Lesson 8: Jig - Jim Ward's

Well fair due's to Jim Ward! (and yourself of course)

Hi. Your site is brilliant and I wish those Uilleann Pipers would take you as an example! I have been learning the pipes at home for 16 months and there is no resource like yours for the Uilleann Pipes any where. Thx to you I am also now learning the whistle in a proper way! Thank you very much. Pete UK.

Hi all. Love the site Sean - thanks for taking the time and effort to put this together and maintain it.

As a complete beginner I'd also love to see a simplified version of Jim Wards so I can really nail down the melody ... but what I would say to everyone else is make sure you check out the requests section. There are some in nice easy tunes in there, all played with and without ornamentation. Having gone off an learnt the butterfly jig for example I now feel much more confident coming back to Jim Wards.

Hope that helps someone :)

Yikes, when I play this from the sheet music, it sounds nothing like when you play it with the ornamentation. A little extra instruction on how to play this with ornamentation would be much appreciated =)

Thanks for the lessons, much appreciated.
The following criticisms are meant in the spirit of helping improve them for the learner.
Jim Ward's as you play it is great. Something to aspire to. As it is its a bit of a quantum leap from the ornamentation.
What would really help are the following.
A recording of it played without ornamentation.
Indication on the music where the ornamentation is played, and a note of the type of ornamentation that is being used. Whilst I appreciate that there is no doubt more than one way to play it, the way its being played here is a good one, and I'd like to be able to play it that way. However at my low level its all a bit too fast to be able to pick out whats happening.

Yet another astonishing lesson!
I've had my whistle since thursday, and I can't imagine how anyone could progress any faster, without using your tutorials!

I kneel to you, Sean. Honestly, I'm so freaking happy I stumbled over your site, and decided to buy a whistle.

Great instrument, great lessons, great guy. Thanks yet again Sean. You're awesome! :D

This site has inspired and enabled me to pick up the whistle again and play. Years ago I went to the Irish folk music school (more like a week at the pub) at Miltown Malbay to learn to play. But now I find it difficult to find folks to play with, so your site has been invaluable. Could you play the reel Hare in the Heather, and also, if you have time, The Gold Ring? Thank you so much!

These lessons have been really helpful. Thank you. I got thru to Jim Ward and am now stuck... Will plug away...

Thanks very much for the lessons. I wanted to ask if there is such a thing as notation for ornamentation, or is it only up the player to decide?