Hello all,
I’m new to the forum and I must say that I’m enjoying myself. I have been playing whistles for about a year now, and it is nice to find out that I’m not the only crazy out there. I have been looking at the Grey Larson tutors from Mel Bay and I have some questions. There is The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin whistle and The Tin whistle Toolbox. (I’m not sure on the names, but I think they’re close enough to be understood.) Does anyone have any experiance with either of these? I have also considered The Low Whistle Book by Steafan Hannigan and David Ledsam. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
S. K. Cull
I rather liked the Low Whistle Book because, if memory serves me, it doesn’t start you out with Hot Cross Buns and Lightly Row and Molly Malone and all those other easy but juvenile melodies, but instead rather quickly gets you to real tunes. And the side commentary was interesting.
On the down side, it was maddening that they only included the first half of the book on the CD, and to my knowledge, they have never released a CD with the rest of the tunes.
I think it assumes you can read a little music, but I could be wrong on this count.
It has been a couple of years since I looked at it. Perhaps this weekend I will get it out again and see if I can play the stuff that was too complex for me back then.
Final note: Low whistle not required.
i have grey larsons tin whistle tool box ,its primary focus is on ornamentation he’s got some really good short cuts to playing and to writting in the notation some of the songs ive seen write in the cuts and taps as 1/16th notes and trying to follow them is almost impossible his method is much easier