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Irish Tin Whistle Progressions

Master Short Rolls, Bounces and Articulation Techniques

IRISH TIN WHISTLE PROGRESSIONS - BUILD YOUR WHISTLING REPERTOIRE

Irish Tin Whistle Progressions is designed as a continuation course to Tin Whistle Foundations and assumes a basic proficiency in the tin whistle.

By the end of the course, you’ll have an increased repertoire of 13 Irish tunes, a tasty mix of ornamentation skills to dabble with and a more adept ear to enable you to take your whistling skills even further, maybe even to our Expert Whistle Skills #1 Course? 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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Your Tutor

Kirsten Allstaff
Kirsten Allstaff is one of the founders and directors of The Online Academy of Irish Music. She is an acclaimed flute and tin-whistle player and has played music throughout Ireland, Europe, North America and Asia with various Irish dance shows and groups: Gaelforce Dance, Celtic Legends, Rhythm of the Dance, The Fiddlecase and Clare based band Los Paddys De Los Pampas.In 2014, Kirsten released her solo album 'Gallowglass'. With master instrumentalists John Joe Kelly on Bodhrán and Eoin O'Neill on Bouzouki amongst many others. This album is a blend of traditional tunes from her two homelands of Ireland and Scotland.Originally…
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Course Structure

This course continues to build on and consolidate techniques previously taught, whilst taking you up to the next level of ornamentation: with a specific focus on short rolls, bounces and articulation techniques.  The repertoire of Irish dance tunes encompasses Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes and the well known Air Inis Oírr.

Throughout the second half of the course, the tutor explores and demonstrates how the recognition of melodic motifs, patterns and arpeggios in the tunes can aid in the process of learning by ear more quickly and efficiently. Why don’t you try out the first tune, Ah Surely, in the sample YouTube lesson above? The notation is available for download below if you need it, plus the mp3 so that you can get familiar with the tune before learning it.

  • Ah Surely
  • The Cuil Aodha
  • The Standing Abbey
  • Seamus Connollys Jig
  • Boy in the Gap
  • The Man of Aran
  • The Donegal Lass
  • The Ivy Leaf
  • The Battle of Aughrim
  • Naughton’s Reel
  • Tom Billy’s
  • Inis Oírr
  • The Cuckoo’s Nest
Sample Sheet Music
Download Download Ah Surely ABC Sheet Music. Download Download Ah Surely Standard Notation Sheet Music.
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Irish Tin Whistle Progressions Lessons

1
Intermediate
Ah Surely

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the Reel ‘Ah Surely’ in G Major.

Melody
G Major
Reel
2
Intermediate
The Cuil Aodha Jig

In this lesson Kirsten will teach The Cuil Aodha Jig in the key of G Major.

Melody
G Major
Jig
3
Intermediate
The Standing Abbey

In this lesson Kirsten will teach ‘The Standing Abbey’, a hornpipe in the key of G Major.

Melody
G Major
Hornpipe
4
Intermediate
Seamus Connollys Jig

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the Jig ‘Seamus Donnelly’s’ in the key of D Major

Melody
D Major
Jig
5
Intermediate
Boy in the Gap

In this lesson Kirsten teaches the Reel ‘The Boy in the Gap’.

Melody
D Mixolydian
Reel
6
Intermediate
The Man of Aran

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the Reel in B minor ‘The Man of Aran’.

Melody
B Minor
Reel
7
Intermediate
The Battle of Aughrim

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the March called ‘The Battle of Aughrim’ in the key of A minor

Melody
A Minor
March
8
Intermediate
The Donegal Lass

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the Jig called ‘The Donegal Lass’,

Melody
A Mixolydian
Jig
9
Intermediate
Naughton’s Reel

In this lesson Kirsten will teach “Naughton’s Reel’ in the key of A mixolydian.

Melody
A Mixolydian
Reel
10
Intermediate
Inis Oírr

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the slow air ‘Inis Oírr.

Melody
G Major
Slow Air
11
Intermediate
Tom Billy’s

In this lesson Kirsten teaches the jig ‘Tom Billy’s Jig’ in the key of A mixolydian.

Melody
A Mixolydian
Jig
12
Intermediate
Ivy Leaf

n this lesson Kirsten teaches a Reel called ‘The Ivy Leaf’ in the key of A mixolydian.

Melody
A Mixolydian
Reel
13
Intermediate
The Cuckoo’s Nest

In this lesson Kirsten teaches a Hornpipe called ‘The Cuckoos Nest’ in the key of G Mixolydian / Major….

Melody
G Mixolydian / Major
Hornpipe
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