Hello there everybody and anybody - I’m taking up the tinwhistle again and used to learn it by doh ray mee - i can’t read music - is this going to be a major problem?
Go For It. Modern techonlogy may have given us a more efficient methods of sharing knowledge but they cannot share the fun.
You have to decide whay you are doing this in the first place is it have fun for yourself, sharing the fun with others,
or
show others your skill by the sheer volume of tunes you,but not have time appreciate the qualities of each tune..
On 2003-02-05 09:42, juliuscaeser wrote:
Hello there everybody and anybody - I’m taking up the tinwhistle again and used to learn it by doh ray mee - i can’t read music - is this going to be a major problem?
No problem at all, just interchange the letters for the do re mi, and you can read the abc files which are so popular among this crowd.
On 2003-02-05 09:42, juliuscaeser wrote:
Hello there everybody and anybody - I’m taking up the tinwhistle again and used to learn it by doh ray mee - i can’t read music - is this going to be a major problem?
Not a problem at all…a large number of whistlers learn by ear.
It’s not a bad idea to pick up music reading along the way, however…it’s a useful skill. Not required, but very handy, both for acquiring new tunes and for sharing them. Most tin whistle tutors will teach you the necessary basic theory right along with the whistle fingerings…the Bill Ochs tutor breaks it down nicely.
Redwolf
Picking up by ear certainly is the basic. Now, learning to understand the meaning of sheet music helps too, even when lacking the training or experience to play “by sight”. When you’re stuck with the transitions, or ornaments, for instance. Of course one can now use Amazing Slow-downer software, or similar. Personnally I prefer watching these litttle black and white critters and sperms chasing each other on their telegraph pole cartoon.
Maybe because after all the daily hours of computer for my job, I prefer switching it off when I play or listen to music…