Mel Bays Complete Irish Tin Whistle Book
by Mizzy McCaskill; Dona Gilliam
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Author: Mizzy McCaskill; Dona GilliamEdition: Sheet music
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2004-06-01
ISBN: 0786665866
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Book Reviews of Mel Bays Complete Irish Tin Whistle Book
Book Review: Great book, wrong accompanying CD
Summary: 4 Stars
Background: I have a lot of musical training, vocal as well as many of the woodwinds, mainly clarinet.
While picking up and playing a tin whistle may seem "easy" for a musician, playing it correctly and authentically is another story, and this book provides just that, especially in that it explains the ornamentation techniques that give the music played on the Tin Whistle its unique character, with the slides, cuts, etc.
In addition, the authors do a great job explaining various types of Irish Music (jigs, reels, hornpipes, etc.), and the book has a great selection of songs. The fingering charts are very helpful for learning the notes and the ornaments.
I'd give the book 5 stars, but I am disappointed that the publisher enclosed the wrong CD: it has guitar music instead of the Tin Whistle contents listed in the book. The label on the CD seems correct, but I listened to it and it's all guitar, and the track info detected by iTunes shows it's definitely the wrong music. Hopefully Mel Bay will send me the right CD.
PROS: good selection and variety of songs; music theory (as needed for such a book), types of whistles, ornamentation, styles all explained well, nice epilogue
CONS: wrong CD enclosed
Summary of Mel Bays Complete Irish Tin Whistle Book
An extremely well-written, thorough study into contemporary and traditional tinwhistle music and performance. Included are chapters on fundamentals, ornamentation and more.Instruments & Performers Books
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