Mel Bay

Arranger: Grey Larsen
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Tin Whistle or Irish Flute
Level: Beginning-Intermediate

Here are 34 easy-to-play folk, popular and classical favourites arranged for tin whistle (also known as pennywhistle) or Irish flute. Chords are included for guitar, keyboard, or other accompaniment instrument.

Also included with this book:

• Access to online audio for all 34 songs, with tin whistle, Irish flute, piano, and guitar
• Three duet arrangements

If you don't read music, you can still use this book! In addition to music notation, there is a specially designed tablature for tin whistle and Irish flute.What makes these tune arrangements easy?

• They are played in the lower two octaves of the whistle and flute's range, ascending no higher than B in the second octave.
• They are in easy tin whistle and Irish flute keys, such as: D major, G major, E minor and B minor. No metal keys are needed on the Irish flute.
• They use only eight notes: D, E, F#, G, A, B, C and C#.
• They are also easy to play on soprano and tenor recorder, modern flute, and piccolo.

Grey Larsen is a master musician who performs and teaches internationally. He has played tin whistle and Irish flute since the 1970s and has written nine books, including First Lessons Tin Whistle and the best-seller, The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle.

The author recommends using a tin whistle in D or a standard Irish flute (with or without keys) with this book. You can also use soprano and tenor recorders, modern flute, and piccolo. However, the tablature in this book uses only tin whistle and Irish flute fingerings.

Contents:

• THE MUSIC
  • This Little Light of Mine
  • Shenandoah
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home
  • Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
  • Waltzing Matilda
  • Cielito Lindo
  • The Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
  • All Through the Night
  • Tumbalalaika
  • Minuet in G from The Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
  • De Colores
  • Alouette
  • Aloha 'Oe
  • The Parting Glass
  • Down in the River to Pray
  • Keep Your Eyes on the Prize
  • Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika (God Bless Africa)
  • La Bamba
  • Santa Lucia
  • Shalom Chaverim
  • Down by the Riverside (Study War No More)
  • Tal'at Ya Mahala Nurha (It Rose Up, What a Beautiful Light)
  • The Foggy Dew
  • Wayfaring Stranger
  • Gayowajineh (Seneca Canoe Song)
  • Wiegenlied (Brahms' Lullaby)
  • The Dreidel Song
  • Sakura (Cherry Blossoms)
  • When the Saints Go Marching In
  • La Cucaracha
  • Happy Birthday
  • Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream
  • O Hanukkah
  • Auld Lang Syne
• DUETS FOR TIN WHISTLES OR IRISH FLUTES
  • This Little Light of Mine
  • De Colores
  • When Johnny Comes Marching Home