Links:
Be sure to check this out - few amazing FREE Christmas Pennywhistle music downloads from Jazz Saxophonist Greg Vail. You'll find the Pennywhistle tunes on this page. Also be sure to check out his "Smooth Jazz Christmas" page!
The BBC’s “Virtual
Session” –
You’ll find sheetmusic (including guitar chords) here, along with Session-style
recordings:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/r2music/folk/sessions
The Whistle Shop - This is
location of our Slow Session. The Whistle Shop specializes in Celtic instruments
and sheetmusic:
http://www.thewhistleshop.com
JC’s TuneFinder
– A great site to search for sheetmusic for just about any traditional Celtic
tune:
http://trillian.mit.edu/~jc/music/abc/FindTune.html
Ceol & FPM Records - Great source
of info for what's happening in Celtic music in the Midwest. Includes a calendar
of events and a very good e-Mail list:
http://www.fpmrecords.com/ceol
Leprechaun's Gate - A 2 hour radio show that can be heard every Sunday, 1:00pm - 3:00pm (cdt) on WWHP 98.3 fm located in Farmer City, IL. It also can be heard over the world wide web by going to Leprechaun's Gate website http://www.lepsgate.com and "clicking" on the station's logo. Then "click" on "Listen live".
tourclare.com - Great site for planning your trip to
Ireland.
http://www.tourclare.com
Amazing Slow Downer
– I highly recommend this for everyone! It enables you to take any music
CD (or music file on your computer) and slow it down to a speed that’s
comfortable for you play along with, without changing the pitch (you can also
change the pitch if you need to). It’s very simple to use:
http://www.ronimusic.com
Clips & Snips
– Recordings of amateur (and
professional) whistle players - lots of nice tunes:
http://www.tinwhistletunes.com/clipssnip
Wandering Whistler
– Greg Mahan’s website, a very good source of traditional Irish sheetmusic:
http://www.tinwhistler.com/music
Stress Café
– Listings of Irish music events in the Midwest:
http://www.stresscafe.com/music/givealisten/current.html
Chiff & Fipple
– The best place on the internet for unbiased whistle information:
http://www.chiffandfipple.com
Elements of Irish
Traditional Music -
Learn a little about the
different time signatures for Irish music here:
http://www.musicpresent.com/music-explain.html
Cuisle -
formerly Cushla) An
excellent four-member group, based in the Midwest. They tell me that they will
be posting recordings of tunes at their website that you can download free of
charge!
http://www.cuisle.org
Finale - Software for sheetmusic notation. Many versions
available.
http://www.finalemusic.com
Please
send me an email if you know
of a good link to add to this page!
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