{"id":3972,"date":"2018-01-21T12:06:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T17:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/shop\/?post_type=product&#038;p=3972"},"modified":"2020-04-14T11:07:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T15:07:33","slug":"the-essential-guide-to-irish-flute-and-tin-whistle-ebook","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/shop\/product\/the-essential-guide-to-irish-flute-and-tin-whistle-ebook\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle &#8211; eBook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">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&#8217;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<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><em>We are happy to report that well over 10,000 copies of this have now been sold<\/em>. It has been translated into Chinese and Russian.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/press\/reviews\/books\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more reviews<\/a>\u00a0of this book.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>By Grey Larsen. eBook (PDF file), 480 pages, plus 196 tracks of free downloadable audio.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\">You will be directed to the Mel Bay Publications website to purchase this eBook.It is in the PDF file format. The eBook is <strong>less expensive than the physical book<\/strong>, and of course there is no shipping cost. (Shipping the physical book outside the US can be rather expensive.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is, by far, the most comprehensive work on Irish flute and tin whistle playing. Well over 10,000 copies have been sold<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Free excerpts of Grey Larsen&#8217;s books are available <a href=\"https:\/\/greylarsen.com\/webstore\/books\/excerpts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Below you may listen to some examples of the audio that is included with this book:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>[klaudio mp3=\"essentialguide\/Figure-8-16.mp3\"]Figure 8-16. A version of the hornpipe &#8220;Bantry Bay&#8221; using cuts and a variety of strikes.\u00a0(Tin whistle)[\/klaudio]<\/li>\n<li>[klaudio mp3=\"essentialguide\/Figure-11-7..mp3\"]Figure 11-7. A setting of \u201cThe Sporting Pitchfork\u201d using short rolls on B, A, G, F-sharp, and E as well as long rolls on E and G. (Irish flute)[\/klaudio]<\/li>\n<li>[klaudio mp3=\"essentialguide\/Figure-15-4.mp3\"]Figure 15-4. A setting of the reel \u201cThe Skylark\u201d using long double-cut rolls on A, G, F-sharp and E. (Irish flute)[\/klaudio]<\/li>\n<li>[klaudio mp3=\"essentialguide\/Figure-16-6.mp3\"]Figure 16-6. A setting of the reel \u201cThe Trip to Durrow\u201d which makes use of long cranns on D and E. (Irish flute)[\/klaudio]<\/li>\n<li>[klaudio mp3=\"essentialguide\/Figure-19-11.mp3\"]Figure 19-11. Four melodic variants on the long G roll found in the first bar of the reel \u201cThe Shaskeen.\u201d (Irish flute)[\/klaudio]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are four selections from the chapter, &#8220;49 Studies for Ornamentation Practice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>[klaudio mp3=\"essentialguide\/Study-4.mp3\"]Study 4. A variety of cuts on repeated notes in a jig. (Tin whistle)<br \/>\n[\/klaudio]<\/li>\n<li>[klaudio mp3=\"essentialguide\/Study-31.mp3\"]Study 31. Simple and added-finger slides in a jig. (Tin whistle)<br \/>\n[\/klaudio]<\/li>\n<li>[klaudio mp3=\"essentialguide\/Study-33.mp3\"]Study 33. In a jig, long rolls that begin on the pulse. (Irish flute)<br \/>\n[\/klaudio]<\/li>\n<li>[klaudio mp3=\"essentialguide\/Study-42.mp3\"]Study 42. Stepwise ascending short rolls in a jig. 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