Ceolas Tin Whistle Guide
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Description: Overview of the tin whistle by Gerard Manning. Introduction to the instrument, resources, recordings, and purchasing information. This document is rather old, so purchasing information is well out of date.
Here is the first release of a Tin Whistle guide I put together for the Ceolas archive, largely from discussions on Irtrad-L and rec.music.celtic. It is also available by FTP from celtic.stanford.edu in the new /pub/Instruments directory, where it will share space with guides and FAQs for bagpipe, bodhran-making, harp, and soon-to-be-added guides to flute and accordion. This has already been a collaborative effort: if you have any corrections, additions, complaints or other comments, please send them to me for inclusion in the next version. Gerard Manning [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------- Ceolas Tin Whistle Guide 1. Introduction 2. Tutors 3. Recordings 4. Buying, Brand Comparison 5. Tuning 6. Sources Acknowledgements: Thanks to Richard Darsie, Scott DeLancey, John Wash, T. Dawson, Larry Mallette, Han Speek, Paulette Gershen, Michael Mc Gettrick, Steve Wolfe, Elaine Charlson, Gilles Mevel, Anna Peekstok, Robert Newton, Stephen Smith, Brad Hurley and several others who contributed to this guide, via discussions on rec.music.celtic and Irtrad-L. Copyright (c) Ceolas, 1994. Contact [email protected] regarding permission to reproduce this guide. 1. Introduction: The tin whistle or pennywhistle is a simple and cheap wind instrument used widely in Irish traditional music. The most common type has a moulded plastic mouthpiece attached to a cylindrical brass tube with six finger holes. It is diatonic though accidentals can be played by half-covering holes, and is available in different sizes for almost every key. Sometimes it is played in the key a fourth above the tonic (e.g. G for a D whistle). The most common key is D (an octave above middle C) and the fingering is standardly referred to as though for a D whistle. Mass-produced whistles are very cheap (less than US$10) and there are several tutors availble that make it an easy instrument to start off on for playing traditional music. 2. Tutors There are several good beginners books. The most reccomended include: * "Geraldi
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| Date | Creation Date: 1998-03-23T05:00:00Z Expiry Date: 2014-03-22T05:00:00Z |