New recording: Acorn whistle, "The Kylebrack Rambler"

Whistle
1

This is a tune by Richard Dwyer, from Bro Steve’s site:

http://www.flutesite.com/samples/kylebrack.mp3

I believe this is the first recording I have ever put online using an Acorn whistle.

Best,

–James
http://www.flutesite.com

2

Very nice!

I first heard this tune about a year ago, and learnt it on the Mandolin, but never got round to doing it on the whistle…yet.

The version I first heard was played on an accordion, which shows that if you like the tune it doens’t matter so much what instrument it’s played on.

Now what do you normally follow that with?

3

Uh, I guess you could say I play it stand-alone for now.

Yesterday was actually my first day playing this tune. I recorded it on about the fifth time through.

I’ve talked before about how almost all the tunes I’ve encountered are built from the same basic “building block” melodies, and when you get to a certain point sightreading the tune is just a matter of putting the blocks in the right order.

This is an example of that theory applied to practice.

When I was a music major in college, sightreading was always one of my weakest points.

Playing session and sightreading from large tune books, especially O’Neill’s, has made a decent sightreader out of me.

I find it a useful skill.

Best,

–James
http://www.flutesite.com

4

Great tune! I like your ornamentation, BTW.

N, :slight_smile:

5

Great song! I’d never heard that one before. Well played, James.

-Paul