MEL BAY PUB./ The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle by Grey Larsen

Irish flute and tin whistle virtuoso, Grey Larsen’s book is now available.  Grey is an Irish flute and tin whistle player that learned to play from a group of Irish immigrants in Ohio.  This 450+ page book released by Mel Bay covers everything from history of Irish music in America to playing techniques, however the bulk of it is dedicated to ornamentation.  The two CDs with the book contain 198 tracks of Larsen playing tunes, exercises, and examples notated in the book, plus computer software and links to online resources.  The set is for the beginner to the highly advanced player of: the Irish flute, Tin Whistle (Pennywhistle), Boehm System Flute, Piccolo and Fife, and for everyone who is eager to learn the nuts and bolts, as well as the history, heart and soul of traditional Irish music.  The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle, can teach you a new approach to Irish ornamentation, a new, simplified system for notating Irish ornamentation, and you can hone your skills with 49 ornamentation exercises.  You can learn to play more eloquently with in-depth advice on breathing, phrasing, variation, articulation, and practice techniques.  You can also view more than 150 photographs, diagrams, and illustrations, as well as over 300 instances of music notation which illuminate text.  Finally, you can gain the knowledge to understand how the great players make such beautiful music.