The tin whistle, also known as the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class...
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The low whistle, or concert whistle, is a variation of the traditional tin whistle/pennywhistle, distinguished by its lower pitch and larger size. It is...
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This is a list of tin whistle players, people known for playing the tin whistle. Mary Bergin Paul Brady Cormac Breatnach Willie Clancy Andrea Corr of...
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of Oz, he commands Princess Ozma's army, and is briefly turned into a tin whistle. In Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, he serves as defense counsel in the...
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Dublin. Ciarán Bourke was a singer, but he also played the guitar and tin whistle. He sang many songs in Irish ("Peggy Lettermore", "Preab san Ól"). In...
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Fipple (redirect from Whistle flutes)
variety of end-blown flute that includes the flageolet, recorder, and tin whistle. The Hornbostel–Sachs system for classifying musical instruments places...
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and a member of the family of duct flutes that includes recorders and tin whistles. Its invention was erroneously ascribed to the 16th-century Sieur Juvigny...
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This page lists those who have won the senior title at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann title since its foundation in 1951 by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. There...
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Musical notation (section Tin Whistle Fingering Charts)
used for six-hole woodwind instruments, basically for Irish folk songs. Tin whistle tabs are particularly useful for those unfamiliar with sheet music notation...
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music. The group consists of the Corr siblings: Andrea (lead vocals, tin whistle, mandolin, ukulele), Sharon (violin, keyboards, vocals), Caroline (drums...
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Electronic Ensemble. Whistle register, in singing, the highest register of the human voice Whistling Tin whistle or pennywhistle Whistle (novel), a 1978 novel...
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teacher who gave him a Pogues cassette tape. Tim learned how to play the tin whistle while listening to that tape. Later the same teacher gave Tim the Dropkick...
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Irish traditional music (section Flute and whistle)
credited with revolutionising the whistle's place in the tradition. The low whistle, a derivative of the common tin whistle, is also popular, although some...
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articulations with the tin whistle, such as cuts, strikes, rolls, and slides. However, tonguing is used more often on ocarina than on tin whistle, and vibrato is...
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Music of Scotland (section Tin whistle)
to the 15th century. Other notable Scottish instruments include the tin whistle, the accordion and the fiddle. The origins of Scottish music are said...
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Spider Stacy (category English tin whistle players)
musician, singer, songwriter, and actor. He is best known for playing tin whistle and sometimes singing for the Pogues. Stacy left school at 16 after failing...
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(1976–present) Matt Molloy – flute, tin whistle (1979–present) Former members Paddy Moloney – uilleann pipes, tin whistle, button accordion, bodhrán (1962–2021;...
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meaning "can of beer" in Australia. The tin whistle is so called because it was mass-produced first in tin-plated steel. Copper cooking vessels such...
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Bivins (1991–2021): vocals, accordion, harmonica, mandolin, melodica, and tin whistle Jay Clifford (1991–2022): vocals and rhythm guitar Jonathan Gray (1994–2022):...
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McInerney on drums, Seamus Hyland on accordion, and Finnian O'Connor on tin whistle and uilleann pipes. In late 2023, Hyland left to concentrate on his own...
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fiddle is used by such bands as Mägo de Oz, Ithilien and Eluveitie. The tin whistle and flute can be found in such bands as Cruachan, Ithilien, Waylander...
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Barton's departure, 17-year-old guitarist Marc Orrell, mandolin and tin whistle player Ryan Foltz and bagpipe player Robbie "Spicy McHaggis" Mederios...
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be provided by an assortment of instruments including fiddle, flute, tin whistle, accordion, bodhrán (frame-drum), hammered dulcimer, and in more recent...
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"Swanee-Kazoo" which has been played for over forty years. Square wave Tin whistle Whistle Whistling Karl Peinkofer and Fritz Tannigel, Handbook of Percussion Instruments...
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(bouzouki, guitars, bodhrán, keyboards), and Liam O'Flynn (uilleann pipes, tin whistle). They transformed and popularized Irish folk music, touring and recording...
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the button accordion and for her fiddle technique. She also plays the tin whistle and melodeon. Her 1991 debut album, Sharon Shannon, was the best-selling...
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Final lineup Noel Nagle – tin whistle, low whistle, uileann pipes, vocals (1963–2024) Brian Warfield – banjo, whistle, harp, piano, guitars, bodhran,...
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multi-instrumentalist, he has also played such instruments as the flute, tin whistle, oboe, guitar and the banjo, as well as many of the unorthodox instruments...
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James McNally (musician) (category English tin whistle players)
James McNally is a British musician, composer and producer, formerly of the bands Afro Celt Sound System, the Pogues, Storm. and Dingle Spike. He released...
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of the Pogues first met when MacGowan (vocals), Peter "Spider" Stacy (tin whistle), and Jem Finer (banjo) were together in an occasional band called The...
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