thanks to all for the help selecting a whistle. this is a great site for a newbie.
any comments on where to get fingering charts and online tutorials for beginners?
i’ve already found some on this site as well as the whistle shop. i already know music timing, reading music, keys etc.
thanks to all for the great help. can’t wait for my hoover D
http://www.stainedglass.org/other_pages/tinwhistle/whistle_main.html
The link above from the front page of this site gives some fingering charts!
Brother Steve’s website gives some good advice for beginners. Check this site fully, there’s more than just the message board to it!
good luck!
Martin
Here’s a bunch of helpful sites I put together when preparing a booklet for a whistle workshop. Good luck.
Whitey
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Whistle Sites
http://www.whistletutor.com/index.htm THE internet online whistle tutor! Listen and WATCH Sean Cunningham demonstrate scales, ornaments and more!
http://www.chiffandfipple.com (The Chiff and Fipple: the Poststructural Tinwhistle) The “must visit” top of the list site. Far more information than can be summarized here. Includes The Poststructural Whistle Board.
http://www.sessioneer.com/ (Sessioneer) A superb Irish Traditional site by Michael Simpson, with an emphasis on whistle. Home of the “Tin Whistle Guide”, an exellent on-line whistle tutorial. Also contains an extensive tune archive with sheet music and midi files (electronic, not real recordings) of many tunes. A few links, but not specifically for whistle sites. Session listings and reviews (recordings and instruments).
http://www.thewhistleshop.com/index.html (The Whistle Shop) Online Celtic instrument store (mainly whistles, accessories, books, etc.) out of Bloomington, IL. Online catalog, online basic tutorial, whistle FAQs, Tinwhistle Web Ring, lots of good information for beginners.
http://www.rogermillington.com/siamsa/brosteve/intro.html (Brother Steve’s Tin-Whistle Pages) excellent online tutorial, hear tunes and get sheet music; Tinwhistle Web Ring. Under Meditations see: “The apparent-speed paradox;” “On rhythm and ornamentation: the good cake theory;” “On learning from sheet music;” and “Why all this insistence on listening?”
http://www.whistleworkshop.co.uk (The Whistle Workshop) includes playing tips and MP3 and RealAudio tunes (real recordings) and scores. ITrad and whistle links, online workshop, tips on using your PC to record.
http://www.geocities.com/feadanach/index.html (Rob Greenway’s Irish Flute Pages) good information on breathing, learning tunes, ornamentation, and other subjects common to flute and whistle.
Tune Sites
http://tunedb.woodenflute.com/ (Traditional Tune Database) TUNEdb is a database of traditional tunes from many different parts of the world. The information on the database is put here by contributors . However you do not have to be a contributor to use the database.
http://www.irishtunes.net/index.html (Irishtunes.net) Not a whistle site; ITrad. Collection of reels, jigs, and other Irish tunes compiled from various from sources. Find a tune search feature. Links to artists, record labels/distributors, tune sources, and ITrad sites.
http://www.tinwhistler.com/music/ (The Wandering Whistler Music Archives) Many tunes sorted by name or type. Search feature, whistle links as well as links to scores and tabs, lyrics, and whistle vendors and makers.
http://www.darsie.net/tuneweb/ (The TuneWeb) A large collection of traditional (mainly Celtic) tunes, scores and limited mp3 files (hammered dulcimer and whistle).
http://www.blackflute.com/music/tunes.html (Wild Dismay Tunes) Wild Dismay is an amatuer Celtic band. Site contains a good collection of tunes (sheet music and ABC format) with midi files. Variety of links.
http://rigel.csuchico.edu/~pubscout/songs.html (The Pub Scouts’ Tune List) The Pub Scouts are a Chico, CA based group that play traditional Irish music and much more. This list has a large collection of abc tunes and a limited number of good tunes as regular sheet music. Use Ctrl/F and search for “gif” to find the sheet music.
http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-11382/tunes/tunes.htm (Henrik’s Traditional Tunes and Songs)
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/music/Info/RRTuneBk/tunebook.html (Richard Robinson’s Tunebook) A boat load of tunes in sheet music and abc format. Searchable by name and type.
http://www.madfortrad.com/fs_tunes.htm (Mad for Trad.com) Commercial site selling tutorials and CDs, and offering memberships, festival and session links and traditional music links. Some free tunes – about 3 dozens reels and jigs, a handful of hornpipes and one polka.
http://fingertrip.net/whistle/index.html (Mick’s Virtual Whistle) Notation and MP3 and RealPlayer sound files by a virtuoso whistler. If you can’t get to a session, this is the next best thing. With a bit of coordination you can read the notation while listening to Mick. 27 airs, jigs, reels and polkas.