This site presents some instructional materials focusing on the technical fundamentals of playing the Irish flute. The tutorials are aimed primarily at players who already have a bit of experience on the instrument, or who have gotten onto the Irish flute from playing whistle or Boehm-system flute and are starting to realize the enormity of the task now facing them.
Neat site -- AND, it contains sheet music for probably one of the most famous sax solos in the past decade or so. Yep, they've got "Bubba's Solo", as played by Bill "It depends what you mean by 'IS'" Clinton!
Half a dozen or so really nice pieces in PDF format -- things like "J.S. Bach's Prelude in C from the Well Tempered Clavier" and "Edvard Grieg's Morning from Opus 46"!
The alto recorder is probably the world's simplest instrument to learn and perfect for beginning adult music students.. It is a larger version of those familiar plastic soprano recorders that are often handed out in grammar school music classes. The alto is longer and has a deeper, more mellow sound. The spacing of the holes is farther apart and perfect for adult fingers.
An Annotated Index of Fingerings for Instruments in the Bassoon Family Contained in English Wind Periodicals and Other Select Publications with Additional Material
"This web page is dedicated to the early counterpoint and particularly to the FUGUE, my effort is orientated to rediscover the early techniques that have caused centuries of musical masterpieces". MANY pieces you can download!
Tinwhistle page: "These pages contain all sorts of things which will be of interest to the whistler, from playing techniques and tunes to maintenance instructions, musician biogs and links to other whistle sites around the web. "
I like it! Offers thousands of fingerings (Basic, Alternate, Trill, Tremolo, and Flattement) (whatever Flattement is?!?) for flute, recorder, clarinet, sax, oboe, and bassoon.
Sheet music and tin/penny whistle notes for Irish songs.
Including music from The Dubliners, The Clancy's, Traditional Tunes, Christy Moore, The Wolfe Tones, The Fureys and much more.This music notation is suitable for banjo, mandolin, accordion, fiddle and tin whistle. The tin whistle notes may not always match the music sheet score, which means when transcribed the notes on whistle may not be in the same key as the sheet music it came from. These song notes are only a guide.
This site is all about penny whistles and whistle music. On this site, you'll find sheet music and midi to many irish and scottish folk tunes, as well as tunes that just sound good on the whistle. You'll find children's songs, Christmas carols, Irish Airs, reels, jigs, or pretty much anything (hopefully) to whet your whistle music craving.
The low whistle, with its haunting and etheral tone, has recently established its place within Irish music. It is a tin whistle, in the range of keys from A below middle C, down to D. The lower range requires this whistle to be increased in size. It is suited for the contemporary composeers such as Davy Spillane, Bill Whelan or Máire Breathnach. In skilled hands, it can also perform the traditional music of Ireland.
"This recent organization is set to serve all levels of players and interested in the music field with Internet-interactive connections and resource opportunities. Membership is FREE online for all individuals and related organizations."
