![]() ![]() Instantaneously and the listener is advised to not view them as separate notes.Ĭuts and strikes. Quickly lowers or raises their bottom finger. Sounded note is lowered briefly to the whistle. A tap is similar to a cut except for one thing. Too much television and not enough practise.As taps. When I ask how much long they watch television for compared to learning your tin whistle then the reason they find the tune hard to play becomes apparent. Some people write to me asking if I have any easier versions of a tune as they are finding it too hard to play. By the end of the week you'll be able to play the tune off by heart. Then put the first and second together and so on. The next day get the second line off even if it takes 100 tries. My advice on these tunes is to learn one line at a time, it doesn't matter if it takes you all day to get the first line off by heart. ![]() I think learning how to play songs on the whistle is much easier as the melody of the songs will already be in your head from years of listen to '' Dirty Old Town'' for example. Learning Traditional Tunes - The advice I gave in the folk songs section about getting these tunes into your head is pretty much the same for trad. One other reason for setting up the pop song section for tin whistle was to make the instrument more mainstream. They would never think you played anything other that traditional or folk songs. You see the whistle has always been associated with traditional Irish music and if you said to someone that you played a whistle they automatically assumed you were into trad. I had been playing some of these songs for years and if I was willing to play popular music on a tin whistle then there had to be many more like me. It has really taken off and is now as popular as the folk songs. So I took a chance and put a good mixture of old and new songs. I really hadn't a clue if it would be popular or if I was wasting my time. So what about the pop music section on the site ? I was very hesitant about setting up this section. This is very gratifying to hear and I'm delighted to be able to help out. I get sent many emails from people who have stated that they recently took up playing the tin whistle, some are aged over 80 years old and said that without the music notes on this site they would not have continued playing the whistle. The Marino Waltz Violin Sheet Music For Beginners The Level Plain, Magh Seola is also included. If the traditional tunes here seem a little bit difficult for you then check out the folk music for tin whistle, which you'll surly have some of the songs already floating about in your head. My view is that if sheet music helps then one should use it, that person over time will develop an ear and will gain an understanding of keys and if a piece of sheet music is put in front of them they'll be able to play it where as if the same sheet was put in front of the person who only plays by ear,, well they may as well be looking at a hedge. So those who say you should only play by ear would exclude anybody who hasn't got that gift ? In that case their would be millions of people around the world who would never get the chance to enjoy playing a musical instrument. ![]() Those are the one's who have a natural gift of being able to play by ear and don't seem to grasp that playing notes doesn't come ease to the majority of musicians. There are those who feel you should never use sheet music for playing any kind of music, never mind traditional Irish tune. Players seem to be split in their opinion. To play tunes by ear or to read the sheet music ? That's a question I have read on many's an internet forum. I will be adding more to this section over time. The vast majority are worked out for a whistle in the key of D. I will be adding more to this section over time.The below are a few of the most popular ''Tunes'' that are played at sessions. The vast majority are worked out for a tin / penny whistle in the key of D and are generally Irish in origin. The below are a few of the most popular ''Tunes'' that are played at sessions. ![]()
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