External Resources
There are many great free resources available to help us learn the whistle. One of my goals is to locate these and share them with you. Please take advantage of some of the great free resources listed below. I am not opposed to you paying someone to help you learn, but most of us can learn most of what we need by taking advantage of free resources.
You can navigate to any of the other pages by selecting one of the links below.
Please use the contact form at the bottom of this page to let me know about any additional resources you would like to share.
The Session (A primary tune resource which enables basic listening to a tune)
Slow Players (Website may be down)
A PDF of Edward Bunting’s The Ancient Music of Ireland (This is a pdf copy of Binting’s book)
O’Neill’s Music of Ireland (This is a website that provides a variety of tunes and includes midi versions of most)
Traditional Tune Archive (This is a searchable archive of tunes. You can search for specific tunes or even categories of tunes, like jigs).
Seamus Connolly Collection of Irish Music at Boston College. This collection is nicely organized, and includes music as well as a recording of the tunes. You are able to search for individual tunes.
Irish Tune (More of a wiki resource)
Traditional Music Library (Includes a Scottish / Irish Section with tunes and some include the ability to listen)
YouTube Channels that provide pace keeping using a bodhran, or that are designed as a play along slow session.
In this section I list stores from whom we can purchase Low D Whistles.
Big Whistle: Their store contains a wide range of whistles from which to choose.
McNeela Music: Shop their store for a variety of whistles and other instruments. Sign up for their newsletter, which contains some great content, and receive a discount. They also sell their own brand, Wild Irish whistles.
In this section I list manufacturers of low D whistles. This is not a complete list, but check back as I add more low D whistle makers.
Howard Music: Howard whistles can be purchased from other sources, but you can also purchase directly from Howard.