Well, I am sick and tired of My Grandfather’s Clock, Greensleeves and Ode to Joy…
Any easy-to-learn recommendations will be greatly appreciated!
Stella
Try Lord of the dance
Star of the County Down is very easy, and the Foggy Dew.
Going along with blackhawk’s “foggy” theme 
how about “The Bright Hollow Fog”?
Going along with blackhawk’s “foggy” theme how about “The Bright Hollow Fog”?
~Larry
Darn, now I’m stutterin’!!! 
~Larry
Dawning of the Day and Roddy McCawley are nice. Also Rattlin’ Bog.
Mike Burns
On 2002-10-08 05:31, madguy wrote:
Darn, now I’m stutterin’!!! >~Larry
Sally Gardens, South Wind and Mountains of Pomeroy. Easy, slow and sweet.
BillG
I saw this tread and was interested right away! Good question Stella! I am in the same boat…all my beginners tunes are wearing bit thin!!!
These are all wonderful sounding suggestions…but, now can you all tell me (AND Stella) where we might find them? I am a total fool when it comes to locatig things on the web…sort of the same way I read a map! Need detailed instructions!! Whistle Shop has a book…“Ireland’s Best Slow Airs” or something like that…too half awake to look for it right now. Would any of these tunes be found in that book?? Thanks!!
Most, if not all the mentioned tunes, can be found at JC’s ABC tunefinder, I believe.
The book you mentioned from The Whistle Shop is a very good one (I have it myself)and most of the tunes already mentioned are indeed in it.
~Larry
First two tunes I learned: “The Blackthorn Stick” and “The Battering Ram.” Then I discovered they aren’t considered “beginner’s tunes.” O well.
I didn’t notice, but “Si Bheg Si Mhor” is also a fairly easy tune to learn.
I think Ireland’s Best 110 Tinwhistle Tunes is worth a look. Broken down into Beginners, Intermediate and more advanced, with a CD available so you can hear how the tunes should sound, and a goodly selection of different types of tunes.
You’ll find it on the Hobgoblin site
http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/local/bookfram.htm
and no doubbt elsewhere.
Good sites for tunes:
http://www.tinwhistler.com/music/
http://www.blackflute.com/music/tunes.html
http://www.slowplayers.org/Slowplayers_Music_List.html
http://www.whistleworkshop.co.uk/
http://fingertrip.net/whistle/index.html
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/findtune.html
http://home.attbi.com/~celticairsn/inst_sheet.htm
Those are just a few of my favorites. Enjoy!
In addition to those already recommended, I suggest “Slane/Be Thou My Vision,” “Amazing Grace,” “The Ash Grove,” “The Water Is Wide” (aka “O Waly Waly”), “Shepherd’s Hey,” “South Australia,” “The Rose Tree,” and “The Threepenny Bit.”
I also suggest you think of tunes you like that you already know how to hum and learning to pick them out on the whistle by ear. It’s good practice, and may add some good tunes to your repertoire that other whistlers don’t always play. Some of the first tunes I learned on the whistle were songs I already knew, many from my Campfire Girls days (“Gypsy Weather,” “The White Road” and the theme song from the old Pippi Longstocking TV show, which is not only easy, but bouncy and fun, and a real kid-pleaser).
Redwolf
Cees, thanks for posting some great links I didn’t yet have!!
~Larry
Larry, you’re welcome–I’m happy to save people the trouble of trying to find these things. I have a massive list of bookmarks that’s taken me months to compile, so it’s fun to share the wealth!
I personally would recommend “I’m ‘a doun fur lack o’ johnie” (i learnt it within 1 hour), even though it’s scottish based, so what.
I find it’ll help in note control, i.e. not blow too long. Really, when you really get into this tune’s beauty, you’ll need to control yourself…
I have two tunes not mentioned that are quite easy.
The first is <a href=http://ecf-guest.mit.edu/~jc/cgi/abc/findtune?P=rakes+of+mallow&F2=find+%28wide%29&L=100>The Rakes of Mallow which you may recognize from the old John Wayne movie “the Quite Man” with Maureen OHara. The link is to JC’s Tunefinder where you can hear the midi and collect the ABC or regular notation (GIF) of the tune.
The other easy tune Dans](http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/514/514114.html%3EDans) En Dro which is a Cape Bretton Dance tune. The link is to a nice version of the tune done by Lothlorien on MP3.com. I believe its in Edorian (key signature G) and first measure starts on a first octave E and goes something like Ebbabc(nat)ba.
Hope this give you some new ways to …
Enjoy Your Music,
Lee Marsh
P.S. because JC’s is on a college server, occasionally response times can be verrryyy slow. If it take to long, stop the search and give it a try 10 minutes later.
[ This Message was edited by: LeeMarsh on 2002-10-08 16:38 ]
On 2002-10-08 16:23, LeeMarsh wrote:
I have two tunes not mentioned that are quite easy.
The other easy tune <a href=> http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/514/514114.html>Dans > En Dro which is a Cape Bretton Dance tune. The link is to a nice version of the tune done by Lothlorien on MP3.com.
Dans en Dro was the tune that made me decide I just HAD to learn to play the tinwhistle. It’s beautiful and easy to play, too.