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- Tin Whistle - Wikipedia article which gives a good introduction to the history and description of the tin whistle. A useful starting point for someone unfamiliar with the instrument.
- Ceolas Tin Whistle Guide - Overview of the tin whistle by Gerard Manning. Introduction to the instrument, resources, recordings, and purchasing information. This document is rather old, so purchasing information is well out of date.
- Clare Tin Whistle - These inexpensive (around US$10) whistles have plastic fipples and brass or nickel tubes, and are available in one-piece and two-piece versions. Clare makes only soprano D whistles.
- Irish Modes and the "D" Tin Whistle - This article adds notation and whistle tablature to its clearly-written text to explain what exactly musical modes are, which modes you're likely to find in Irish music, and how to play them on "D" tin whistles.
- Jubilee Music Instrument Co. - Makers of tin whistles and folk wind instruments. Includes unusual whistles such as keyed chromatic whistles, bass whistles, and ethnic/folk modes.
- Brother Steve's Tin-Whistle Pages - While not intended for the absolute beginner, Steve's site is nevertheless one of the best online tin whistle tutorials. Packed with clear examples and insightful instruction, it's clearly the work of someone with a lot of teaching experience. The site is bilingual in English and French.
- The Scottish Whistle - This site includes a large collection of Scottish tunes, an essay on whistling in Scottish music, and information on taking tin whistle classes in Scotland.
- How to Play Blues on an Irish Whistle - Simple explanation of fingering the blues scale on a tin whistle. Actual familiarity with the musical genre is left up to the reader.
- The Whistle Shop - Specializing in whistles and related items. Tutorial, tips, and hints for the tin whistle.
- Whistling Low - The Internet guide to the alto and tenor tin whistle. History, technique, instrument descriptions, reviews, news, and links.
Wikipedia Articles
- Tin whistle - The tin whistle, also called the tinwhistle, whistle, pennywhistle, or Irish whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. The Irish words for the instrument are feadóg ('whistle' or 'flute') or feadóg stáin ('tin whistle'); feadóga stáin is the plural.
- Tin Whistle Man - Tin Whistle Man is a rather ingenious fellow who resides in Cambridge, UK. He is well known for his somewhat "shabby" appearance, his musical talent with the tin whistle, and appreciation of the word "willy" when inserted in a sentence after "John Smith's".
- Finnegan Wakes - ... 27th April 1966 and produced by Nathan Joseph, this was The Dubliners' final recording for Transatlantic Records. But it was also their first to feature their first established line-up of Ronnie Drew (vocals/guitar), Barney McKenna (banjo/mandolin), Luke Kelly (vocals/tenor banjo), Ciaran Bourke (vocals/guitar/tin whistle/harmonica) and John Sheahan (fiddle/tin whistle/mandolin).
- Noel Nagle - Noel Nagle is an Irish musician, playing tin whistle, low whistle and uilleann pipes with Irish band The Wolfe Tones. He is especially noted for his rendition of the Broad Black Brimmer.
- Recorder - The recorder is a woodwind musical instrument of the family known as fipple flutes or internal duct flutes — whistle-like instruments which include the tin whistle and ocarina. The recorder is end-blown and the mouth of the instrument is constricted by a wooden plug, known as a block or fipple.