Will someone please tell me their favorite slow air for a low D? You have all talked about this one or that one, and now I need to quickly learn a very BEAUTIFUL one, that SOUNDS HARD but actually is easy. I would also need to sheet music,
Thanks
ACK! The sheet music I can’t help you out with…though I’m sure there is someone here who can.
The tune I’d reccommend right off the bat is:
Mna na h"Eriann (Women of Ireland)
It’s absolutely beautiful on a low D whistle, and even though I don’t know the written music, I can send you a quick recording in email of that tune on a low D if you’d like.
Bri~
Aisling Gael. Hands down.
Best,
Bob Pegritz
On 2001-09-02 20:21, Whistleworks wrote:
Aisling Gael. Hands down.Best,
Bob Pegritz
I can play that one too! 
VERY beautiful tune!
B~
The one that taught me how to play whistle and is gorgeous on Low D is “Sally Gardens”. It’s in about any book of Irish music you’ll find. There’s lots of space for embellishment, and as long as you play with feeling, you won’t need to play a thousand notes.
-Bob
I would say crested hens, or Josphine’s Waltz. both really pretty, and easy but sound hard.
Caryn
The Lonesome Boatman - but don’t try learning it by the sheet music. It is relatively simple to learn by ear and is a really haunting melody…
Finbar Furey has recorded the best version of this tune IMHO.
Cheers 
Gerry
Hey Gerry can you provide a link to a recording of that somewhere? I’ve never heard it. And sheet music wouldn’t help me anyway =)
The Foggy Dew
Wow! Great choices so far. I agree that Crested Hens is a great one to try. Another excellent tune is Roslin Castle. Just my two cents…
“The Coombe,” which can be heard on Best of the Chieftains,
“Have You Been To Carrick?” aka “Have You Been to the Rock?” and “Eanach Dhuin” are in 110 Ireland’s Best Slow Airs- print music and cd. Eanach Dhuin (aka Eanach Cuin is sung by Aine Minogue on her Mysts of Time cd. She sings it in Irish, accompanies herself on harp. It’s a lament commemorating a drowning off the west coast of Ireland in the 1800’s. Her tune has the sound of waves crashing and finishes with a whistle.
“Lament for Limerick” on Chieftains Celtic Harp is also in the Slow Airs book.
Look in amazon.com under “Celtophile” and get Green Linnetts slow airs cd’s, under $8.
Hunt down Chieftains5 for a great selection of slow airs. My son just told me I have over 100 Irish music cd’s. I need more.
Tony
I agree with Bob Jenks that The Sally gardens is a wonderful first tune to learn on low(or high) whistle as it is relatively easy to read or to play by ear. Another song /tune to look out for is Raglan road. Mike
[ This Message was edited by: mike.r on 2001-09-03 03:56 ]
Lollycross,
There have been lots of wonderful suggestions so far, and hopefully more will come in.
Just thought I’d mention that while I agree with the nominations of Crested Hens and Roslin Castle - both beautiful tunes and well worth learning - both will require you to half hole Eb, at least with the versions I learned ( I just can’t get used to the sound of these tunes with a substituted note).
I mention this because the Eb note can be very difficult to play cleanly with some whistles, particularly Low whistles with a really small 6th hole. My Copeland for example is a bear on this note, and my standard Overton Low D is very tricky on the Eb as well. Other Low D’s are very easy to get a nice Eb on, for example: The Big Hole Overton Low D is a dream and the Burke AL Pro Low D is also very good.
Anyway, I just thought I’d mention the half hole Eb issue since you might consider that if you have a particular whistle in mind for the tune.
I’ll throw out another tune suggestion here as well: Hector the Hero is a great sounding tune on whistle and is easy to learn.
By the way, in case no one has forwarded sheet music for the tunes mentioned in thread, most of what has been mentioned can be found by searching for the tune name here http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/findtune.html You’ll need to type the full name of the tune, and use the english name (Women of Ireland for example, in the case of Bob’s suggestion Bright Vision).
Good luck and have fun!
Loren
My favorite slow air, recently at least, is Bruach na Carriage Baine. It’s in Geraldine Cotter’s Tin Whistle Tutor.. and there’s a lovely version of the song itself on Solas’s latest CD.
I looked up the titles of the cheap Green Linnett cd’s on amazon.com:
Season of Mists
Putting on Airs
My Gentle Harp
The titles are sappy, but there’s good music on them.
Tony
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[ This Message was edited by: TonyHiggins on 2001-09-03 13:29 ]
On 2001-09-03 13:25, TrevorC wrote:
My favorite slow air, recently at least, is Bruach na Carriage Baine. It’s in Geraldine Cotter’s Tin Whistle Tutor.. and there’s a lovely version of the song itself on Solas’s latest CD.
This is also called On Top of White Rock (or other English versions of the same sentiment) and occasionally Carolans Cup (but there is doubt whether Carolan wrote it or played/embellished it). Probably one of my favorite airs! Thanks for bringing it up, Trevor!
Another easy fave is Amhran Lebhar (I believe is the spelling).
Least fave, most over-played IMHO is Twisting the Hayrope.
Mmmmm.. I haven’t picked up my Low D in a couple of months, until I read this post, anyway ^~ I fell in love all over again with a tune called “Bright Ladies”. Sadly, I don’t have the sheet music, as I learned this one by ear. This tune is.. I can’t say enough about it. It sounds beautiful on anything anyway, but the Low D just brings out a haunting charm, and it’s easy to learn. ^^
The best example I could find is on StoneRing’s MP3.com page, at http://artists.mp3s.com/artist_song/1080/1080897.html
I have to agree on Salley Garden, too - this is my other personal favorite.
Of course, “Blind Mary” holds some sentimental value though ~_^ (loooooong story)
Daniel
My favorite airs at this moment are:
An Bonnan Bui
Eamonn a Chnoic
Amhran na Leabhar (I’m librarian okay!)
All found in Ireland’s best Slow Airs,
Others are; The Eagle’s whistle, The Fairy Child.
The South Wind
McPherson’s Lament
Hi there,
Don’t know which of the above mentioned books you have, but as you need a nice slow air quick, want to hear AND see it…
Try one of these sites. You can hear the tunes and see/print the tunes as well. Maybe you will like Inisheer (also easy to learn) from Mick’s webpage.
http://fingertrip.net/whistle/index.html
http://www.verinet.com/~ktcrumb/tunes/index.php3
And let’s not forget the Chiff and Fipple tune archive (which I’m sure you know where to find).
Lots of fun and succes with it.
Will you tell us which tunes the ‘winner’ was and what the nature of the emergency? 
Ilana