Expert Whistle Skills #2 Overview

  • 13 lessons teaching how to play 12 very popular Irish tunes.
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Expert Whistle Skills #2, designed to follow on from the skills learned in Expert Whistle Skills #1, continues to explore more advanced whistle techniques such as the trill, vibrato, different types of rolls and tonguing technique.

By the end of the course you will have increased confidence in your whistle playing through learning and incorporating a wide range of advanced tin whistle techniques. The course has 13 lessons, broken into 3 to 4 tutorials each, where tunes are taught phrase by phrase.

Course Structure

This course  continues the exploration into advanced ornamentation and variations. Techniques focused on include: trill, vibrato, different types of rolls and tonguing. Emphasis is also placed on variation in ornamentation, phrasing, melody and rhythm.  Similar to the previous course, you are encouraged to transfer these newly acquired skills to tunes which you already have in your repertoire.

mp3 files for every tuneNOTE: There are 6 to 7 mp3’s available to download for each tune. One with the tune played at normal speed, one for the first part of the tune played slowly, then the second part, then various mp3’s demonstrating the different ornamentations taught.

 

Tunes taught in this course:

The New Broom
The Old Bush
The Honey Bee
Phylis’s Wedding
Julia Clifford’s
Madame Maxwell
Helvic Head
Bill Malley’s Barndance
The Liverpool Hornpipe
Humours Of Lissadel
Terry Teehan’s
The Plains Of Boyle

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Sheet Music and Mp3s available to Download for each Tune

The New Broom sheet music

Sample Sheet Music

Download The New Broom ABC Sheet Music.
Download The New Broom Standard Notation Sheet Music.

Sample mp3 of The New Broom

Download The New Broom mp3.

 

Your Tutor
Thomas JohnstonMusician, educator, researcher, Thomas Johnston’s work lies in those spaces between Irish traditional music, music education practice and policy, community music, ethnomusicology, and performing arts for children and young audiences.

In recent years, Thomas has gained expertise as a musician in the area of music for young children, working with organizations such as the National Concert Hall, Common Ground, Music Network, Helium Arts, The Ark, and Early Childhood Ireland. Other related work includes designing and facilitating designing professional development workshops for various early childhood care and education providers. Read more.

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Expert Whistle Skills #2 Lessons

Level

The New Broom

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 1

  • G Major
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Ornamentation: Bounces. Melodic Variation

Barndance

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The Old Bush

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 2

  • A Minor
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Ornamentation: Slides, Different types of Cuts and Trills. Melodic Variation

Reel

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The Honey Bee

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 3

  • G Major
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Ornamentation: Rolls, Delayed Rolls, Bounces

Slip Jig

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Phylis’s Wedding

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 4

  • G Major
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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‘Ti ka Ta’ Tongue Articulation

Reel

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Julia Clifford’s

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 5

  • E Minor
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Ornamentation: Double Bounces, Cranns, Vibrato

Jig

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Madame Maxwell

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 6

  • D Major
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Vibrato

Planxty

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Helvic Head (1)

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 7

  • G Major
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Melodic Variation

Jig

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Helvic Head (2)

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 8

  • G Major
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Melodic Variation. Ornamentation: D Cranns

Jig

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Bill Malley’s Barndance

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 9

  • G Major
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Ornamentation: Runs. Half Holing

Barndance

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The Liverpool Hornpipe

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 10

  • D Major
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Ornamentation: Trills and the Short Roll. Half Holing

Hornpipe

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Humours of Lissadel

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 11

  • E Minor
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Ornamentation: Cranns

Reel

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Terry Teehan’s

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 12

  • E Minor
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Syncopation

Polka

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The Plains of Boyle

Expert Whistle Skills #2: Lesson 13

  • D Major
  • Level 3
  • Melody
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Melodic Variation

Hornpipe

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