Essential Guide To Irish Flute And Tin

For the beginner to the highly advanced player of Irish flute, tin whistle, orBoehm-system flute. Features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes beyond any previous method, exploring ornamentation techniques never described in print before. Also includes adaptations for Boehm-system flute players, guidance on breathing and phrasing, 49 ornamentation exercises, history and theory of traditional Irishflute and whistle music, and 27 meticulous transcriptions of recordings by important Irish flute and tin whistle players. For those who don't read music, almost all the exercises, examples and tunes appear on the two companion CDs.