Searching for slow airs

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Hello !
i’m Arnaud C., french beginner in low whistle.
I’m actually searching for slow airs to play on a Kerry Low D.
Could you help me please ?
thanks a lot

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Aran (or Arran) Boat Song
Bonnie Doon
Fanny Power
Eleanor Plunkett
Over the sea to Skye
Planxty Irwin
Fanny Power

You can look up the tunes on
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/FindTune.html

Here’s a good site for beginners:
http://www.cs.tcd.ie/~mcintyrp/Assignments/Flash/Flash%20Website/Tin%20Whistle.swf

There’s lots more out there..allez cherchez sur l’Internet.

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Ireland’s Best Slow Airs is a nice music book/cd set with 100 tunes.
http://www.thewhistleshop.com/catalog/tutorials/irishmusicsongbooks/slowairs/slowairs.htm
Tony

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Actually, I have a similar request.

If you could choose one song (most likely an air) that would bring tears to the listener, what would that be?

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Lots of ideas here:

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=21075&highlight=slow+airs

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=20846&highlight=slow+airs

http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?t=12970&highlight=favorite+favourite+slow+airs

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Black,

“She moved through the fair” is a haunting piece. My fav.

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Hector the Hero
Da Slockit Light
Gentle Maiden Waltz
Ashokan Farewell, especially a solo fiddle version that a high school freshman (he’s actually part-timing at the prestigeous Settlement Music School in Philly) did at a young lady’s funeral about 2 years ago
Braes of Sutherland/The Youngest Ancient Mariner (cheating a bit; the first 'un’s a song)

…is it me, or is there a reason why most of the teariest airs are of Scots origin?

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Amhrán A Leabhair

Or, actually better would be:
Ailein Duinn as sung by Karen Matheson here:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000000W7K/qid=1138333830/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-6884012-8944044?s=music&v=glance&n=5174

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Hmm .. I think that depends on how badly it’s played :smiling_imp:

Oh, perhaps you were hoping for tears of joy? Sorry, no ideas there, that other thread about using whistles for evil has corrupted me for the evening.

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Immigrants Daughter
The Parting

These are my all time airs.

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Inisheer, because it makes me happy. :slight_smile:

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One of my favorites is also the first song I learned on the whistle, and it was fairly easy:

Down By The Sally Gardens

Jason

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I know I’m an old sap, but I gotta go with Roisin Dubh.

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Immigrants Daughter
The Parting

These are my all time airs.

Keith

I can’t find Immigrant’s Daughter anywhere. Any music available? Always on the lookout for new good airs.
Tony

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http://homepage.tinet.ie/~tocanainn/index.html

On the site are listed a book and double CD a major collection.
The CDs have 120 slow airs demonstrated.

Here are a few of my favourite airs:

Táimse im Choladh
Cailini an Monarcha (fhactory)
Ar Bruach na carraige báinne
Amhrán na Leabhair
Sally Gardens
Mo gile mear
Aisling Geal

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I just posted one of my favorites on Clips and Snips. It’s over there somewhere, probably under “misc” or something, since I played it on the recorder.

Called “The Bard of Armagh.”

-Joey

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Try ‘non-whistle.’ No slack, a recorder ain’t a whistle. Otherwise, it would’ve been under slow airs. Your technique was sure whistly, though. :slight_smile: Maybe a new category is in order: non-whistles-that-sound-whistly.
Tony