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Below are links to nine excerpts from The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox.

You may view and download these excerpts for free. They are all © 2004 Mel Bay Publications.

This book was published in April 2004. You may order your copy now.

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  4. Chapter 5 - Getting Comfortable with Fingering. This chapter contains information for beginning whistle players that is not included in Grey's 480-page book, The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle.

You will find the following supplementary materials at The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox Extras Page:

  • The Toolbox Tune Collection. The book contains numerous excerpts from traditional Irish tunes. This is a collection of complete settings of these same tunes, given both as:
    • Audio: Grey Larsen playing the tunes on tin whistle.
    • Music notation: Grey's transcriptions of the tunes, with suggested ornamentation and breathing places.
  • The Toolbox Exercises for Finger Coordination. The ability to move various combinations of fingers in precise coordination and synchronization is essential for good whistle playing, and not just fingers of only one hand or the other, but often fingers of both hands. If you are a beginner, gaining these skills may seem daunting to you. But in time and with practice such dexterity will become second nature. Here are 17 musical exercises to help you develop your tin whistle finger coordination.


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  • The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle
  • The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox
  • Celtic Encyclopedia for Flute
  • Celtic Encyclopedia for Tin Whistle