The Scottish Whistle: Tutorials

Buying a Whistle A couple of words of advice about buying your first whistle. Lesson 1 Let's Get Started. The first steps: holding the whistle, making a noise, our first notes, and tunes including Egan's Polka. Lesson 2 More Notes. The high D; Egan's Polka revisited; The Skye Boat Song; the upper octave. Lesson 3 Towards the full scale. We learn another two notes and start practicing a scale in D. Tunes: Amazing Grace and Wha Wadna Fecht for Chairlie?. Lesson 4 Scales and Patterns. We look at alternative ways of practising scales. Tune: The Barnyards of Delgaty. Lesson 5 Reels. We look at Scottish reels and their rhythm. Tunes: Tail Toddle and Short Coated Mary. Lesson 6 The G Scale. We learn a new note: C natural. Tune: The Rakes of Mallow. Lesson 7 Practice Routines & Review. A look back and forward. Tune: Johnny McIljohn's No.1. Lesson 8 The Strathspey. A look at this most Scottish of tune forms. Tunes: Comin Tho' the Rye; Burning of the Piper's Hut. Lesson 9 Airs. A look at slow airs etc. Tunes: Farewell to Fuinary; Bonnie Galloway. Lesson 10 Irish reels. Tunes: Drowsy Maggie; Johnny McIljohn's #2. Lesson 11 Irish jigs. Tunes: Scattery Island Slide; The Donegal Lass. Lesson 12 Irish polkas. Tunes: Ryan's Polka; I'll Tell Me Ma. Lesson 13 Irish airs. Tunes: Si Beag Si Mhor; Eibhlin. Lesson 14 Decoration. Tunes: Si Beag Si Mhor. Lesson 15 Breathing. Tunes: Johnny McIljohn's #2; Teribus.

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