The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox

The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox
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Publisher : Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages : 193
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ISBN-10 : 9781610657280
ISBN-13 : 1610657284
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Book Synopsis The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox by : Grey Larsen

Download or read book The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox written by Grey Larsen and published by Mel Bay Publications. This book was released on 2011-03-11 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All the tools the beginner, novice, and intermediate tin whistle player needs in order to progress to a high level of competence in Irish music. Includes an Orientation to Traditional Irish Music, which puts the music in context, with information on scales and modes, dance tune types, the historical roots of whistle playing, and advice for learning by ear. the book is full of thorough instruction, exercises, and musical examples: from holding, fingering, breathing, and blowing, on up to advanced ornamentation, phrasing, and variations. Features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes beyond any previous method. Also includes history and theory of traditional Irish tin whistle music. for those who don't read music, almost all the exercises and examples appear on the companion CD.


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