tin whistle

Kricket Moros “Tin Whistle Platyer ” Circa 2014

History of the Tin Whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English flageolet (flaj-oh-lay), Scottish penny whistle, tin flageolet, and Irish whistle. It is a simple, six-holed woodwind instrument. A tin whistle player is called a tin whistler or simply a whistler. The tin whistle is closely associated with Celtic music. The tin whistle in its modern form is from a wider family of fipple flutes which have been seen in many forms and cultures throughout the world. In Europe such instruments have a long and distinguished history and take various forms; most widely known of these are the recorder, tin whistle, Flabiol (flabby-all), Txistu (tee-fuh) and tabor

(tab-orh) pipe. Almost all primitive cultures had a type of fipple flute and is most likely the first pitched flute type instrument in existence. A fipple flute from Slovenia dates before Christ. A German flute from over , and flute made from sheep's bone in West Yorkshire dating to the Iron Age. Written sources that describe a fipple-type flute include the Roman and Greek. In the early Middle Ages peoples of northern Europe were playing the instrument as seen in 3rd-century British bone flutes, and Irish Brehon Law describes flute like instrument. By the 12th century Italian flutes came in a variety of sizes, and fragments of 12th-century Norman bone whistles have been found in Ireland, and an intact 14 cm Tusculum clay whistle from the 14th century in Scotland. In the 17th century whistles were called flageolets; a term to describe a whistle with a French made fipple headpiece (common to the modern penny whistle) and such instruments are linked to the development of the English flageolet, French flageolet and re-corders of the renaissance and baroque period. The term flageolet is still preferred by some modern tin whistle who feel this better describes the instrument, as this characterises a wide variety of fipple flutes, including penny whistles. Traditional music from Ireland and Scotland is by far the most common music to play on the tin whistle. Kwela (kway-lah) is a genre of music created in South Africa in the 1950s, and is char-acterized by an upbeat, jazzy tin whistle lead. Kwela is the only music genre created around the sound of the tin whistle. The low cost of the tin whistle, or jive flute, made it an attractive instrument in the impoverished, apartheid-era townships; the Hohner tin whistle was espe-cially popular in kwela performance. The kwela craze accounted for the sale of more than one million tin whistles. Taken From Wikipedia.com

This “Tin Whistle” booklet is created by Kim Merwin: kim.merwin23@gmail.com for this file. (2013)

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The Finger Code:

Week 7 Meet the Tin Whistle...draw a line to match each

BARREL

MOUTHPIECE

FIPPLE

FINGER HOLES

Week 8 Theory: Musical Symbols & Meaning Left Hand Exercises

X Review Vocabulary from Y Learn how to draw the notes.

Whole Note: Draw the Whole Note:

Draw the Half Notes: Half Note

Draw the Quarter Notes: Quarter Note

Draw the Dotted Half Notes: Dotted Half Note

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Draw the Eighth Notes: Eighth Note

Vocabulary:

1. Whole note

2. Stem

3. Half Note

4. Head

5. Quarter note

6. Dotted Half Note

7. Flag

8. Beam

9. Eighth Note

10. Clef

Theory: Musical Symbols & Meaning Week 8 Left Hand Exercises

Draw the Treble Clef Treble Clef

Draw the Bass Clef: Bass Clef

When a note is on a

line, Every Good

Boy Does Fine.

When a note is on a space, It spells the

word FACE.

LEFT Hand Exercise

B A G A B A G B G B A G

Treble

Clef

Note

Name

Week 9 Theory: Musical Symbols & Meaning

Rhythm: The pattern that the notes

take when played. The pattern achieved by having some notes

played for a longer time

X Y Time Signature The two numbers on top of each other, just after the Treble Clef

sign at the beginning of each staff. 4

Z Measure: The unit on the staff that contains the

number of beats indicated by

the time signatures.

[ Bar Lines The vertical lines drawn through the music staff,

dividing it into equal sections.

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Measures

Time Signatures Bar Lines

Quarter Note One clap and

say “Ta”

Half Note One clap held for 2 beats,

Whole Note One clap held for 4 beats

Dotted Half Note One clap held for 3 beats

Eighth Note One clap for each note, with two fast claps to equal 1 beat

Theory: Musical Symbols & Meaning Week 9 Right Hand Exercises

RIGHT Hand Exercise

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Quarter Note Half Note Whole Note Dotted Half Note Eighth Note

Mary Had a Little Lamb

You draw the notes below:

Week 10 Theory: Musical Scale & Simple Tune

Sharp Note Tempo Octave Flat Note

The speed at which

music is or ought to be

played.

A note that has a

# symbol

This note is played a half-step higher on the scale than the

same note without the

A group of 8; like an octopus

has 8 legs.

When we need a note to be a

half-step

lower, we use

this

Directions: Draw a line to match vocabulary words with correct definitions below

Theory: Musical Scale & Simple Tune Week 10

Week 11 Musical Dynamics & Playing More Tunes

When a note is on a

line, Every Good

Boy Does Fine.

When a note is on a space, It spells the

word FACE.

Treble

Clef

Note

Name

Vocabulary:

Dynamics

Crescendo

Legato

Staccato

Rest

The REST receives the same beat as the note it matches.

When the music changes in forceful-

ness & style to create more power, mood or

emotion.

A gradual

increase in the volume of

music.

Smooth,

Connected

Notes

Disconnected short, clear-cut

notes

Sometimes we don’t want to make any sound. At those

times we use a rest symbol.

Directions: Draw lines to match vocabulary term with it’s definition.

More Musical Dynamics & Playing More Tunes Week 12

Vocabulary Terms:

Piano (p) Forte (f)

Mezzo piano (mp)

Mezzo forte (mf)

Play your instrument:

Medium soft

soft

Medium loud

Loud or forcefully

Mezzo is the Italian word for (moderately).

My Tin Whistle Goals:

� Playing all the songs I have learned with “dynamics.”

�Learning to play a song by ear:

Write in Name of Song

�Learn to play songs with others...creating harmony.

�Find and learn new songs.

�Keep practicing and have fun, glorifying God with the music He has created!

Hot Cross Buns

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Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns!

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Jingle Bells

Silent Night! Holy Night

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Happy Birthday to You

Zum Gali Gali

Repeat 2 times

Repeat 2 Times Then start Again...

The Lord has promis'd good to me, His word my hope secures;

He will my shield and portion be, As long as life endures.

Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease;

I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace.

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine;

But God, who call'd me here below, Will be forever mine.

Amazing Grace

Amazing grace! (how sweet the sound) That sav'd a wretch like me!

I once was lost, but now am found, Was blind, but now I see.

?Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, And grace my fears reliev'd;

How precious did that grace appear, The hour I first believ'd!

Thro' many dangers, toils and snares, I have already come;

'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

John Newton (Born July 25, 1725 – December 21, 1807) was an Eng-lish sailor, in the Royal Navy for a period, and later a captain of slave ships. He came to understand the Gospel of Christ and became ordained as an evan-gelical Anglican cleric, served Olney, Buckinghamshire for two decades, and also wrote hymns, his most famous hymn is Amazing Grace. He became a prominent supporter of abolitionism, living to see Britain's abolition of the African slave trade in 1807.