Trill, Vibrato, Rolls, Tonguing plus many more

EXPERT WHISTLE SKILLS #2 - CONTINUING ON FROM EXPERT WHISTLE SKILLS #1

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.

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  • 18 lessons teaching how to play 13 very popular Irish tunes
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Thomas Johnston
Musician, educator, researcher, Thomas Johnston's work lies in those spaces between Irish traditional music, performing arts for children and young audiences, community music, and music education practice and policy. He is Artistic Director of Ceol Connected, a company dedicated to promoting high quality and meaningful experiences of the traditional arts amongst children. He is also a researcher and lecturer in music education, Irish traditional music, ethnomusicology, and world popular music at Dublin City University. In 2016, Thomas was a recipient of the Arts Council Ireland's Next Generation Bursary Award.In recent years, Thomas has gained expertise as a musician in the…
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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.

NOTE: 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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Expert Whistle Skills #2 Lessons

1
Advanced
The New Broom

Ornamentation: Bounces. Melodic Variation

2
Advanced
The Old Bush

Ornamentation: Slides, Different types of Cuts and Trills. Melodic Variation

3
Advanced
The Honey Bee

Ornamentation: Rolls, Delayed Rolls, Bounces

4
Advanced
Phylis’s Wedding

‘Ti ka Ta’ Tongue Articulation

5
Advanced
Julia Clifford’s

Ornamentation: Double Bounces, Cranns, Vibrato

6
Advanced
Madame Maxwell

Vibrato

7
Advanced
Helvic Head (1)

Melodic Variation

8
Advanced
Helvic Head (2)

Melodic Variation. Ornamentation: D Cranns

9
Advanced
Bill Malley’s Barndance

Ornamentation: Runs. Half Holing

10
Advanced
The Liverpool Hornpipe

Ornamentation: Trills and the Short Roll. Half Holing

11
Advanced
Humours of Lissadel

Ornamentation: Cranns

12
Advanced
Terry Teehan’s

Syncopation

13
Advanced
The Plains of Boyle

Melodic Variation

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