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• 150
traditional Irish tunes, with suggested ornamentation and breathing
places
• 94
"whistle-friendly" tunes
• 28
tunes of non-wind origin
• 28
tunes for non-D whistles
• Ground-breaking work on how to use non-D whistles in Irish sessions
• All tunes on the companion CDs, played by Grey, demonstrating the suggested ornamentation and breathing options
• Three chapters on Grey's ornamentation notation system,
modes, and breathing and phrasing
Many of the transcriptions pay homage to famous Irish
musicians and groups such as Matt Molloy (of the Chieftains), Mary
Bergin, Kevin Burke, Martin Hayes, Sharon Shannon, and Altan as well as
early 20th century recordings from revered Irish masters Michael
Coleman, Willie Clancy, Bobby Casey, Paddy Killoran, Dennis Murphy,
Paddy Canny and others.
Three more books by Grey Larsen are coming later in 2013:
150 Gems of Irish Music for Flute
300 Gems of Irish Music for All Instruments
Down the Back Lane: Variation in Traditional Irish Dance Music
Published in 2003: The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle (over 10,000 copies sold!)
Published in 2004: The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox
Revisions to
The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle
Starting with the April 2011 printing, copies of The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle differ in small ways from copies printed earlier. Please click here for more information, to download free PDF files of the pages that changed with the April 2011 revision (including corrected fingering charts), and to find out whether or not your copy of the book already contains these changes.
Grey Larsen and Cindy Kallet appeared on National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered on August 2, 2008, in an interview with Host Andrea Seabrook. You may listen to the interview by clicking here.
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Cindy Kallet and Grey Larsen's CD "Cross the Water" contains original and traditional songs and tunes rooted in folk traditions of America, Ireland and Scandinavia, woven together in transparent, contrapuntal arrangements. Includes favorites from the duo's concert repertoire: six of Kallet's original songs, a fiddle duet, Irish flute and tin whistle tunes, old-time fiddle music of Southern Indiana, imagery of the sea, land, wind and sky. The CD contains extensive liner notes and words to the songs, and features the gorgeous photography of Alison Shaw. Vocals, Irish flutes, tin whistles, fiddle, fiola, concertina, guitar and harmonium.
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Photos by Alison Shaw |
Grey Larsen is a musician of many talents and accomplishments.
He is a performer, recording artist, composer, teacher, author,
producer, and a mastering and recording engineer. In these pages
you will be able to find information on Grey's work in all of these
fields.
Grey is most well-known as one of the world's foremost players
and exponents of the Irish flute. To many musicians and music lovers,
his recordings are classics.
His first three books now available.
• A labor of love and
many years, The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle
is a 480-page work (with two accompanying CDs) on playing and appreciating
Irish flute and tin whistle.
• The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox,
at 187-pages (with one companion CD) takes the beginner, novice,
or intermediate player of Irish tin whistle to a high level of competence.
• 150 Gems of Irish Music for Tin Whistle, at 140 pages and with two CDs, contains 150 traditional Irish tunes, with suggested ornamentation and
breathing places. All the tunes are on the two companion CDs. Also
included are three chapters which address Grey's ornamentation notation
system, modes, and breathing and phrasing. While composed mainly of
"whistle-friendly" tunes, there are also tunes of non-wind origin and
tunes for playing on non-D whistles.
Read more details here.
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