!!!

These are all wonderful sounding suggestions...but, now can you all tell me (AND Stella) where we might find them? I am a total fool when it comes to locatig things on the web...sort of the same way I read a map! Need detailed instructions!! Whistle Shop has a book...."Ireland's Best Slow Airs" or something like that...too half awake to look for it right now. Would any of these tunes be found in that book?? Thanks!!

madguy · Post by **madguy** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 8:08 am

Most, if not all the mentioned tunes, can be found at JC's ABC tunefinder, I believe.

The book you mentioned from The Whistle Shop is a very good one (I have it myself)and most of the tunes already mentioned are indeed in it.

~Larry

fiddling_tenor · Post by **fiddling_tenor** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 8:12 am

First two tunes I learned: "The Blackthorn Stick" and "The Battering Ram." Then I discovered they aren't considered "beginner's tunes." O well.

I didn't notice, but "Si Bheg Si Mhor" is also a fairly easy tune to learn.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 8:22 am

I think Ireland's Best 110 Tinwhistle Tunes is worth a look. Broken down into Beginners, Intermediate and more advanced, with a CD available so you can hear how the tunes should sound, and a goodly selection of different types of tunes.

You'll find it on the Hobgoblin site
http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/local/bookfram.htm

and no doubbt elsewhere.

Cees · Post by **Cees** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 8:33 am

Good sites for tunes:

http://www.tinwhistler.com/music/

http://www.blackflute.com/music/tunes.html

http://www.slowplayers.org/Slowplayers_Music_List.html

http://www.whistleworkshop.co.uk/

http://fingertrip.net/whistle/index.html

http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/findtune.html

http://home.attbi.com/~celticairsn/inst_sheet.htm

Those are just a few of my favorites. Enjoy!

Redwolf · Post by **Redwolf** » Tue Oct 08, 2002 8:46 am

In addition to those already recommended, I suggest "Slane/Be Thou My Vision," "Amazing Grace," "The Ash Grove," "The Water Is Wide" (aka "O Waly Waly"), "Shepherd's Hey," "South Australia," "The Rose Tree," and "The Threepenny Bit."

I also suggest you think of tunes you like that you already know how to hum and learning to pick them out on the whistle by ear. It's good practice, and may add some good tunes to your repertoire that other whistlers don't always play. Some of the first tunes I learned on the whistle were songs I already knew, many from my Campfire Girls days ("Gypsy Weather," "The White Road" and the theme song from the old Pippi Longstocking TV show, which is not only easy, but bouncy and fun, and a real kid-pleaser).

Redwolf