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Everything you need to know about the Irish tin whistle, from playing your first notes and tunes to advanced solos and ornamentation.

Includes:

• Fully diagrammed tunes for instant playing.
• Graded scales and exercises.
• A wide selection of tunes specially chosen to demonstrate techniques and playing styles.
• A comprehensive guide to traditional ornamentation.
• Key points throughout, highlighting essential aspects of tin whistle technique.
• A brief history of the Irish tin whistle and biographies of tin whistle legends.
• A tune collection of over 99 great tin whistle tunes.
• A tin whistle discography.

About the Author

One of Ireland’s finest tin whistle players and an inspired teacher, Clare McKenna has immersed herself in the instrument for most of her life. She has taught in whistle for over fifteen years, ten of them in the Craobh Naithí branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (in Ballinteer, Dublin). Born near Monaghan town, Clare grew up with three sisters and a brother, all of whom played traditional music. During her long association with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, she was All-Ireland champion three times (twice in the slow airs competition and once for Irish dance music), and also came first in the Slogagh All-Ireland.