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Geraldine Cotter's Traditional Irish Tin Whistle Tutor (Penny & Tin Whistle) [Paperback]

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  • Paperback: 102 pages
  • Publisher: Ossian Publications Ltd (1 Feb 1984)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0946005125
  • ISBN-13: 978-0946005123
  • Product Dimensions: 29.8 x 21 x 0.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 580,932 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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A complete method for Irish tin whistle with a detailed appendix of 100 choice Irish Airs and Dance tunes. Varying from simple tunes and polkas, and progressing to more complex pieces. This all encompassing book is beautifully presented and contains prints, photographs in clear legible notation.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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This text covers a lot of ground, from basic concepts to advanced techniques. If you are starting out on the tin whistle, this text provides all you need, although there is a fairly steep learning curve. If you are a more advanced player, part of the book forms a very useful review, and you are likely to learn some new tricks. Finally, this book contains a collection of 100 tunes (jigs, reels, hornpipes, slow airs etc). You might want to order the cassette tape, which contains all these tunes.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Wish I'd bought the one with the CD for this but anyhow. You have to be able to read music with this book but asides from that it's fab. Very detailed and lovely, lovely tunes.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
A fine intro to the Irish Whistle, but you need the CD too!! 24 April 2002
By Kevin Hing - Published on Amazon.com
This is a very nice tutor for the Irish Whistle. Ms. Cotter assumes you dont know anything about music, and starts from the beginning, not only teaching how to play the whistle, but also the basics of reading sheet music. Tonguing, time & rhythm, breathing, articulation, slurring, ornamentation (including cuts, rolls and the casadh) are all covered using nice irish tunes as examples. There is also a small section on slow aire playing, which is the slow, haunting style that you often hear on movie soundtracks.

After the tutorial, Ms. Cotter lists the music for 100 Irish tunes. It is a nice mix of tunes--many are popular tunes that are often played during pub sessions, and others are very nice but less well known.

I started from scratch with this tutorial, and made very quick progress. However, I also had the accompanying CDs: one CD that walks through the teaching part, and two CDs playing the 100 tunes. IF YOU ARE NOT VERY VERY FAMILIAR WITH IRISH MUSIC, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU GET THE ACCOMPANYING CDS. I cannot tell if these CDs are also available on Amazon...it looks to me like only the book tutorial is offered.

Why is this important? One of the unique things about irish folk music is that unlike classical music, the basic irish tune is almost never played as written...the soul of irish music and whistle music is how you embellish and customize the tune to your own style. In her written tutorial, Cotter covers how to play cuts, rolls, and other ornaments, but you have to HEAR it played to really understand and learn how to play this music.

So, to sum up, this is a great learning tutorial when you get the CD's too. I've heard that L.E. McCullough's Irish Whistle tutorial is also very good, and also comes with a bunch of good session tunes. Im going to get McCullough's next, since his list of session tunes seems to be the "bible" that a lot of players use and refer to during pub sessions.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
A fine tutor, especially if you can get the tape. 15 Nov 1999
By W Glennon (wglennon@usa.net) - Published on Amazon.com
A different sort of book than L.E. McCullogh's in many ways. I own them both and think of them as complementary. The music in Cotter's repertoire section is typeset, and easier to read, though. Get the tape for Cotter's book if you can, however. After all, the tinwhistle is a $12.00 instrument and you savings over the cost of a fiddle, say, would allow both to grace yor library.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
This is a really good collection! 3 July 2000
By Judith Lindenau - Published on Amazon.com
This collection is good: it containes typical tunes, and is easy to read. Like any such materials, it really does require the tape to actually hear what is being taught. I have many whistle books, and this is one to which I regularly return.
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