The Whistler's Page has a fair deal of information.Whistling Low is a site devoted to low whistles.Mike Simpson's ' Semi-Comprehensive Whistle Guide" - a big (>100kb) page with loads of information.Online recordings of Tin Whistle, by David Walker.Bill McKenty's whistle site, idiosyncratic, but very useful.Out of date (written in 1994 and not even hypertext!), but has some good comparative information on whistle brands and sources. Some of today's best players still play nothing but the cheaper brands, and make great music. The cheapest ones cost about $5, though more highly-crafted ones run into the hundreds. The tin whistle is a simple metal tube, with six holes and a mouthpiece like a recorder, and a range of about two octaves. The simplest and cheapest of traditional instruments, yet not so simple to master. The Flow is a site for flute players, concentrating of different styles of play.Rob Greenway's Irish Flute Pages teaches playing style and has good links.Their cylindrical bore and wooden construction give a hollow, airy tone, softer than the classical flutes and Modern traditional flutes are usually copies of these early instruments, and almost always made of wood. This became popular in Ireland during the nineteenth century, when classical musicians were abandoning them for the new Boehm-system flute. The kind in use today is mainly the 'simple-system' flute with six holes and up to eight keys. Profiles of the playing style of some Irish fiddlers, by Bernie Stocks.įlutes of one sort or another have been played in the celtic countries for over a thousand years.Donegal style of fiddling, including tutors, by Larry Sanger.
The Fiddler's Companion, Andrew Kuntz's annotated index of over 35,000 fiddle tunes.Despite it's popularity, there's not much information on the net about fiddles or fiddling. The instrument is exactly the same as a violin fiddle is simply the term used in traditional music. The fiddle is the mainstay of most Scottish and Irish music. Mandolins, citterns, bouzoukis, guitars.Here's an introduction to the main players, with links to more information, for players and afficionados. Celtic Music Instruments The instruments of celtic musicįrom the thump of the Bodhrán to the airy rasp of the wooden flute, celtic music is known by its instruments.
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