The Rolling Wave, jig played on tin whistle. From the book Irish Music – 400 Traditional Tunes.
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Here are 5 easy tin whistle tunes for beginners, complete with sheet music, whistle tabs and audio files, from the Tin Whistle for Beginners book & audio collection. The tunes here are all accessible to beginners, although it may take some time & practice to get them up to speed! I play them slowly in the audio files, both with & without ornamentation. Download link to the sheet music pdf at the end of this page. The tunes are typical irish dance tunes : jigs & reels, with a slide and a march.
The tunes :
Around the World for Sport (Reel)
Brian Boru’s March
The Dunmore Lasses (Reel)
Geese in the Bog (Jig)
O’Keefe’s (Slide)
Maloney’s Wife, jig on Irish flute
The Battering Ram : an unusual setting from the music of Jim Donoghue of this common Irish jig, played below on Irish wooden flute.
The Rambling Pitchfork, jig played on Tin Whistle. Audio recording included with the book Irish Music – 400 Traditional Tunes
The Humours of Glendart, Jig, audio recording from the book Tin Whistle – A Complete Guide to Playing Irish Traditional Music on the Whistle
The Rambler (Jig) played on tin whistle. Audio recording included with the book Irish Music – 400 Traditional Tunes
Senan Shortell and Naoise Kettle play “Paddy Fahy’s Jig” on concertina and fiddle
The Rakes of Kildare (Jig) played on tin whistle. From the book Irish Music – 400 Traditional Tunes
Pull the Knife and Stick It Again (Jig) played on tin whistle. From the book Irish Music – 400 Traditional Tunes