hello all. yesterday, i stumbled upon this youtube video of a pirate band with a tinwhistler and it inspired me to start playing. just about as far back as i can remember i’ve loved the sound of a tinwhistle but i’ve never took the initiative to pick one up until now. i feel like starting off with a whistle in the key this man is playing in. would someone kindly identify it for me please?
Judging from the size alone, I’d guess that it’s a D whistle. That is the most commonly used whistle in Irish music anyways so you’d do well to start there.
The first tune he’s playing is “Little Beggar Man”, or "“Red Haired Boy” in A, on a D whistle.
The first half of the video, It looks like a Clarke original in D,
though it’s hard to see well. The tune is The Red-haired Boy:
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/566
The second half, he seems to switch to a red-top Generation
in C (because the song, I believe, is in F).
thank you guys
is that the disney pirate that plays the Copeland?
Yep, sure looks like him, spotted by Michael Eskin a few months ago:
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=48730
And the second whistle is almost certainly a Gen redtop C, as fearfaoin said.
Ah, an nickel Copeland. That explains why it looked like a Clarke…
I almost got that exact same gig for disney tokyo 4 years ago..but I turned it down to work in dallas full time..heh
No..i’m not bitter…
I thought I remembered you mentioning that some time ago…
That’d be a cool gig for awhile, but I bet it’d get old after a year or
so (what with the kids punching you in the jewels after coming out
of Pirates of the Carribean and seeing a real pirate).
An interesting interpretation of the red haired boy,
a rythmn of its own,
I originally learnt it as a Hornpipe, which i believe is how it is intended to be played,
since then i have heard the bluegrass interpretation,
and our band plays it as a reel,
Its a great tune no matter how its played,
to me its pure inspiration, just one of the many great tunes thats out there
no matter how its played is still a winner
Regards
David
It’s listed as a reel at thesession.org, and in all the results I’ve
looked at from JC’s Tunefinder. But I have always thought it
sounded hornpipey, especially the way most guitarists tend to
accompany it…