Tin whistle

[illdecide]

I'm quite handy on the old tin whistle, i played the flute (no smart remarks please) for years so the tin whistle was used as the basics at the start and every now and again i whip it out and give it a few blasts

[Rois]

Funny, I went and found my tin whistle and trad flute in my parents' roofspace the other weekend and brought them up to my own house.  
I remember getting the flute one Christmas and not being able to get a noise out of it, had to take it to an Orange Order "flautist" on Christmas night who proved to me that it worked.

[ziggysego]

What he play on it?

[ziggysego]

Anyone who ever played the tin whistle or the recorder will remember this:

Frère Jacques,
Frère Jacques,
Dormez vous?
Dormez vous?
Sonnez les matines,
Sonnez les matines,
Din, din, don!
Din, din, don!

Nope, we didn't even do that. For two bloody years it was nothing but Roddy McCordy!!

[The Gs Man]

Illdecide, I heard you are a dab hand at the skin flute......

[Off The Fence]

What you call the Irish Music shop near Trinity College?

[illdecide]

Illdecide, I heard you are a dab hand at the skin flute......

don't be like that G's man, i played in the Kilwilkee flute band for years back in the old days when they were a good band (Late 80's) so i know how to blow...but not the skin flutes

[ziggysego]

so i know how to blow...but not the skin flutes

Yeah, I heard that about you... 

[illdecide]

so i know how to blow...but not the skin flutes

Yeah, I heard that about you... 

some people just can't keep their mouths shut

[ziggysego]

so i know how to blow...but not the skin flutes

Yeah, I heard that about you... 

some people just can't keep their mouths shut

Yeah, that was said in the same sentence about you too 

[illdecide]

so i know how to blow...but not the skin flutes

Yeah, I heard that about you... 

some people just can't keep their mouths shut

Yeah, that was said in the same sentence about you too 

V good

[achadh gallain]

Tin whistle is simple pimple... jus have the patience to learn it an ur flyin! Learnt it yrs ago when the football club had wee lessons when i was about 7, then quit it and picked it up again when i was about 15 an taught myself a few tunes by ear from listenin to cd's.. easy enough to learn, buy one of those tin whistle books that downgirl mentioned an it shouldnt take that long to learn!

[youngfella]

jesus girls and boys, this is great. I really struggle with music i have no sense of beat or timing, i cant pat my head and rub my tummy at the same time or anything. Im wild worried.

[aontroim]

Nope, we didn't even do that. For two bloody years it was nothing but Roddy McCordy!!

Ziggy! Come on now - it's Roddy McCorley - just as well Slim isn't still about or he'd be all over you for that one

[ONeill]

The likes of these are excellent for breaking down tunes. I suggest you start with a few slow airs or easy marches though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVetpQveouc