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Irish Music For Silver Flute

Play in Authentic Irish Style on the Silver Flute

IRISH MUSIC FOR SILVER FLUTE

This course is a first for OAIM. It is specifically designed to teach you how to play Irish music on the Silver Flute. It is aimed at improvers through to advanced players. More specifically it is designed for players coming from outside the Irish music tradition. Really, it is for any player who would like to play more authentically in the Irish style.

For silver flute players new to Irish music, this course provides a gateway to all of OAIM’s other flute courses as well as Irish music in general.

This course is also a gem for wooden flute players who are ready to explore tunes in the more challenging keys of G minor and A major. For the wooden player, it gives an excellent opportunity to advance in keywork / chromatic techniques.

18 lessons teaching how to play 13 very popular Irish tunes
PDF sheet music & mp3’s to download & keep for each tune
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Steph Geremia

Steph Geremia is an Irish flautist and singer highly regarded as one of the top musicians of her generation. Perhaps best known for her vibrant and versatile Irish flute playing and as a mainstay of the critically acclaimed group, Alan Kelly Gang, she brings a wealth of musical scholarship to her love for Ireland's North Connaught tradition, as displayed on her sparkling 2018 release Up She Flew."Exceptional skill and musicality. . . a masterclass in Irish flute." Folkworld ★★★★ RnR ★★★★ Songlines.Steph has toured extensively around the globe and performed at top world and folk music festivals including WOMADelaide (Australia),…

Course Structure

In the first lesson, the tutor introduces the course and examines the main stylistic differences between the Irish style flute playing and other traditions of playing.

Throughout the course, the tutor focuses on how to cultivate rhythm through throat articulation with various exercises prescribed for different tune types.

Another theme running throughout the course is the large elephant in the room for lots of flute players: where and when to breathe in jigs and reels! The tutor breaks this down clearly and succinctly.

Ornamentation is also broken down clearly and is demonstrated specifically for the silver flute

Focus on creating the typical Irish flute style sound on the silver flute is demonstrated clearly in the specific skills of: ornamentation, articulation, breathing, octave blowing, phrasing, variation, and rhythm.

A really interesting range of tunes of all types are taught, in a wide variety of keys:

Chief O’Neill’s Favourite, Hornpipe
Johnny O’Leary’s , Polka
The Boyne Hunt, Reel
The Dancing Master, Jig
Tar Road to Sligo, Jig
Maud Millar, Reel
I”ll Buy Boots for Maggie, Polka

Heart Shaped Wood, Slip Jig
The Gladstone, Reel
The Greenfields of Woodford, Jig
Caislean an Oir, Hornpipe
The Morning Dew, Reel
Dowd’s Favourite, Reel

Sample Sheet Music

Download Download The Dancing Master ABC Sheet Music. Download Download The Dancing Master Standard Notation Sheet Music.

The Dancing Master

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Irish Music For Silver Flute Lessons

1

Intermediate

Introduction

2

Intermediate

The Dancing Master

Breath, Throat Articulation and Ornamentation

3

Intermediate

The Greenfields of Woodford

Ornamentation and Breathing

4

Intermediate

The Boyne Hunt

Reel rhythm, Breath and Rolls

5

Intermediate

The Morning Dew

Phrasing, Articulation and Ornamentation

6

Intermediate

Chief O’Neill’s Favorite

Short Rolls

7

Intermediate

Caisleán an Óir

Keywork

8

Intermediate

Johnny O’Leary’s

Polka Rhythm / Ornamentation

9

Intermediate

Heart Shaped Wood

Patterns of Articulation

10

Intermediate

Maud Millar’s

Long Rolls, Short Rolls and Breath work

11

Intermediate

The Tar Road to Sligo

The Crann

12

Intermediate

I’ll Buy Boots for Maggie

Variation

13

Intermediate

The Gladstone

Articulation Patterns, Breath and Ornamentation

14

Intermediate

Dowd’s Favorite

Keywork

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