Irish Trad Music Blog

Learn to play Irish traditional music on the whistle with this new tutor book from Tradschool 286 pages; with 429 accompanying audio tracks 104 tunes (28 children's & folk tunes + 76 traditional tunes) What is it? This tutor book, with its accompanying audio files, is intended to give a complete introduction to playing Irish music in the traditional style on the tin whistle; it covers all from the very first notes on the instruments to the most advanced ornamentation. The book is broadly divided into two parts, with the shorter first part covering the basics of the whistle (pages  1-48) while the longer second part (pages 49-286) covers the playing of Irish traditional music on the instrument Tin Whistle - A Complete Guide to Playing Irish Traditional Music on the Whistle | tradschool.com Related articles A beginner's guide to traditional folk ballads of Britain and Ireland Ards cce - tin whistle solo Musical trio go back to roots - The Cork News Ir...

Fleadh (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) International Pan Celtic Festival for Derry in 2014 and 2015 The team behind this year’s historic Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Derry have announced that An Fhéile Phan Cheilteach (the Pan Celtic Festival) will be hosted in Derry in 2014 and 2015 at a Buíochas event held to thank Fleadh volunteers. The festival will take place in the North of Ireland for the first time during Easter week 2014 and 2015 and attracts visitors to the host venue from all over Ireland as well as the Celtic nations of Brittany, Cornwall, Isle of Man, Scotland and Wales.  More than 10,000 people will participate in and attend a range of activities and events including the Festival Parade, harp, fiddle, piping, choral and traditional singing competitions.  There will also be themed nights from each of the nations as well as a Camogie Blitz.