Grey E. Larsen: Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox: Pennywhistle: Instrumental Work

Par LARSEN GREY. Here are 34 easy-to-play folk, popular and classical favorites arranged for tin whistle (also known as pennywhistle) or Irish flute. Chords are included for guitar, keyboard, or other accompaniment instrument. Also included with this book: ? Access to online audio for all 34 songs, with tin whistle, Irish flute, piano, and guitar ? Three duet arrangements If you don?t read music, you can still use this book! In addition to music notation, there is a specially designed tablature for tin whistle and Irish flute. What makes these tune arrangements easy? ? They are played in the lower two octaves of the whistle and flute?s range, ascending no higher than B in the second octave. ? They are in easy tin whistle and Irish flute keys, such as: D major, G major, E minor and B minor. No metal keys are needed on the Irish flute. ? They use only eight notes: D, E, F#, G, A, B, C and C#. ? They are also easy to play on soprano and tenor recorder, modern flute, and piccolo. Grey Larsen is a master musician who performs and teaches internationally. He has played tin whistle and Irish flute since the 1970s and has written nine books, including First Lessons Tin Whistle and the best-seller, The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle. The author recommends using a tin whistle in D or a standard Irish flute (with or without keys) with this book. You can also use soprano and tenor recorders, modern flute, and piccolo. However, the tablature in this book uses only tin whistle and Irish flute fingerings. / Date parution : 2022-06-08/ Recueil / Flûte Traversière

Grey Larsen in the 150 Gems collections 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 Whistle Toolbox(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.These books and onlineaudio 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

From the author of The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle comes 300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments. These 300 tunes selected from among the author's favourites arenotated in a style that makes them accessible to players of Fiddle Flute Whistle Accordion Concertina Harp Keyboard Guitar Mandolin Banjo Uilleann pipes - to all melody players.Here you will find some of the mostbeautiful tunes in the storehouse of Irish music - session standards and rare treasures alike - tunes that will help both the performer and the Irish session participant build a vibrant and varied repertoire.Many of thetranscriptions pay homage to recordings by famous Irish musicians and groups such as Matt Molloy (of the Chieftains) Martin Hayes Sharon Shannon Mary Bergin Kevin Burke James Kelly Willie Clancy Altan the Bothy Band andthe Mulcahy Family as well as to early 20th century recordings from revered Irish masters Michael Coleman Paddy Killoran Dennis Murphy Bobby Casey Paddy Canny and others.