Synopses & Reviews
A complete guide to the pennywhistle for beginning to advanced players using a new systematic approach to fingering. Contains information on modal playing and 56 pennywhistle tunes. Superb as a beginner's text, also of great use to the advanced player looking for additional material.
Synopsis
A complete guide to the pennywhistle for beginning to advanced players. Contains information on modal playing and 56 traditional pennywhistle tunes from America and Britain. It also covers how to read music, fingering, modes and ornamentation. With guitar accompaniment chords.
Table of Contents
The ashgrove -- The drunken sailor -- Ramble away --Lovely Joan -- Shady grove -- Searching for lambs --Farewell and adieu ye fine Spanish ladies -- Soldier's joy -- The rose tree -- The touchstone -- Shepherd's hey -- The lass of Richmond Hill -- Hewlett -- Star of the County Down -- Johnnie Faa -- The chanter's song --The dawning of the day -- Holland's a fine place --Gilliekrankie -- Rakes of mallow -- The Skye boat song -- Sheebeg sheemore -- God rest ye merry, gentlemen --Scotch cap -- Cuckold's all awry -- Sweet Betsy from Pike -- I saw three ships -- Two brothers -- The Shan Van Vocht -- The lass of Patie's mill -- An giolla ruadh -- Twa bonnie maidens -- Soldier's joy -- The black nag -- Domnall na greine -- The tenpenny bit -- The heather glen -- The humors of Tuaimgreine -- The job of journeywork -- O'Keefe's slide -- Merrily kiss the Quaker's wife -- The rocky road to Dublin -- Hardiman the fiddler -- Old Molly Hare -- Arkansas traveller --Absent minded woman -- Old maids of Galway -- Blackberry blossom -- The boatman of Pitnacree -- Lochaber no more -- Jenny dang the weaver -- The hag with the money --Give me your hand -- The dew on the grass -- Farewell.