{"id":1975,"date":"2017-03-17T17:00:41","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T21:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&p=1975"},"modified":"2026-01-05T11:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:08:40","slug":"the-essential-guide-to-irish-flute-and-tin-whistle","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/shop\/product\/the-essential-guide-to-irish-flute-and-tin-whistle\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle – Physical Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a book for the beginner to the highly advanced player of Irish flute, tin whistle, or Boehm-system (modern) flute. It features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes beyond any previous method, exploring ornamentation techniques never described in print before. It also includes adaptations for Boehm-system flute players, guidance on breathing and phrasing, 49 ornamentation exercises, history and theory of traditional Irish flute and whistle music, and 27 meticulous transcriptions of recordings (1926-2001) by these important Irish flute and tin whistle players: John McKenna, Tom Morrison, William Cummins, S\u00e9amus Ennis, Willie Clancy, Paddy Taylor, Paddy Carty, Grey Larsen, Josie McDermott, Matt Molloy, Cathal McConnell, Mary Bergin, Donncha \u00d3 Briain (Denis O’Brien), Desi Wilkinson, Breda Smyth, Se\u00e1n Ryan, Conal \u00d3 Gr\u00e1da, Micho Russel, Joanie Madden, Kevin Crawford, Catherine McEvoy, and Seamus Egan.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are happy to report that well over 12,000 copies of this have now been sold.<\/em> It has been translated into Chinese and Russian.<\/span><\/p>\n

Below you may listen to some examples of the audio that is included with this book:<\/p>\n