Woodwinds: Pennywhistle

Favorite blog posts, February 2022

Feb 28, 2022

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in Favorite blog posts

for Clarinet, Flute, Pennywhistle, Saxophone

Hand-picked high-quality woodwind-related blog posts from around the web, February 2022 edition.
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A woodwind player’s introduction to: pennywhistles

Dec 12, 2021

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in Woodwind playing and pedagogy

for Pennywhistle

The pennywhistle (or “tinwhistle” or “Irish” whistle) is common in Irish traditional music, and has found a home in some other styles such as southern African kwela music. They appear famously in movie soundtracks such as the Lord of the Rings movies and Titanic. Here are some important things to know: There are high-quality pennywhistles …
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Recital videos, August 2020

Sep 2, 2020

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in Announcements and news

for Bass clarinet, Bassoon, Clarinet, Flute, Oboe, Pennywhistle, Piccolo, Recorder, Saxophone, Woodwind doubling, Woodwinds with electronics

I’m pleased to share videos from my recent Delta State University faculty recital. I performed for a very small in-person audience due to COVID-19 precautions. All the repertoire is unaccompanied. The program begins with multiple-woodwinds repertoire by Samuel Adler, Kyle Tieman-Strauss, and Nicole Chamberlain (a world premiere of a commissioned piece), followed by some odds …
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Q&A: Voicing

May 24, 2018

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in Woodwind playing and pedagogy

for Pennywhistle

Answers to questions submitted for the blog’s 10th anniversary.
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Dissertation: Woodwind doubling on folk, ethnic, and period instruments in film and theater music

Jun 12, 2014

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in Announcements and news, Woodwind playing and pedagogy

for Bansuri, Dizi, Duduk, Native American flute, Pennywhistle, Recorder, Shakuhachi, Simple-system flute, Woodwind doubling, World woodwinds

My doctoral dissertation is now available online through the University of Georgia library, entitled Woodwind doubling on folk, ethnic, and period instruments in film and theater music: Case studies and a practical manual.
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Irish flute/whistle ornamentation symbols à la Grey Larsen, in Lilypond

May 7, 2014

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in Woodwind playing and pedagogy

for Pennywhistle, Simple-system flute, World woodwinds

If you are nerdy/awesome enough to be into (1) the pedagogy of Irish traditional woodwind playing and (2) open-source text-based music notation software, then you may want to check out my set of symbols for Lilypond.
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From Google: Lord of the Rings on whistle, low A on bassoon, woodwind commonalities

Mar 2, 2009

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in Woodwind playing and pedagogy

for Bassoon, Pennywhistle

Classes are canceled today due to a freak snowstorm in my little Southern college town. (Typical yearly snowfall: 0 inches. Yesterday’s snowfall: 5 inches.) So instead of teaching a woodwind methods class and rehearsing on contrabassoon with the university’s Wind Ensemble, I thought I would take a few minutes to do something I’ve been seeing …
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Getting started with ethnic woodwinds: your holiday wish list

Dec 19, 2008

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in Woodwind playing and pedagogy

for Pennywhistle, Recorder, Simple-system flute, World woodwinds

I’ve got ethnic woodwinds on the brain lately, and no end in sight since they are the topic of my doctoral dissertation research. If you haven’t added any ethnic instruments to your arsenal yet, here’s what I recommend for a relatively easy to play, low-maintenance, inexpensive, and versatile beginning to your collection.
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