The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle

For the beginner to the highly advanced player of Irish Flute Tin Whistle or Boehm-system Flute. Features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes beyond any previous method exploring ornamentation techniques never described in print before.Also includes adaptations for Boehm-system Flute players guidance on breathing and phrasing 49 ornamentation exercises history and theory of traditionalIrish Flute and whistle music and 27 meticulous transcriptions of recordings by these important Irish Flute and Tin Whistle players: John McKenna Tom Morrison William Cummins Willie Clancy Paddy Taylor Paddy Carty GreyLarsen Josie McDermott Matt Molloy Cathal McConnell Mary Bergin Desi Wilkinson Breda Smyth Micho Russel Joanie Madden Kevin Crawford Catherine McEvoy and Seamus Egan.For those who don't read music almost all theexercises examples and tunes appear on the audio download available online.'Grey has through his research patience and diligence completed a work on Irish Flute and Tin Whistle that I feel is essential reading foranybody interested in getting it right.' - Matt Molloy Irish Flute player with the Chieftains

Grey Larsen in the 150 Gems collection has given us a most welcome follow-up to his encyclopedic volume The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle (Mel Bay Publications 2003) and The Essential Tin WhistleToolbox (Mel Bay Publications 2004). The Gems feature not only meticulously-selected tunes but represent the first major offerings that use Larsen's innovative system of notating Irish ornamentation. This bookwith access to online audio will help players gain a deeper understanding of the Irish musical tradition as well as provide new material to enhance the experience of the solo player and Irish session participant alike.

Variation in Traditional Irish Dance Music. Par LARSEN GREY. From the author of The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle comes a work for players of all melody instruments that probes deeply into the art of variation in traditional Irish dance music. At the heart of Down the Back Lane are the accompanying audio recordings. The author plays eight traditional tunes on Irish flute and tin whistle, each three times through, complete with beautiful variations. He notates each performance in meticulous detail and offers insightful comments on each one. We get a rare and intimate view into the intuitive musical mind of a masterful player, along with extensive information on ornamentation, phrasing, articulation, dynamics and much more. Though the author plays the tunes on flute and whistle, he has carefully designed the book to be useful to players of all melody instruments. From the author of The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle comes a work for players of all melody instruments that probes deeply into the art of variation in traditional Irish dance music. At the heartof Down the Back Lane are the accompanying audio recordings. The author plays eight traditional tunes on Irish Flute and Tin Whistle, each three times through, complete with beautiful variations. Henotates each performance in meticulous detail and offers insightful comments on each one. We get a rare and intimate view into the intuitive musical mind of a masterful player, along with extensive information on ornamentation, phrasing, articulation, dynamics and much more. Though the author plays the tunes on Flute and Whistle, he has carefully designed the book to be useful to players of all melody instruments. / Niveau : Très Avancé / Recueil / Tin Whistle