Irish flute tin whistle - Joe Cooley's Reel

I have only been a student of Celtic music a short while.

I just learned this reel.

Joe Cooley's

Its on the www.whistlethis.com web site if you'd like the dots.

A very quick once run though on a little Oak whistle in D.

Still needs a lot of work.

I'll try it on the flute later, perhaps a little different setting.

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[TheCyanidePie]

This is great! I just learned this real on the concertina and mandolin.

[aanvil]

@TheCyanidePie Thanx! It's a great tune. I've been meaning to do this on the flute.... and quite a number of folks have asked for a slow version to learn from. Just got find the time. Do a vid of your concertina and mando! :-)

[danjulification]

hey there, I really like your vid, you're a good player! you say you've only been a student of celtic music a short time, is that when you started playing whistle? do you play other instruments? regards from scotland! ;)

[aanvil]

@danjulification Thanks for the kind words. Well, this video was done 4 years ago so I've improved a little since. :-) I did have a bit of musical schooling, modern flute and sax but not much more than what most folks get through high school. Simple system flutes are quite a different animal as is trad music so I basically started from scratch. Much of the musical tradition is aurally transferred so learning by ear over reading standard notes is encouraged if not expected...

[aanvil]

...and you'll spend a lot of time just listening to tunes to get them in your head well before you do much playing. Plenty of great Scot tunes out there too! Do you play and instruments? cheers!

[ferdino100]

Hi, first of all you play very good and hope I can too some day.. well I'm interested in learning to play the Tin Whistle but what is the difference between the Low D whistle and the regular?

[aanvil]

@ferdino100 Thanx!. To answer your question the only difference is in the size and air requirements. For the most part they will finger exactly the same. The low D is pretty large and can be problematic for folks with smaller hands... but with some practice you'll most likely manage just fine. I suggest you start with the standard size D before giving the big one a go. Just learning to play is work enough without adding the weight, air and finger stretch. Have fun!

[TheCyanidePie]

@aanvil Thanks. I'm practicing this for a fleadh so i could probably get it pretty good in a few days

[SabrinaW2010]

hey can anyone give me the notes for that song, i cant find them anywhere :(



[aanvil]

@LaughingGoon Well, no.California born and raised. Newfoundland is a nice place from what I understand. Why do you ask?