Tin whistle
Pennywhistle

Classification Woodwind Wind Aerophone Playing range Two octaves Related instruments Simple-system flute Pipe and tabor

The tin whistle, also called the tinwhistle, whistle, pennywhistle or Irish whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. Types of woodwind instruments See also List of woodwind instruments Single-reed instruments use a reed, which is a thin cut A wind instrument is a Musical instrument that contains some type of Resonator (usually a tube in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing An aerophone is any Musical instrument which produces Sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate without the use of strings or membranes and without In Music, the range of a Musical instrument is the distance from the lowest to the highest pitch it can play A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The Irish flute is a name for a wooden flute used in the playing of Irish traditional music. Pipe and Tabor is a pair of instruments popular since Mediæval times and played by a single player consisting of a specially designed Fipple flute the Types of woodwind instruments See also List of woodwind instruments Single-reed instruments use a reed, which is a thin cut It can be described as an end blown fipple flute, putting it in the same category as the flageolet, recorder, Native American flute, and many other woodwind instruments found in traditional music. A flageolet is a Woodwind Musical instrument and a member of the fipple flute family The recorder is a woodwind Musical instrument of the family known as Fipple Flutes ' or internal duct flutes &mdash whistle-like Native American flute has achieved some measure of fame for its distinctive sound used in a variety of New Age and World music recordings Types of woodwind instruments See also List of woodwind instruments Single-reed instruments use a reed, which is a thin cut Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous A tin whistle player is called a tin whistler or whistler. The tin whistle, also called the tinwhistle, whistle, pennywhistle or Irish whistle, is a simple six-holed Woodwind instrument

Contents 1 History 2 Contemporary whistles 3 Tuning 3.1 Whistle keys 3.1.1 Low whistles 3.2 Tuning adjustment 4 Playing technique 4.1 Fingering and range 4.2 Ornamentation 4.3 Some tricks 5 Repertoire 5.1 Irish and Scottish music 5.2 Kwela 5.3 Other music 6 Notation 6.1 Standard musical notation 6.2 Tablature 6.3 Tonic solfa 6.4 Abc notation 7 Well-known performers 8 References

History

L. E. McCullough notes that the oldest surviving whistles date from the 12^th century, but that, "Players of the feadan are also mentioned in the description of the King of Ireland's court found in the Brehon Laws dating from the 3^rd century A. Early Irish law refers to the statutes that governed everyday life and politics in Ireland during the Gaelic period. D. "^[1] The Tusculum whistle is a 14cm whistle with six finger holes, made of brass or bronze, found with pottery dating to the 14^th and 15^th centuries; it's currently in the collection of the Museum of Scotland. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, is a building which together with the adjacent Royal Museum, comprises the National Museum of Scotland ^[2]

The term "penny whistle" was coined on the streets of Dublin in the late 1500's because of the whistles' prevalence among the beggars and vagabonds in Ireland. The word "tin-whistle" was also coined as early as 1825. ^[3] but neither word seems to have been common until the 20^th century. ^[4] The first record of tin-plate whistles dates back to 1825 in Britain. ^[5]

The first factory-made "tinwhistles" were produced by Robert Clarke (? - 1882) in Manchester and later New Moston, England. Robert Irby Clarke (June 1 1920 - June 11 2005 was an actor best known for his Cult classic Sci-fi films of the 1950’s England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Up to 1900, they were also marketed as "Clarke London Flageolets" or "Clarke Flageolets". Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar ^[6] The whistle's fingering system is similar to that of the six hole, simple system, "Irish flute" ("simple" in comparison to Boehm system flutes). Fingering is the choice of which fingers and hand positions to use when playing a Musical instrument. The Irish flute is a name for a wooden flute used in the playing of Irish traditional music. The Boehm system is a system of keywork for the Flute, created by Inventor and Flautist Theobald Boehm between 1831 and 1847 The six hole, diatonic system is also used on baroque flutes and other folk flutes, and was of course well known before Robert Clarke began producing his tin whistles circa 1843. Baroque music describes an era and a set of styles of European classical music which were in widespread use between approximately 1600 and 1750. A folk instrument is an instrument that developed among common people and usually doesn't have a known Inventor. Robert Irby Clarke (June 1 1920 - June 11 2005 was an actor best known for his Cult classic Sci-fi films of the 1950’s Clarke's first whistle, the Meg, was pitched in high A and was later made in other keys suitable for Victorian parlor music. The company showed the whistles in The Great Exhibition of 1851. The Great Exhibition, also known as Crystal Palace, was an international exhibition that was held in Hyde Park, London, England, from 1 ^[7]

In the second half of the 19^th century, some flute manufacturers such as Barnett Samuel and Joseph Wallis also sold whistles. These had a cylindrical brass tube. Like many old whistles, they had lead fipple plugs; since lead is poisonous, caution should be exercised before playing an old whistle. Characteristics Lead has a dull luster and is a dense, Ductile, very soft highly Lead poisoning (also known as saturnism, plumbism, or painter's colic) is a medical condition caused by increased levels of the metal Lead in

The Generation whistle was introduced in the first half of the 20^th century, and also featured a brass tube with a lead fipple plug. The design was updated somewhat over the years, most notably the substitution of a plastic fipple for the lead plug design.

While whistles have most often been produced in higher pitches, the "low" whistle is not unknown historically. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has in its collection an example of a 19^th century low whistle from the famous Galpin collection. ^[8] During the 1960s revival of traditional Irish music the low whistle was "recreated" by Bernard Overton at the request of Finbar Furey. ^[9]

Contemporary whistles

The most common whistles today are made of brass tubing, or nickel plated brass tubing, with a plastic fipple (mouthpiece). Brass is any Alloy of Copper and Zinc; the proportions of zinc and copper can be varied to create a range of brasses with varying properties Nickel (ˈnɪkəl is a metallic Chemical element with the symbol Ni and Atomic number 28 Electroplating is the process of using electrical current to reduce Cations of a desired material from a solution and coat a conductive object Plastic is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products Fipple Flute or Tubular Ducted Flute mouthpieces are commonly found on end-blown Woodwind instruments such as the Tin whistle and the Recorder Generation, Feadóg, Oak, Acorn, Soodlum's (now Walton's), and other brands fall in this category. The next most common form is the conical sheet metal whistle with a wooden stop in the wide end to form the fipple, the Clarke's brand being the most prevalent. Other less common variants are the all-metal whistle, the PVC whistle, the Flanna square holed whistle, and the wooden whistle.

Whistles are a prevalent starting instrument in Irish traditional music, since they are often cheap (under US$10), relatively easy to start with (no tricky embouchure such as found with the flute), and the fingerings are identical to those on the traditional six holed flute (Irish flute, baroque flute). The folk music of Ireland (also known as Irish traditional music, Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants is the generic term for music that has The embouchure is the use of facial muscles and the shaping of the lips to the Mouthpiece of a Wind instrument. The flute is a Musical instrument of the Woodwind family Unlike other woodwind instruments a flute is a Reedless wind instrument that produces its The tin whistle is the most popular instrument in Irish traditional music today. ^[5]

In recent years a number of instrument builders have started lines of "high-end," hand-made whistles, which can cost hundreds of dollars US each — expensive in comparison to cheap whistles, but nevertheless cheaper than most other instruments. These companies are typically either a single individual or a very small group of craftsmen who work closely together. It is common for builders of wooden flutes and Uilleann pipes to also build whistles. The Irish flute is a name for a wooden flute used in the playing of Irish traditional music. The instruments are distinguished from the inexpensive whistles in that each whistle is individually manufactured and "voiced" by a skilled person rather than made in a factory.

Tuning

Whistle keys

The whistle is tuned diatonically, which allows it to be used to easily play music in two major keys and their corresponding minor keys and modes. In Music, there are two common meanings for tuning: Tuning practice, the act of tuning an instrument or voice In Music theory, the term key is used in many different and sometimes contradictory ways In Music, a scale is an ordered series of Musical intervals which along with the key or tonic, define the pitches However mode The whistle is identified by its lowest note, which is the tonic of the lowest major key. The tonic is the first note of a musical scale in the tonal method of Musical composition. In Music theory, the major scale or Ionian scale is one of the diatonic scales It is made up of seven distinct Notes plus an eighth Note that this method of determining the key of the instrument is different from the method used to determine the key of a chromatic instrument, which is based on the relationship between notes on a score and sounded pitch. The chromatic scale is a Musical scale with twelve pitches each a Semitone or Half step apart Whistles are available in a wide variety of different keys. ^[10]

The most common whistles can easily play notes in the keys of D and G major. Since the D major key is lower these whistles are identified as D whistles. The next most common whistle tuning is a C whistle, which can easily play notes in the keys of C and F major. The C whistle is widely used in American folk music, whereas the D whistle is the most common choice for Irish and Scottish music. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous

Although the whistle is essentially a diatonic instrument, it is possible to get notes outside the principal major key of the whistle, either by half-holing (partially covering the highest open finger hole) or by cross-fingering (covering some holes while leaving some higher ones open). However, half-holing is somewhat more difficult to do correctly, and whistles are available in many keys, so for other keys a whistler will typically use a different whistle instead, reserving half-holing for accidentals. In Music, an accidental is a Note whose pitch (or Pitch class) is not a member of a scale or mode indicated by the Some whistle designs allow a single fipple, or mouthpiece, to be used on differently keyed bodies.

Low whistles

There are larger whistles, which by virtue of being longer and wider produce tones an octave (or in rare cases two octaves) lower. Whistles in this category are likely to be made of metal or plastic tubing, with a tuning-slide head, and are almost always referred to as low whistles but sometimes called concert whistles. The low whistle operates on identical principles to the standard whistles, but musicians in the tradition may consider it a separate instrument.

The term soprano whistle is sometimes used for the higher-pitched whistles when it is necessary to distinguish them from low whistles.

Tuning adjustment

Whistles may or may not be tuneable. If they are, tuning is done by moving the mouthpiece in or out, either the mouthpiece itself sliding over the whistle body, as in the metal tube/plastic body model, or else with a tuning slide such that the mouthpiece and the upper part of the body form the 'head' of the whistle which fits into the main body.

Playing technique

Fingering and range

The notes are selected by opening or closing holes with the fingers. With all the holes closed, the whistle generates its lowest note, the tonic of a major scale. The tonic is the first note of a musical scale in the tonal method of Musical composition. In Music theory, the major scale or Ionian scale is one of the diatonic scales It is made up of seven distinct Notes plus an eighth Successively opening holes from the bottom upward produces the rest of the notes of the scale in sequence: with the lowest hole open it generates the second, with the lowest two holes open, it produces the third and so on. With all six holes open, it produces the seventh.

As with a number of woodwind instruments, the tin whistle's second and higher registers are achieved by increasing the breath pressure or air velocity into the ducted flue windway. This increases the frequency of the air pressure waves created. (See Von Karman vortex street ) On a transverse flute this is generally done by narrowing the lip/embouchure. A Kármán vortex street is a repeating pattern of swirling vortices caused by the unsteady separation of flow over bluff bodies ^[11] Since the size and direction of the tin whistle's windway, like that of the Recorder or fipple flute is fixed, it is necessary to increase the velocity of the air stream. The recorder is a woodwind Musical instrument of the family known as Fipple Flutes ' or internal duct flutes &mdash whistle-like Fipple Flute or Tubular Ducted Flute mouthpieces are commonly found on end-blown Woodwind instruments such as the Tin whistle and the Recorder ( See overblowing ). Overblowing is a technique used in playing a Wind instrument to produce a different pitch by changing the direction and/or force of the air stream

Fingering in the second register is generally the same as in the first/fundamental, though alternate fingerings are sometimes employed in the higher end of the registers to correct a flattening effect caused by higher aircolumn velocity. ^[12] Also, the tonic note of the second register is usually played with the top hole of the whistle partially uncovered instead of covering all holes as with the tonic note of the first register; this makes it harder to accidentally drop into the first register and helps to correct pitch. Recorders perform this by "pinching" open the dorsal thumb hole.

Various other notes (relatively flat or sharp with respect to those of the major scale) can be accessed by cross fingering techniques, and all the notes (except the lowest of each octave/register) can be flattened by half holing. Perhaps the most effective and most used cross fingering is that which produces a flattened form of the seventh note (B flat instead of B on a C whistle, for example, or C natural instead of C sharp on a D whistle). This makes available another major scale (F on a C whistle, G on a D whistle).

The standard range of the whistle is two octaves. For a D whistle, this includes notes from the second D above middle C to the fourth D above middle C. It is possible to make sounds above this range, by blowing with sufficient force, but, in most musical contexts, the result will be loud and out of tune due to a cylindrical bore.

Ornamentation

Traditional Irish whistle playing uses a number of ornaments to embellish the music, including cuts, strikes and rolls. In Music, ornaments are musical flourishes that are not necessary to carry the overall line of the melody (or harmony but serve instead to decorate or "ornament" Most playing is legato with ornaments to create breaks between notes, rather than tongued. In Musical notation the Italian word legato (literally meaning "tied together" indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly The Irish traditional music concept of the word "ornamentation" differs somewhat from that of European classical music in that ornaments are more commonly changes in how a note is articulated rather than the addition of separately-perceived notes to the piece. Classical music is a broad term that usually refers to mainstream music produced in or rooted in the traditions of Western liturgical and Secular music ^[13]

Common ornaments and articulations include:

Cuts

Cuts are very briefly lifting a finger above the note being sounded without interrupting airflow into the whistle. For example, a player playing a low D on a D whistle can cut the note by very briefly lifting the first finger of his or her lower hand. This causes the pitch to briefly shift upward. The cut can be performed either at the very start of the note or after the note has begun to sound; some people call the latter a "double cut" or a "mid-note cut. "

Strikes

Strikes or taps are similar to cuts except that a finger below the sounded note is briefly lowered to the whistle. For example, if a player is playing a low E on a D whistle the player could tap by quickly lowering and raising his or her bottom finger. Both cuts and taps are essentially instantaneous; the listener should not perceive them as separate notes.

Rolls

A roll is a note with first a cut and then a strike. Alternately, a roll can be considered as a group of notes of identical pitch and duration with different articulations. ^[13] There are two common types of rolls:

• The long roll is a group of three slurred notes of equal pitch and duration, the first sounded without a cut or strike, the second sounded with a cut, and the third sounded with a strike.
• The short roll is a group of two slurred notes of equal pitch and duration, the first sounded with a cut and the second sounded with a strike.

Cranns

Cranns (or crans) are ornaments borrowed from the Uilleann piping tradition. They are similar to rolls except that only cuts are used, not taps or strikes. On the tin whistle they are generally only used for notes where a roll is impossible, such as the lowest note of the instrument.

Slides

Slides are similar to portamentos in classical music; a note below or above (usually below) the intended note is fingered, and then the fingering is gradually shifted in order to smoothly raise or lower the pitch to the intended note. Portamento is a Musical term primarily denoting a vocal slide between two pitches and its emulation by instruments such as the violin and in 16th century The slide is generally a longer duration ornament than, for example, the cut or the tap and the listener should perceive the pitch changing.

Tonguing

Tonguing is used sparingly as a means of emphasizing certain notes, such as the first note in a tune. Tin whistle players usually do not tongue most notes. To tongue a note a player briefly touches their tongue to the front of the roof of the mouth at the start of the note (as if articulating a 't'), creating a percussive attack. ADSR envelope is a component of many Synthesizers samplers and other Electronic musical instruments.

Vibrato

Vibrato can be achieved on most notes by opening and closing one of the open holes, or by variation of breath pressure. Vibrato is a musical effect produced in singing and on musical instruments by a regular pulsating change of pitch, and is used to add expression and vocal-like qualities to Of the two, fingered vibrato is much more common than diaphragmatic (breath) vibrato, except on notes like the lowest note on the whistle where fingered vibrato is much more difficult.

Some tricks

Leading Tone

Leading Tones are the seventh just before the tonic, so named because melodic styling often uses the seventh to lead into the tonic at the end of a phrase. On most tin whistles the leading tone to the lowest tonic can be played by using the little finger of the lower hand to partially cover the very end opening of the whistle, while keeping all other holes covered as usual for the tonic.

Tone

The tone of the tin whistle is largely determined by its manufacturing. Clarke style rolled metal whistles tend to have an airy "impure" sound, while Generation style cylindrical instruments tend to have clear or "pure" whistle sounds. Inexpensive rolled metal whistles, such as those from Cooperman Fife and Drum (which also produces high-end instruments) may be very airy in sound, and may be difficult to play in the upper register (second octave). Often placing a piece of tape over one edge of the fipple slot (just below the mouthpiece) to narrow the fipple will improve the instrument's tone and playability significantly.

Scales

While, as mentioned under Fingering, a player will usually play a given instrument only in its tonic key and possibly in the key beginning on the fourth (e. g. G on a D whistle), nearly any key is possible, becoming progressively more difficult to keep in tune as the player moves away from the whistle's tonic, according to the circle of fifths. In Music theory, the circle of fifths (or '''circle of fourths''') shows the relationships among the twelve tones of the Chromatic scale, their corresponding Thus a D whistle is fairly apt for playing both G and A, and a C instrument can be used fairly easily for F and G.

Repertoire

A number of music genres commonly feature the tin whistle. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other

Irish and Scottish music

Traditional music from Ireland and Scotland is by far the most common music to play on the tin whistle, and comprises the vast majority of published scores suitable for whistle players. The folk music of Ireland (also known as Irish traditional music, Irish trad, Irish folk music, and other variants is the generic term for music that has Scotland is internationally known for its traditional music which has remained vibrant throughout the 20th century when many traditional forms worldwide lost popularity to Pop music Musicians who play Irish and Scottish music on the tin whistle perform as members of bands. While the tin whistle is very common in Irish music to the point that it could be called characteristic of the genre and fairly common in Scottish music, it is not a "required" instrument in either one.

As ornamentation and improvisation around a simple melody is characteristic of both genres, many traditional musicians frown upon the use of musical scores, believing that learning "by ear," from recordings or live instruction, is the best way to learn these aspects of whistle performance. Hence, students of the tin whistle may be advised not to use musical scores, and will certainly be expected to spend a substantial amount of time listening to other performers even when scores are used. Scores are never used in live performances and usually discouraged in sessions. Irish traditional music sessions are mostly-informal gatherings at which people play Irish traditional music. Nevertheless, it is a common practice to transcribe traditional tunes, both for the purpose of preserving melodies and as a learning tool. When traditional tunes are scored there are seldom if ever separate scores for individual instruments; hence, tin whistle players use the same score as all other musicians.

Kwela

Kwela is a genre of music created in South Africa in the 1950s, and characterised by an upbeat, jazzy tin whistle lead. Kwela is a happy often Pennywhistle based street music from southern Africa with jazzy underpinnings The South African Music scene includes both popular (jive and folk forms Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Among all genres of music featuring the tin whistle, kwela is distinctive as the only one which is totally dominated by the instrument; the genre was created around the sound of the whistle. The low cost of the tin whistle made it an attractive instrument in the impoverished, apartheid-era townships; the Hohner tin whistle was especially popular in this genre. For the music band from Cologne see Höhner. Hohner Musikinstrumente GmbH & Co The kwela craze accounted for the sale of over a million tin whistles. ^[14]

Kwela was mostly superseded in South Africa by the mbaqanga genre in the late fifties, and with it the saxophone largely supplanted the tin whistle as the lead instrument for music from the townships. Kwela is a happy often Pennywhistle based street music from southern Africa with jazzy underpinnings Mbaqanga is a style of South African Music with Rural Zulu roots that continues to influence musicians worldwide today The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind However, kwela master Aaron "Big Voice Jack" Lerole continued to perform into the 1990s and a few kwela bands, such as London's The Positively Testcard continue to record kwela music today. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

Kwela musical scores are rarely published and many of the recordings of founding kwela artists are out of print and hard to find.

Other music

The tin whistle is used in many other types of music, though not to the extent that it could be called characteristic as with Irish music and kwela. It is not unusual to hear the tin whistle used in bluegrass, praise music, and film soundtracks, and published scores suitable for tin whistle performance are available in all of these genres. Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. Contemporary worship music is a loosely defined style of music used in a variety of Christian churches The tin whistle also appears in "crossover" genres like world music and folk metal. The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians Folk metal is a sub-genre of Heavy metal music that developed in Europe during the 1990s

Notation

Tin whistle music collections are generally notated in one of three different formats.

Standard musical notation

It is common to score music for the whistle using standard musical notation. See also Modern musical symbols Music notation or musical notation is any system which represents aurally perceived Music through the use The tin whistle is a transposing instrument and there is no real consensus on how tin whistle music should be written, or on how reading music onto the whistle should be taught. A transposing instrument is a musical instrument for which written notes are played at a pitch different from concert pitch, which a non-transpositing instrument such as a However, when music is scored for a soprano whistle it will be written an octave lower than it sounds, so avoiding use of ledger lines and making it much easier to read. A ledger line or leger line is Musical notation to inscribe Notes outside the lines and spaces of the regular Musical staffs A line slightly

The traditional music of Ireland and Scotland constitutes the majority of published scores for the whistle. ^[15] Since the majority of that music is written in D major, G major, or one of the corresponding musical modes, use of the D major or G major key signatures is a de facto standard. For example, the "C whistle" edition of Bill Ochs's popular The Clarke Tin Whistle Handbook is scored in D and differs from the D edition only in that the accompanying audio CD is played on a C whistle. ^[16]

Reading directly onto the C whistle is popular for the obvious reason that its home key or name key is the all-natural major key (C major). See also C minor, C-sharp minor C major (often just C or key of C) is a musical Major scale based on C Some musicians are encouraged to learn to read directly onto one whistle, while others are taught to read directly onto another.

The whistle player who wants music to read on to all whistles will need to learn the mechanics of written transposition, taking music with one key signature and rewriting it with another. In Music transposition refers to the process of moving a collection of notes ( pitches) up or down in pitch by a constant interval. In Musical notation, a key signature is a series of sharp or flat symbols placed on the staff, designating notes that are to be consistently

Tablature

Tablature notation for the tin whistle is a graphical representation of which tone holes the player should cover. Tablature (or Tabulature) is a form of Musical notation, which tells players where to place their fingers on a particular instrument The most common format is a vertical column of six circles, with holes to be covered for a given note shown filled with black, and a plus sign (+) at the top for notes in the second octave. Tablature is most commonly found in tutorial books for beginners.

Tonic solfa

The tonic solfa is found in Ireland and possibly Wales, especially in schools. In Music, solfège ('soʊlfɛʒ also called solfeggio, sol-fa, or solfa) is a Pedagogical Solmization technique for the Many schools have printed sheets with tunes notated in tonic solfa, although in Ireland more have teaching by rote. With the availability of good standard notation tutor books, teaching is possibly moving in this direction.

Abc notation

Since the majority of popular tin whistle music is traditional and out of copyright, it is common to share tune collections on the Internet. The Internet is a global system of interconnected Computer networks ^[17] Abc notation is the most common means of electronic exchange of tunes. abc is a language for notating music using the ASCII character set It is also designed to be easy to read by people, and many musicians learn to read it directly instead of using a computer program to transform it into a standard musical notation score.

Well-known performers

In Irish traditional music

See also: List of All-Ireland Champions

In 1973, Paddy Moloney (of The Chieftains) and Sean Potts released Tin Whistles, which helped to popularise the tin whistle in particular and Irish music in general. This page lists those who have won the Senior title at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann since its foundation in 1951 by Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. Paddy Moloney (born 1 August 1938) is one of the founders of the Irish musical group The Chieftains and has played on every one of their The Chieftains are a Grammy -winning Irish musical group founded in 1962 best known for being the first band to make Irish traditional music popular Sean Potts is an Irish musician He was a native of Drimnagh (suburb in South Dublin) and was born there in 1930 Irish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the entire island of Ireland, North and South of the border Mary Bergin's Feadóga Stáin (1979) and Feadóga Stáin 2 (1993) were similarly influential. Mary Bergin (1949 –) is an Irish Folk musician who is widely acknowledged as one of the great masters of the Tin whistle.

Other notable players include Carmel Gunning, Micho Russell, Joanie Madden, Brian Finnegan, and Seán Ryan. Carmel Gunning TTCT is an Irish Composer and Musician, from Sligo, Ireland. Micho Russell ( March 15, 1915 &ndash February 19, 1994) was an Irish Musician and Author best known for his Cherish the Ladies is an all-female Irish-American group The group was formed in 1985 in New York Flook is an Anglo-Irish band playing traditional-style instrumental music although much is penned by the band themselves Seán Ryan (b Nenagh County Tipperary Ireland; d November 15 1985 was a famous Irish master Fiddler and whistler. Many traditional pipers and flute players also play the whistle to a high standard. James Galway, the classical flautist, is also an outstanding whistler. Sir James Galway OBE (born December 8, 1939) is a Northern Ireland &ndashborn Virtuoso flautist from Belfast, nicknamed

In Scottish traditional music

Award winning singer and musician Julie Fowlis has recorded several tracks on the tin whistle, both in her solo work and with the band Dòchas. Julie Fowlis (born 1979 is a Scottish folk singer and Multi-instrumentalist who sings primarily in Scottish Gaelic.

In kwela

Aaron "Big Voice Jack" Lerole and his band recorded a single called "Tom Hark" which sold five million copies worldwide and was used as the theme song for a BBC series. But the most famous star of the kwela era was Spokes Mashiyane. Johannes "Spokes" Mashiyane was regarded as one of the greatest Pennywhistle artists that graced the South African Kwela music scene from the 1950s to (approximately ^[14] Paul Simon's 1986 album Graceland draws heavily on South African music and includes pennywhistle solos in the traditional style. Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13 1941 is an American Songwriter, Musician, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Graceland is an Album released in 1986 by Paul Simon. It was a big hit in the UK topping the charts at #1

In popular music

The low whistle rose to public prominence thanks to its use by Davy Spillane in the stage show Riverdance (1995) and Tony Hinnigan on the soundtrack to the 1997 film Titanic. Davy Spillane (born 1959 is a player of Uilleann pipes. The Young Traditionalist Davy was born in Dublin in 1959 and was brought up Riverdance is a theatrical show consisting of traditional Irish step dancing, notable for its rapid leg movements while body and arms are kept largely stationary Anthony "Tony" Hinnigan is a multi-talented musician from Glasgow. Titanic is a 1997 Disaster film directed written co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron about the sinking of the RMS ''Titanic''

Certain Irish punk bands use the tin whistle as well. Examples include The Cranberries, Dropkick Murphys, Bridget Regan from Flogging Molly or Spider Stacy (of The Pogues). The Cranberries were an Irish rock band formed in Limerick in 1990 Dropkick Murphys are a Celtic punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts, U Flogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish American Celtic punk band that formed in Los Angeles California and is currently signed to SideOneDummy Peter "Spider" Stacy (born 14 December, 1958 in Eastbourne) is an English musician The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background playing Traditional Irish music with influences from Punk rock, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane

Andrea Corr from Irish pop/rock band The Corrs plays the tin whistle. Andrea Jane Corr MBE (born 17 May 1974 is an Irish singer and actor The Corrs are a Celtic Folk rock group from Dundalk, County Louth Ireland. Leroi Moore from the American/pop band the Dave Matthews Band plays the tin whistle in a few of the songs in the band's repertoire.

Bob Hallett of the Canadian folk rock group Great Big Sea is also a renowned performer of the tin whistle, playing it during both traditional and original material. Bob Hallett is a founding member of Canadian Folk-rock band Great Big Sea and continues to play with them today Great Big Sea (often shortened to GBS) is a Canadian Folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic

Sigur Rós an Islandic post-rock band which played the tin whistle in one of their songs called Hafsól when one of the members played a solo at the end of the song. Sigur Rós ( are an Icelandic Post-rock band with melodic classical and minimalist elements

Barry Privett of the Virginia based rock band Carbon Leaf performs several songs using the tin whistle. Carbon Leaf is a five-piece pop rock band from Richmond Virginia.

The Unicorns use the penny whistle in the song Sea Ghost

In jazz

Steve Buckley, a British jazz musician is known to have used the penny whistle as a serious instrument. The Unicorns were an Indie pop band from Montreal, Canada, formed in December 2000 by Nicholas "Nick Diamonds" Thorburn Steve Buckley is a British jazz musician He is a multi-instrumentalist who is most often heard playing alto soprano and tenor saxophones Penny whistle and Bass Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States His whistle playing can be heard on recordings with Loose Tubes, Django Bates and his album with Chris Batchelor Life As We Know It. Loose Tubes was a big band based in Britain during the mid-to-late 1980s Django Bates (born October 2, 1960 in Beckenham, London, United Kingdom) is a composer virtuoso multi-instrumentalist and band Chris Batchelor is a Jazz Trumpeter, composer and Lecturer at Middlesex University. Les Lieber is a celebrated American Jazz Tinwhistle player. Lieber has played with Paul Whiteman's Band and also with the Benny Goodman Sextet. Paul Whiteman ( March 28, 1890 &ndash December 29, 1967) was an American orchestral Lieber made a record with Django Reinhardt in the AFN Studios in Paris in the post Second World War era and started an event called "Jazz at Noon" every Friday in a New York restaurant playing with a nucleus of advertising men, doctors, lawyers, and business executives who had been or could have been jazz musicians. Jean "Django" Reinhardt ( January 23, 1910 – May 16, 1953) was a Belgian Gypsy jazz Guitarist Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Howard Johnson has also been known to play this instrument.

In television

In Star Trek: The Next Generation the tin whistle called "The Ressikan Flute", is played by Jean-Luc Picard in the episodes titled The Inner Light and Lessons. Star Trek The Next Generation ( STTNG or TNG) is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning science fiction television program created by Gene Roddenberry Jean-Luc Picard is a Star Trek character primarily portrayed by Patrick Stewart. A lesson is a structured period of time where Learning is intended to occur

References

1. ^ McCullough
2. ^ Gatherer
3. ^ Oxford English Dictionary online edition
4. ^ The words "tin whistle" and "pennywhistle" in any compound form do not generally appear in early 20^th century dictionaries, encyclopedias, or thesauri. The Oxford English Dictionary ( OED) published by the Oxford University Press (OUP is a comprehensive Dictionary of the English A compound is a word composed of more than one Free morpheme.
5. ^ ^{a b} Vallely et al. , p. 397
6. ^ Dannatt
7. ^ Dannatt, Norman. Antique Clarke whistle collection. Retrieved on 10 July 2006.
8. ^ Duct flute. Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection, Ex. coll. Francis W. Galpin. Retrieved on 16 January 2006.
9. ^ Hannigan and Ledsam
10. ^ Wisely
11. ^ Wolfe
12. ^ Gross
13. ^ ^{a b} Larsen
14. ^ ^{a b} Schaldach
15. ^ See, for example, the Open Directory's Tin whistle tune collections or the books published by online stores catering to tin whistle players.
16. ^ Ochs
17. ^ Open Directory

• Dannatt, Norman (1993). The Penny Whistle. The Clarke Tinwhistle Co. .  
• Dannatt, Norman (2005) The History of the Tinwhistle. The Clarke Tinwhistle Co. ISBN 0-9549693-2-4))
• Gatherer, Nigel. History. The Scottish Whistle. Retrieved on 30 January 2006.
• Gross, Richard. Tinwhistle fingering chart. Tinwhistle Fingering Research Center. Retrieved on 16 January 2006.
• Hannigan, Steáfán; Ledsam, David (2000). "Whistory: A Low Whistle History", The Low Whistle Book. Sin É Publications. ISBN 0-9525305-1-1.  
• Larsen, Grey. A Guide to Grey Larsen's Notation System for Irish Ornamentation. Retrieved on 24 January 2006.
• McCullough, L. E. (1976). "Historical Notes on the Tinwhistle", The Complete Irish Tin Whistle Tutor. Oak Publications. ISBN 0-8256-0340-4.  
• Ochs, Bill (2001). The Clarke Tin Whistle: Deluxe Edition. The Pennywhistler's Press.  

• Tin Whistle Tune Collections. Open Directory. Retrieved on 25 January 2006.
• Wisely, Dale (2000). Deciphering Whistle Keys. Chiff and Fipple. Retrieved on 22 March 2006.
• Wolfe, Joe. Introduction to flute acoustics. UNSW Music Acoustics. Retrieved on 16 January 2006.
• (1999) in Vallely, Fintan (ed. ): The Companion to Irish Traditional Music. New York, NY: New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-8802-5.  
• http://www.volkangucer.com/winds.html

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