Next step?

Thus far i have worked on hitting all my notes clearly, jumping octaves up and down, fingerings, embouchure/mouth position(totally diff than on my sax) and so far have got all that, at least tolerably ok, and will get better with work i hope

Lol, now what? Some good songs to work on? i have been working on the Mirepoix Polka and the grandmother/grandfather ones suggested earlier. I have read some about embellishments used to replace Tonguing or whatnot in Celtic Music, where would i go to find more about those? ( no music store where i live) and more music suggestions? Thanks :slight_smile:

I’d suggest Cathal McConnell’s tutorial from Homespun. It’s a pretty good place to start, IMO.

ETA: In addition to that, I’d check out some of the various recordings listed in the stickied thread and I’d also look around to see if there’s a session in your area and check that out too. There may be someone around who’d be able to help you get going. Tapes & books can be good learning aids, but nothing beats instruction from an actual real person.

As pedestrian as it sounds, I’d also suggest working out some tunes that you already know by ear and love dearly, whether they are ITM or not.

There were a couple of lines out of an Andean folk song that I had on CD. On the recording, they were done on quena and panflute, but I just loved the melody line, and I worked on it for a long time. It required some agility with the fingers, as well as lots of octave jumps. It turned out to be one of the best instructional things for me.

Of course, that’s just me, and I’m a real crazy man. :sleep:

Brother Steve’s pages are a wealth of info
on ornamentation for the beginner.

http://www.rogermillington.com/siamsa/brosteve/twiddlybits1.html

Also check out Ryan Duns’ videos for tunes and tutorials:

http://tinwhistler.blogspot.com/

Go to November 2007 in his archives to find the week-by-week lessons.