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THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO IRISH FLUTE AND TIN WHISTLE
by Grey Larsen
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Book/2-CD set. For the beginner to the highly advanced player of Irish flute, tin whistle, or Boehm-system flute. Features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes beyond any previous method. 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 by important Irish flute and tin whistle players: John McKenna, Tom Morrison, William Cummins, Seamus Ennis, Willie Clancy, Paddy Carty, Matt Molloy, Cathal McConnell, Mary Bergin, Conal O Grada, Micho Russell, Joanie Madden, Seamus Egan, many more. Almost all the exercises, examples and tunes appear on the CDs. "Grey has, through his research, patience, and diligence, completed a work on Irish flute and tin whistle that I feel is essential reading for anybody interested in getting it right." - Matt Molloy, of The Chieftains. 480 pp.
02-98214BCD ..
$39.95
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