The Leitrim Fancy (Low D Whistle) Demo

Demonstration/teaching clip to show finger articulation, once at slow speed, then at a normal pace.
I have another video posted playing this tune at full pace on high D whistle in a set with two other well known Irish jigs.........

Just a thought, as this clip seems to be quite popular/folk find it helpful... if anyone wants to suggest other tunes they'd like me to treat similarly & post demo clips of, please message me with your request (please use the direct message function). I can't promise how soon I'd get around to doing it nor that I'd do everything suggested (depends on how many suggestions and whether I already know the tune requested!) but I'll happily consider all requests and do 'em when I can.

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• Irish
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• Leitrim
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[lindamon8]

Great! How about The Humours of Tullicryne?

[Jemtheflute]

@lindamon8: Ah. I know that as "Bobby Casey's" and played sort of as a slow reel, though many would say it is a hornpipe. Most of the sources put it a third higher (in A Dorian) than I picked it up (in E Dorian), so I'm not sure how helpful me doing a teaching clip of it would be...... I'll bear it in mind. I still haven't done The Monaghan Jig!

[Waelwulfas]

Can you do the monaghan jig, in D too?

[Jemtheflute]

Well, o certainly know The Monaghan Jig - grand 4-parter, super whistle/flute tune...... very nice on low D whistle; it's not "in D" though. I'll add it to my "to do" list but it may be a while - I'm up to my ears on other stuff just now, no time for tutorial videos, I'm afraid. I'll get to it eventually.

[Jemtheflute]

Just a thought, as this clip seems to be quite popular/folk find it helpful... if anyone wants to suggest other tunes they'd like me to treat similarly & post demo clips of, please message me with your request (not here, please use the direct message function). I can't promise how soon I'd get around to doing it nor that I'd do everything suggested (depends on how many suggestions and whether I already know the tune requested!) but I'll happily consider all requests and do 'em when I can.

[Waelwulfas]

Aw, then no rpessure. That'd be just fantastic, keep it up.

[mossyslopes]

You certainly are a Gem !

Thank you for taking the time .

[Jemtheflute]

...if you keep to the top parts of all three fingers. Hence the "semi-pipers'" approach, not for span but for wrist angle.

[Jemtheflute]

Cheers: you're welcome.

I'd say my hands are medium size. I don't have a huge span from thumb to little finger on piano for example (not that I play it, but for comparison), only a 9th clear over the keys & a 10th round the edge... but they are quite flexible and I have broad finger-tips. I can cover the bottom 3 holes easily too in terms of finger span (cf my flute vids), but the arm-reach away from the body strains the R wrist awkwardly on low whistle...

[chansherly212]

cool! thanks for posting this! i normally learn tunes from sheet music cos most of the time these tunes are played too frantically fast to make any sense of XD you must have large hands by the way, you can cover the top three holes with fingertips! oh amd please drop by my channel sometime!