Cours Debutants de Tin Whistle en Francais

This course is delivered through French.
13 lessons teaching how to play 12 very popular Irish tunes.
Progress at your own pace, pause & repeat videos.
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PDF sheet music & mp3’s to download & keep for each tune.
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The Tin Whistle is fun to learn and master, while offering a great opportunity to play Irish music with the least time and money investment. This Tin Whistle Basics course really has all you need to get started on the tin whistle. Please note this course is delivered through French.

By the end of the course you will have a repertoire of twelve popular Irish session tunes. The course has 13 lessons, broken into 3 to 4 tutorials each, where tunes are taught phrase by phrase.

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Course Structure

Le cours est proposé sous forme de leçons. Ensemble nous découvrons l’instrument: la position des mains, le doigté, la gamme de base, l’octave, comment séparer les notes, les ornementations de base. D’une maniére progressive, nous couvrons les éléments essentiels nécessaire pour commencer votre voyage musical en tant que joueur de tin whistle. Dans chaque leçon nous apprenons un morceau et couvrons la/les difficultés techniques qu’il présente en détail. A la fin du cours vous aurez donc appris douze morceaux populaires du répertoire de musique traditionnelle Irlandaise, vous serez capable de jouer les ornementations simples et vous aurez un bon aperçu des différents types de morceaux de musique Irlandaise.

Les douze morceaux populaires de musique traditionnelle Irlandaise dans ce cours sont:

Britches Full Of Stitches
Polka Traditionnelle
Brendan Tonra’s
Francie Mooney’s
When Sick Is It Tea You Want
The Lilting Banshee

Give Us A Drink Of Water
The Green Mountain
Three Scones In Boxty
The Irish Washer Woman
We Won’t Go Home Till Morning
Paddy Clancy’s

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Sheet Music and Mp3s available to Download for each Tune

Sample Sheet Music

Download The Rattlin’ Bog ABC Sheet Music.
Download The Rattlin’ Bog Standard Notation Sheet Music.

Sample mp3 of Rattlin Bog

Recommended Tin Whistle for Beginners

A key of D whistle is recommended for beginners. Popular brands are Generation or Fedóg and can be found for sale online usually costing around $10.

Advice Starting Out with the Tin Whistle

Enjoy the journey. Watch and listen to the tutor and try to copy the notes she is playing exactly. After a while you will be familiar with the notes and how they should sound, meaning you will have trained your ear, to hear if you are playing correctly. This is how Irish music has been traditionally handed down through generations.

It is highly recommended to be familiar with any tune you are learning before learning how to play it on the tin whistle, so download the mp3 file and listen to it frequently first before picking up the whistle to learn to play it.

Your Tutor

Gwenn Frin is a flute and tin whistle player originally from Brittany, France. Gwenn fell in love with the Irish wooden flute at an early age and since then it has brought her to many countries and adventures all over the world. Gwenn moved to Galway, Ireland, in 1998 drawn to the roots of her passion. She busked for a few months before moving to Dublin to concentrate solely on her flute playing while doing a diploma in Traditional Music Performance directed by flute player Paul McGrattan. This last experience led her to doing a Masters in Music and Media Technologies in Trinity College, Dublin. Read more.

Frequently Asked Questions

I can't get the breathing right, I either have too much air or not enough of it, what do you recommend?

When playing Irish music on the flute or the whistle, it’s all about incorporating the breath into the tunes. Some players have to breathe often and this means missing out notes in the reels or jigs, which can actually add great rhythm to the tunes. Other players like to go for long seamless phrases – more like a piping style. This takes stamina and a strong set of lungs. More detailed breathing instructions are given throughout the Tin Whistle Basics course as Kirsten will recommend the best opportunities to breathe corresponding to the tunes she’s teaching.

Is there any difference between a Tin Whistle and a Penny Whistle?

Tin whistle and penny whistle are two different names for the same instrument.

Is the finger setting the same as on the Irish flute?

The fingering for a tin whistle is the same for the wooden flute commonly used for playing Irish Music.

What is the difference between a Low D and D tin whistle?

Low D is a lot lower in tone than the D tin whistle played in these lessons. D whistles are recommended for beginners.

How do you clean a tin whistle?

You blow through the whistle while holding your finger over the square hole. This releases any build-up of condensation in the tin whistle which can distort the tone. Also, you can wash it through with soapy water, but make sure to rinse it very well before playing again.

Why do the notes sound the same, or sound awful?

There is probably a build-up of condensation, try covering the square hole and blowing hard through the mouth piece. This will improve the tone.

What determines the key of a whistle?

The sound made when all the fingers are down covering the holes.

What is the best way to cover the holes of the whistle, with the tips of fingers or the pads?

Always cover the holes with the pads of your fingers rather than the tips.

More detailed questions and discussion on the course can be found in the Community Forum, available to paying members only.

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