by 250 | Mar 6, 2024
Tin Whistle Going Further with the Tonguing Ornament Hi, friends. Ornaments are one of the primary ways we add expression, flair, and emotion to tunes. The tonguing ornament is a key ornament in our tool kit. In this video I help us learn more about the tonguing...
by 250 | Feb 28, 2024
Tin Whistle: Going Further with Slide Ornament (Low and High D Whistle) Hi, friends. In this video I introduce additional ways to play a slide ornament on the Irish whistle. The basic slide ornament has us gradually moving from one note to another. Here is a link to...
by 250 | Jan 24, 2024
How to Play Repeated Notes on Tin Whistle Hi, friends. Most all of the tunes we play on our whistles will include notes that are repeated. How do we play these? I say that these notes are an opportunity to add flavor and personalize a tune. Please join me in this...
by 250 | Nov 30, 2023
Fade, A Useful Technique on Tin Whistle Hi, friends. There are many excellent techniques for us to use in playing our whistles. In this video I introduce the fade. This is a gentle exit from a note. It serves to close a phrase in a tune, and in this way is a great...
by 250 | Nov 20, 2023
Ornament: Cran Hi, friends. In our time together today I want to dig further into the Cut ornament. We should expand the notes we use to execute a cut as we play our whistles. Try this exercise. Play a note, and then play a cut for that note using every note above the...
