Mel Bay

Authors: Mizzy McCaskill and Dona Gilliam
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Tinwhistle

Beginners of all ages will enjoy learning to play tinwhistle with the step-by-step method found in this book. Familiar folk melodies abound in this comprehensive collection of easy-to-play literature. Carefully sequenced tunes and exercises teach the player to read music notation, and a section is included on Irish ornamentation. Several Irish tunes containing suggested ornamentation present the traditional Irish style of whistle playing. Because of the ease of learning the tinwhistle (also called the pennywhistle) many Irish musicians begin their musical training on the whistle before switching to the flute or uillean pipes. Written for the D tinwhistle. Includes access to online audio.

Song List:

• All Through The Night
• Aloha Oe
• Alouette
• Amazing Grace
• As I Was Going To Banbury
• Au Clair De La Lune
• Auld Lang Syne
• Believe Me All Those Endearing Young Charms
• Black Dance
• Buffalo Gals
• Captain Jinks
• Chanukah, Chanukah
• Cindy
• Clementine
• Crawdad Song
• Cuckoo
• Daisy Bell
• Did You Ever See A Lassie?
• El Coqui
• Erie Canal
• Fais Do Do
• God Save The King
• Good King Wenceslas
• Grandfather's Clock - Henry Clay Work
• Hail To The Chief
• Home Sweet Home
• Honor Bound - Johannes Brahms
• Hot Cross Buns
• I Ride An Old Paint
• I Saw Three Ships
• In The Good Old Summertime
• Jolly Old Saint Nicholas
• Kesh Jig
• Little Brown Jug
• Marine's Hymn
• Merrily We Roll Along
• Merry Widow Waltz
• Michael, Row The Boat Ashore
• Minuet
• My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean
• My Home Is In Montana
• My Wild Irish Rose
• Oh, Dem Golden Slippers
• Old Rosin The Beau
• Reuben And Rachel - William Gooch
• Rigaudon
• Rio Grande
• Sarasponda
• Shady Grove
• She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain
• Sheebeg, Sheemore
• Skip To My Lou
• Sourwood Mountain
• Sweet Betsy From Pike
• Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
• The Boys Of Bluehill
• The British Grenadiers
• The Caissons Go Rolling Along
• The Keys Of Canterbury
• The Mountain Lark
• The Red River Valley
• The Sidewalks Of New York - James W. Blake & Charles B. Lawlor
• The Wearin' O' The Green
• The Yankee Doodle Boy
• Theme From Finlandia - Jean Sibelius
• Vive La Compagnie
• When I Was A Young Girl
• When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
• When The Saints Go Marching In
• Whoopee Ti Yi Yo
• Yellow Rose Of Texas