Whelan's Jig on the Irish flute

Hey!

It has been a while since my last video, so I decided to upload a new one.

The jig is called Whelan's jig, and is played on an irish flute, a GillesLehart 5-key in D. I used a cheap classical guitar to do the backing.

I used my new recording equipment in this video. Mic: Shure SM58 with a X2U USB adapter.

Let me know what you think. Rate/comment/favorite.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• irish
• flute
• gilles
• lehart
• key
• abraxas123
• mcgoldrick
• finnegan
• molloy
• crawford
• traditional
• music
• celtic
• guitar
• folk

[WhistlingReiver]

Hey, love this and Last of the Starr's Waltz, hope to see more of you playing, in future, can I ask what make is your flute?

[abraxas123]

@WhistlingReiver

Hi! I will upload some more videos soon, so if you subscribe you will get them eventually. The flute I play is a Gilles Lehart 5 key in D. Awesome flute indeed. Do you play flute or whistle as well? Post some videos : )

R

[greensoulo]

sounds lovely, I am wondering the "twiddly bits", do you use the tonguing technique or ornaments?

Nice flute as well!

[abraxas123]

@greensoulo

I use ornaments; cuts, taps and rolls. My tonguing technique is not good enough, and I usually prefer normal ornamentation over tonguing.

[AchingOvaries]

Awesome reedy Irish tone. Nice breathing too, it's different from other versions I've heard. 

[abraxas123]

@AchingOvaries

Yeah, I tend to learn tunes properly first, but I usually end up altering them and shaping them to be my own interpretation after a while. So I guess this is my interpretation of Whelan's Jig. Thanks for the complement regarding tone.

[FredFredrik]

Outstanding!!

[chansherly212]

great job! the flute sounds awesome

[mandohiker]

very nice... is you flute pretty easy to fill with air? i've been playing whistles for a while and have wanted to get a wooden flute, and gilles instruments sound great from what i've heard...

[celtic4ever18]

nice

[Nymph2204]

It's wonderful. I like Irish flute's sound

P.S. Che Guevara on 1:01 made me laugh))

[PipersGrip]

Awesome ornamentation! Great playing there!

[darkfluter]

Hello Friend

I would feel flattered if you saw my videos of Celtic music

a greeting!  DrkFlt

[Javah90]

Hey, nice job! I've heard this tune with quite a different variation and I also play it quite different but yours sounds really good. How did you sync the two?(guitar and flute). BTW sorry I haven't posted a video in a while.

[Javah90]

Hey, nice job! I've heard this tune with quite a different variation and I also play it quite different but yours sounds really good. How did you sync the two?(guitar and flute). BTW sorry I haven't posted a video in a while.