I have received quite a few comments and emails from folks who are having trouble jumping between the bottom and top octave without the notes cracking, and it gave me an idea for a good simple practice technique. The goal of this lesson is to practice jumping between the bottom and top version...
These tutorials were all requested by WhistleTutor.com members. Please stop by the forum to post a request or hit contact above to email me.
I wanted to create this tutorial because I have received several questions by email and in the forum about the various keys of whistles and how they relate to the tunes themselves. Hopefully this lesson will help clear things up. I play a tune, "The Walls of Liscarroll" on a D whistle in the...
I received a request for a tune called Tone Row which as it turns out, goes by many names among them the one I know, Brendan Tonra's. I've also had several different people asking the question, "What happens when the melody dips below the range of the whistle?"
That's a fairly common...
I got a request for this song by email and it seemed like a good one to put on the website, as it's an old and oft-played song and there's a lot of room for style here. I play the song slowly without ornamentation first, then as if I were playing it in a performance.
Thanks for the...
This was a request that surprised me, since this is not a very common tune -- in fact, I've yet to run into anyone else at a session who plays it. But, it's a great tune and one of my favorites and it tied in well with the other lesson that I wanted to work up,...
I had a few requests come in so I decided to combine them into one. This is a nice slow Scottish waltz/air that I play in the key of A.
This is probably my most-requested tune and it's about time I get it posted. I'll Tell Me Ma is a popular song among the pub band crowd and it's a good one to play on the whistle.
I got a request for this air and I'm glad I did, as it was a tune that I played years ago but forgot about. This is a lovely air and song -- The Wolfe Tones recorded it as such -- so I'm grateful for the request.
A fairly common tune, "Old Hag" is a 2 part D modal jig that I got a request for via email. This is a good one to learn because it's very common at many sessions.
I got a request for this tune -- a common session slip jig -- which I hadn't played in a while, but it's a really nice one. As usual, played simply first and then more up-tempo the second time.
This is a great traditional song that was requested in the forum. I've had several requests for more slower tunes, so I figured this is a good one for folks to learn. I played the tune twice in the tutorial -- the first time is more straight without much embellishment, and the second is more...
This is another common session tune -- a great reel in D. The way I play this tune, it has a lot of crans and triplets, so if you're looking for a good tune to practice those embellishments on, this would be a nice one to pick up.
