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Whistlers Pocket CompanionWhistler's Pocket Companion
by Dona Gilliam & Mizzy McCaskill

A comprehensive, concise tinwhistle tutor. Contains over 150 delightful tunes in a colorful variety of music styles. Classical, folk, Irish melodies, Christmas carols, and duets are presented with accompaniment chords shown for many songs. This book  guides the player from an introduction to note reading, to exploring a wide range of the instrument's ornamentation capabilities.  Also works well for fife or flutes using the 6 hole Irish system. Key of D. The companion CD includes selected pieces and exercises. 5 7/8" x 9" format.

Book and CD - $14.95

Songs: 14th Regiment's March, 1776- Adams Bells March-1812, A Tune For The Bullfinch,A Tune For The Canary, A Tune For The East India Nightingale, A Tune For The Throstle, A Tune For The Woodlark, Angels We Have Heard On High, Arkansas Traveler, Auld Lang Syne, Barbara allen, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Bernard Brown's Buffet, Blackberry Blossom, Blow the Candles Out, Blow the Man Down, Bonnie Kate, Brian Boru's March, Canoe Song, Carnival of Venice, Chester, Chimes of London, Cock Robin,  Cockles Mussels, College Hornpipe, Crab Cannon, Cripple Creek, Cuckoo's Nest, Denman Duncan's Drumbeat, Devil's Dream, Dixie, Drowsy Maggie, Drunken Sailor, Duet, Duffy the Dancer, Fanfare, Finale to Inkle & Yarico, Fire on the Mountain, First of September, Fisher's Hornpipe, Flora's  Birthday, Garry Owen, Go to the Devil and Shake  Yourself, God  Rest You Merry Gentlemen, God Save the Queen, Good King Wenceslas,Granny Will Your Dog Bite, Guilderoy,  Hampton Court, Harvest Home, Haste to the wedding, Hatikvah, Here We Come A-caroling, Hineh Mah Tov, Humoresque, Hush Little Baby, I Saw Three Ships, Jelly Roll Blues, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Jingle Bells, Jolly Old Saint Nicholas, Kenderbeck's Quick Step, Kookaburra, La Raspa, Loch Lomond, Londonderry Air, Lullaby, Maggie's Melange, Minuet, Money in Both Pockets, Montezuma, Mr Handels Fire Music, My Love Shes's but a Lassie Yet, O'Connell's Lamentation, Oh Susanna, Old Dan Tucker, Old Joe Clark, O Tannenbaum, Off She Goes, Pass Upon a Trencher, Paddy Whack, Polovetsian Dances, Pop Goes the Weasel, Prince Igor, Rakes of Mallow,Reveille, Riddle Song, Row Row Row Your Boat, Sailor's Delight. Scarborough Fair, Shady Grove, Shepherd's Hay, Silent Night, Simple Gifts, Sinner Man, Soldier's March, Sonata(Mozart), Stars & Stripes Forever, Streets Laredo, Summer is Icumen In, Symphony in Eminor, Tatter Jack, The Belles of Clonallan, The Campbells are Coming, The Green Linnet, The Humors of Whiskey,The Idle Road, The Irish Washerwoman, The Sailor's Hornpipe, The Sheep on the Mountains, The Tenpenny Bit, Thrush's Nest, Triple Time, Turkey in the Straw, Virginia Reel, Yankee Doodle

Irelands Best Tin Whistle Tunes

Ireland's Best Tinwhistle Tunes
 with Guitar Chords

compiled by Claire McKenna 

110 of the best tunes in any tin whistle player's repertoire, specially chosen and arranged by one of Ireland's top players and teachers. Graded by difficulty for everyone from the beginner to advanced player. Beginner's songs are all fully diagrammed. Guitar chords included. For D whistle. Buy the book w/2CDs and get 110 Irish tunes on CD.
 
Irelands Best Tin Whistle Tunes$14.95 - Ireland's Best Tin Whistle Tunes

Irelands Best Tin Whistle Tunes$27.95 - Book & 2 CDs

The Bag Of Spuds
The Ballydesmond Polka (1)
The Ballydesmond Polka (2) 
The Blacksmith
The Blackthorn 
The Blackthorn Stick  
The Boys Of Bluehill  
The Cliffs Of Doonen  
The Concertina  
The Copperplate  
The Dingle Regata  
The Flowing Bowl  
The Flowing Tide  
The Foggy Dew  
The Galtee Reel  
The Greencastle Hornpipe  
The Harvest Home  
The Home Brew  
The Home Ruler  
The Honeysuckle  
The House In The Glen  
The Humours Of Glin  
The Keel Row  
The Kerry Reel  
The Knocknagow Reel  
The Little Diamond Polka  
The Liverpool Hornpipe  
The Merry Blacksmith  
The Monaghan Jig  
The Mountain Lark  
The Mountain Top Reel  
The Old Dudeen Reel  
The Old Favourite  
The Old Kilfenora  
The Pipe On The Hob  
The Rakes Of Mallow  
The Returned Yank  
The Road To Lisdoonvarna  
The Rocky Road To Dublin  
The Salamanca  
The Scartaglen Polka  
The Sliabh Luachra Polka  
The Spanish Lady  
The Stack Of Barley  
The Street Player  
The Sunny Banks  
The Swallow's Nest  
The Tarbolton  
The Templehouse  
The Three Sea Captains  
The Traveller  
The Valley Of Knockanure  
The Wind That Shakes The Barley  
Thugamar Fein An Samhradh Linn  
Tommy Mcmahon's Reel  
Songs:
Alexander's Hornpipe

An Ghoath Aneas  
Anderson's Reel  
Baidin Fheidhlimidh  
Bheir Me O  
Bill Collin's  
Boolavogue  
Brian O'lynn's  
Buachaill On Eirne  
Byrne's Hornpipe  
Charlies O'donnell's Reel  
Chief O'neill's Favourite  
Clancy's Dream  
Colonel Rodney's  
Cronin's Hornpipe  
Danny Ab's Slide  
Denis Murphy's Slide  
Donnybrook Fair  
Eanach Chuin  
Egan's Polka  
Eibhlin A Run  
Fainne Geal An Lae  
Fanning's Jig  
Fanny Power  
Father O'flynn  
Gander In The Pratie Hole  
Hardiman The Fiddler  
Haste To The Wedding  
Hewlett  
Jackson's Reel  
John Ryan's Polka  
Johnny Leary's Polka  
Lord Inchiquin  
Lucky In Love  
Martin Power's  
Merrily Kiss The Quaker  
Molly Malone  
Munster Buttermilk  
O'callaghan's Hornpipe  
Off To California  
Oro Se Do Bheatha Abhaile  
Peggy Ryan's Fancy  
Planxty Browne  
Planxty Irwin  
Roddy Mccorley  
Rolling On The Rye Grass  
Ryan's Favourite  
Saddle The Pony  
Sally Gardens  
Si Beag Si Mor  
Soancil Hill  
Sonny's Mazurka  
St. Patrick's Day  
Sweeney's Dream  
Taimse Im Chodladh  


Compete Tin Whistle Book
Complete Irish Tin Whistle Book
by Mizzy McCaskill & Dona Gilliam

An extremely well-written, thorough study into contemporary and traditional tinwhistle music and performance. Included are chapters on fundamentals, ornamentation and more, with songs for practicing each new technique.

Irelands Best Tin Whistle Tunes Complete Tin Whistle Book & CD - $24.95

Contents:
I. About the Whistle
II. Fundamentals
III. Irish Music
  • Jigs
  • Reel
  • Hornpipe
  • Set Dance IV. Performance Practice
  • Tempo
  • Rhythm
  • Phrasing
  • Ornamentation
  • Slide
  • Cut
  • Cuts (Fingering Chart)
  • Cuts Between Two Notes of the Same Pitch (Fingering Chart)
  • Double Grace Note Fingerings
  • Triple Grace Notes
  • Triplets
  • Pieces for the Study and Practice of Cuts, Double Graces and Triplets

  • Rolls
  • Short Roll
  • Short Roll Fingerings
  • Long Roll
  • Long Roll Fingerings
  • Cran
  • Styles
  • Process of Variation
  • Slow Airs and Songs
  • Vibrato
  • Fingered Vibrato
  • Diaphragmatic Vibrato
  • Other Tunes
    V. Pieces for Study and Practice
    VI. Epilogue
    VII. Index
    VII. Fingering Chart


  • Deluxe Tin Whistle Songbook


    Deluxe Tinwhistle Songbook
    by Patrick Conway


    Ireland's Patrick Conway has collected 71 favorite Irish ballads, hornpipes, jigs, and reels and transcribed them for the D tinwhistle.  Fingering diagrams throughout all songs, with guitar chords shown for each piece.


    Irelands Best Tin Whistle Tunes$6.95 - Deluxe Tinwhistle Songbook

    Songs:
    IRISH BALLADS
    Báidín Fheidhlimid
    Beir Mé Ó
    The Dawning of the Day
    Home Boys Home
    Shores of Amerikay
    The Meeting of the Waters
    Londonderry Air
    The Holy Ground
    The Spanish Lady
    Whiskey In the Jar
    Sí Beag Sí Mór
    Spancil Hill
    Roddy McCorley
    Dicey Reilly
    The Minstrel Boy
    Brennan on the Moor
    Old Maid in a Garret
    'Tis the Last Rose of Summer
    The Ould Orange Flute
    Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms
    The Rising of the Moon
    The Golden Jubilee
    Cockles and Mussels
    The Wild Rover
    The Merry Plow Boy
    The Galway Shawl
    The Wild Colonial Boy
    The Foggy Dew
    The Old Woman from Wexford
    The Sally Gardens
    The Butcher Boy
    Love Is Teasin'
    The Galway Races
    I'll Tell Me Ma

    HORNPIPES
    The Greencastle
    The Liverpool Hornpipe

    The Harvest Home
    The Boys of Blue Hill
    Dumphy's Hornpipe
    The Kildare Hornpipe
    The Stack of Barley
    Julia's Wedding
    Liz Coffey's Drake

    JIGS

    Haste to the Wedding
    The Hare tn the Corn
    The Humors of Bandon
    Father O'Flynn
    The Connaughts Man's Rambles
    Life Is All Checquered
    The Frost Is All Over
    Saint Kevin's Bed
    Pet of the Pipers
    Smash the Windows
    Terry's Fancy
    The Ten Penny Bit
    Saddle the Pony
    The Rocky Road to Dublin
    St. Patrick's Day
    The Irish Washerwoman

    REELS
    Drowsy Maggie
    Miss McLeod's Reel
    The Smithfield Haymen
    The Green Meadow
    The Wind That Shakes the Barley
    The Pigeon on the Gate
    The Merry Blacksmith
    The Flowing Bowl
    Bonnie Kate
    The Green Groves of Erin
    The Blackberry Blossom
    The Rakes of Mallow

    Tinwhistle for Beginners



    Tinwhistle for Beginners
    by Dona Gilliam & Mizzy McCaskill

    The ideal tinwhistle instructional text for students with little or no music background or children. This book presents familiar melodies while progressing slowly and carefully. Works equally well for class or individual instruction.

    Irelands Best Tin Whistle TunesTinwhistle for Beginners - $4.95

    Contents:
    Allegro (Round)
    Alleluia (Round)
    Bella Bimba
    Blow the Man Down
    The CanCan
    Carnival of Venice
    Chimes of London
    Chopsticks Duet
    D Major Scale
    Duet
    Eighth Notes
    First Notes
    Folk Song Duet
    Go Tell Aunt Rhody
    Hickory Dickory Dock
    Hot Cross Buns
    Hush Little Baby
    Jingle Bells
    Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
    Lightly Row

    London Bridge
    Long, Long Ago
    Merrily We Roll Along
    Musical Facts
    New Notes
    Note Values
    Octave Study
    Oh, How Lovely is the Evening
    Old MacDonald Had a Farm
    On Top of Old Smoky
    Over the River
    Row, Row, Row Your Boat
    She'll Be Comin 'Round the Mountain
    Sweet Betsy from Pike
    This Old Man
    Three Blind Mice
    Tonguing Exercise
    Trio
    Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
    When the Saints Go Marching In

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