Irish Tin Whistle Progressions Overview

  • 13 lessons teaching how to play 13 very popular Irish session tunes.
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Irish Tin Whistle Progressions is designed as a continuation course to Tin Whistle Foundations and assumes a basic proficiency in the tin whistle.

By the end of the course, you’ll have an increased repertoire of 13 Irish tunes, a tasty mix of ornamentation skills to dabble with and a more adept ear to enable you to take your whistling skills even further, maybe even to our Expert Whistle Skills #1 Course? 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

This course continues to build on and consolidate techniques previously taught, whilst taking you up to the next level of ornamentation: with a specific focus on short rolls, bounces and articulation techniques.  The repertoire of Irish dance tunes encompasses Jigs, Reels, Hornpipes and the well known Air Inis Oírr.

Throughout the second half of the course, the tutor explores and demonstrates how the recognition of melodic motifs, patterns and arpeggios in the tunes can aid in the process of learning by ear more quickly and efficiently. Why don’t you try out the first tune, Ah Surely, in the sample YouTube lesson above? The notation is available for download below if you need it, plus the mp3 so that you can get familiar with the tune before learning it.

Ah Surely
The Cuil Aodha
The Standing Abbey
Seamus Connollys Jig
Boy in the Gap
The Man of Aran
The Donegal Lass
The Ivy Leaf
The Battle of Aughrim
Naughton’s Reel
Tom Billy’s
Inis Oírr
The Cuckoo’s Nest

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Sheet Music and Mp3s available to Download for each Tune

Sample Sheet Music

Download Ah Surely ABC Sheet Music.
Download Ah Surely Standard Notation Sheet Music.

Sample mp3 of Ah Surely

Download Mp3 of Ah Surely.
Your Tutor
Kirsten Allstaff, co-founder of OAIM, is an acclaimed flute and tin whistle player that has played throughout Ireland, Europe, North America and Asia with various Irish dance shows and groups. She has a First-Class Honours Master’s Degree in Traditional Irish Music Performance from the University of Limerick, Ireland. She previously tutored flute and whistle at The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance where she was involved in early online lecturing initiatives. Kirsten’s opening lesson of the Tin Whistle Basics course to date has reached over 900,000 views on YouTube and consistently ranks in first position for those searching for tin whistle lessons, a testament to the quality of her teaching and popularity as a teacher. Read more.

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Irish Tin Whistle Progressions Lessons

Level

Ah Surely

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 1

  • G Major
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the Reel ‘Ah Surely’ in G Major.

Reel

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The Cuil Aodha Jig

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 2

  • G Major
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten will teach The Cuil Aodha Jig in the key of G Major.

Jig

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The Standing Abbey

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 3

  • G Major
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten will teach ‘The Standing Abbey’, a hornpipe in the key of G Major.

Hornpipe

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Seamus Connollys Jig

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 4

  • D Major
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the Jig ‘Seamus Donnelly’s’ in the key of D Major

Jig

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Boy in the Gap

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 5

  • D Mixolydian
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten teaches the Reel ‘The Boy in the Gap’.

Reel

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The Man of Aran

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 6

  • B Minor
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the Reel in B minor ‘The Man of Aran’.

Reel

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The Battle of Aughrim

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 7

  • A Minor
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the March called ‘The Battle of Aughrim’ in the key of A minor

March

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The Donegal Lass

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 8

  • A Mixolydian
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the Jig called ‘The Donegal Lass’,

Jig

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Naughton’s Reel

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 9

  • A Mixolydian
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten will teach “Naughton’s Reel’ in the key of A mixolydian.

Reel

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Inis Oírr

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 10

  • G Major
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten will teach the slow air ‘Inis Oírr.

Slow Air

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Tom Billy’s

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 11

  • A Mixolydian
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten teaches the jig ‘Tom Billy’s Jig’ in the key of A mixolydian.

Jig

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Ivy Leaf

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 12

  • A Mixolydian
  • Level 2
  • Melody

n this lesson Kirsten teaches a Reel called ‘The Ivy Leaf’ in the key of A mixolydian.

Reel

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The Cuckoo’s Nest

Tin Whistle Progressions Lesson 13

  • G Mixolydian / Major
  • Level 2
  • Melody

In this lesson Kirsten teaches a Hornpipe called ‘The Cuckoos Nest’ in the key of G Mixolydian / Major….

Hornpipe

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