Mel Bay Fun With the Tin Whistle

by William Bay

This beginning method/songbook is designed for the D tinwhistle. Includes music theory, fingering diagrams, note studies, and plenty of songs for practice. The audio recording features tin whistle, guitar, and keyboard and contains many of the solos featured in the book. Audio download available online.

40 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

William Bay received his undergraduate degree in business at Washington University in St. Louis and his MBA at the University of Missouri. He played trumpet and guitar professionally for many years and has authored hundreds of books on music education and performance. As president of Mel Bay Publications, he has produced thousands of books dealing with an eclectic array of musical styles, genres and instruments and performed on many audio and video recordings. He is an accomplished composer and arranger. His books have sold in the millions. He was recently inducted into the Missouri Music Hall of Fame.

Reviews

[Riobhcah · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great basic book to get you started on playing the Irish Whistle. There is a good variety of tunes, many traditional Irish and Celtic and some that are not.