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Learn to Play Irish Tinwhistle   by L.E. McCullough  • Publisher:  Homespun TapesThis complete guide to learning traditional Irish music on the tinwhistle will satisfy beginners picking up the tinwhistle for the first time — and advanced players wanting to study in detail the intricate embellishment and expressive variation techniques of a tinwhistle virtuoso.Prize-winning performer, composer and producer L.E. McCullough starts with the basics of choosing a tinwhistle that’s right for you, then shows how to hold and blow the instrument for maximum ease and effect.  Articulation, phrasing and tonguing are covered along with all the important ornaments of traditional Irish musical style — single and double grace notes, legato and staccato triplets, long and short rolls — plus analysis of special expressive devices such as slurs, trills and vibrato.Best of all, L.E. shows you how to learn. Each of  the five sample tunes (Down by the Sally Gardens – air, Britches Full of Stitches – polka, Hanging Out to Dry – double jig, Off to California – hornpipe, Donegal Reel – reel) is broken down into its fundamental bare-bones melody units, then “fleshed out”  with full ornamentation and melodic variations.And, as an extra bonus, four more tunes featuring L.E. McCullough’s exquisite tinwhistle playing are included — the 17th-century harp air Tabhair dom do Lamh and a hot, swinging rendition of Jackie Coleman’s Reel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lW5gG8dagC4