Danny Boy played on Penny Whistle (Tin Whistle)

[yugoroth1]

My entire life I have listened to celtic music because of my mother. I can understand why because it's in our blood. I always thought it was cool until I recently discovered the Penny Whistle which brought to my attention the fact that it's very unique. When I first heard this song on the Tin whistle, I was completely amazed as to how beautiful it sounded! I am thankful for the magic caused by this song and I thank you for playing it. I wish to play as well as you do. Thank you!

[pogo506]

can you send me the back track?

[crisdean1]

taking the whistle up again after years. Got a Clarkes D as well as standard tin whistel as have heard folk liking the and disliking them; with the wooden mouth piece some people say that it makes the sound more mellow and less harsh - Danny Boy seems a good tune to compare them with.

Funniest experience had with Danny boy was when got plane from Moscow to Novosibirsk in middle of Siberia. As plane came into land they played Danny boy over tannoy!!

[lorcang]

derry



[DrRevWill]

What key whistle did you use? I have been trying to harmonize with it but My whistle is a D

[hostroute]

@DrRevWill This was recorded usin gan Eb (e flat) whistle.

[concretesailors]

Thank you, I so enjoyed this.

[dtsfangirl]

I have only started playing the Tin Whistle today and I was wondering if when you get better at it does it start to sound much clearer on the high notes like this?

[hostroute]

@dtsfangirl The secret is to make the air faster rather than just blowing harder. If you just blow harder it works but it sounds screetchy. It takes practice.

[dtsfangirl]

@hostroute Thanks :D I'll keep that in mind. I used to play a wee bit when I was younger and decided to take it up again, my dad likes this song so I decided to learn it first so I could play it for him when I get home from Uni. Your video is really helpfull

[hostroute]

@dtsfangirl Well I don't think I play it that well. Its OK, but can always be improved. Have fun. The whistle is a fun, cheap, go anywhere instrument.

[Rayxl1]

@dtsfangirl I've found there is just one note that's in the third register of the whistle which can be very loud. However in Irish music the tonic and dynamic ranges seems to be linked, in other words when there is a surge of emotion the notes go high. The tin whistle is the perfect instrument to reflect this. I uploaded my version of this tune today.

[nythshade14]

love it. awesome. wow

[Psikonort]

Makes the hairs on the back of me neck stand tall.

[Destiny4511]

The melody is/was "Cahan's Lament", written in about 1603 by Rory Dall O'Cahan, when large portions of the Cahan lands were being seized by the English and given to Scottish planters as farmland. He wrote it to express his feelings over that development.

[Destiny4511]

In a fit of drunken sorrow over English "redistribution" of his clan's land, Rory wandered off into the woods surrounding the castle. As he was blind, his servants went looking for him and found him by the sound of the lament playing on his harp.

He said that he took a little sleep and when he awoke, he had been given the melody by the Fairies, and it was they who were playing his harp.

I'm thinking that they were probably the Irish Whiskey Fairies...

[Destiny4511]

Originally, the Cahan clan owned most of the land that currently makes up County Londonderry.

There have been over 100 documented sets of lyrics, but the only ones that really "stuck" were "Danny Boy", by Fred Weatherly, who never actually set foot in Ireland.

It got the name "Londonderry Aire" when it was sent in to a publisher by a woman from Londonderry sometime around 1855, best I recall.

[robboleeds1]

nice work fella aspire to play like this done a really good job

[VideoSheetMusic]

Lovely...now that's how this song should sound... on a tin whistle. Nifty :D

[hostroute]

Thanks for the backing track. The whistle gets a bit high on this tune but it works out OK in the end.