The Irish Flute
Welcome to my page about the Irish Flute. I have been learning to play the irish flute for a few years now, and it has become my preferred musical instrument. There are many resources online that relate to the Irish Flute. Either to the music genre, the flutes themselves, or to learning to play, or meeting other flute players. I hope to bring an interesting selection of those resources together on this page.
What do I mean by the Irish Flute?
Well, mine is made out of blackwood. It has silver rings, but otherwise it is all wood. It was handmade by Martin Doyle in Ireland. My daughter's flute is a starter flute handmade by Casey Burns in the US. It is all wood, and is made out of mopane, it has offset holes to make it easier for small hands to play. If you look at different flute makers you will see that there are many different choices of wood, keys, and decorative rings. Irish flutes can also have a metal lined head and a tuning slide.
While this page is about the irish flute as an instrument, it is also about irish flute music as a style of music, and this is sometimes played on a silver flute. You don't necessarily need a wooden "Irish" flute to pay Irish flute music.
A Guide to the Irish Flute I haven't even scratched the surface, and I'm sure you are going to want to know more. You will find lots of information here. Don't miss the interview section.
Chiff and Fipple
If you are interested in playing the Irish Flute, or Whistle, then this is *the* web site to visit.
Kerry Whistle
There are some great movies to watch(in the "movies" section), and Phil does a regular webcast (in the MP3 section).
Folk Flute
The Casey Burns Folk Flute is a good, reasonably priced, introduction into the world of playing the irish flute.
Mad for Trad
Mad for Trad have produced some excellent tutorial CDroms for Flute (with Seamus Egan) and Whistle (with Brian Finnegan from Flook). Off Topic here, but the Accordion one with Karen Tweed is also excellent.
The Irish Flute tutorial I can also highly recommend the "Irish Flute tutorial" by June McCormack. It really helped me to make sense of playing the irish flute in the irish style.
While this page is about the irish flute as an instrument, it is also about irish flute music as a style of music, and this is sometimes played on a silver flute. You don't necessarily need a wooden "Irish" flute to pay Irish flute music.
A Guide to the Irish Flute I haven't even scratched the surface, and I'm sure you are going to want to know more. You will find lots of information here. Don't miss the interview section.
Chiff and Fipple
If you are interested in playing the Irish Flute, or Whistle, then this is *the* web site to visit.
Kerry Whistle
There are some great movies to watch(in the "movies" section), and Phil does a regular webcast (in the MP3 section).
Folk Flute
The Casey Burns Folk Flute is a good, reasonably priced, introduction into the world of playing the irish flute.
Mad for Trad
Mad for Trad have produced some excellent tutorial CDroms for Flute (with Seamus Egan) and Whistle (with Brian Finnegan from Flook). Off Topic here, but the Accordion one with Karen Tweed is also excellent.
The Irish Flute tutorial I can also highly recommend the "Irish Flute tutorial" by June McCormack. It really helped me to make sense of playing the irish flute in the irish style.
Peter Finn & Peter Horan
Harry Bradley
Harry Bradley is one of my favourite Irish Flute players. He has a MySpace page, so you can go there to listen to a couple of tracks from his new CD.
- Harry Bradley
- On MySpace.
- More Harry Bradley
- There are also a couple of MP3s of Harry Bradley's playing on this web page.
Matt Molloy
The streaming on this video is really annoying, but when you get it to work it is worth the effort. The trick is to let it load, then play it.
Kennedy Millenium Stage
Hour-long videos that you can watch online.
- Flook
- Two concerts by Flook.
- Capercaillie
- One concert by Capercaillie, with Michael McGoldrick on the flute.
- Lunasa
- Two concerts by Lunasa.
- Dervish
- Two concerts by Dervish.
two concertinas and flute
Grey Larsen
- Grey Larsen
- Official Website
- Radio Show
- An interview with Grey Larsen. 45 minutes about irish music, including some playing by Grey Larsen and an interview with Matt Malloy.
- Online Interview
- An interview with Grey Larsen at Firescribble.
Mel Bay The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle
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The Green House
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Dark of the Moon
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- Tracey_M Tracey_M Nov 24, 2008 @ 6:56 pm
- Very nice lens. Would you consider adding it to my new Irish group
http://www.squidoo.com/groups/theirishconnection
thanks
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- flutestar123 flutestar123 Sep 29, 2008 @ 6:50 pm
- Nice Lens! Check out my group about flutes.
http://www.squidoo.com/groups/Flutes
Would love to have you in the flute group!
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- Evelyn_Saenz Evelyn_Saenz Feb 11, 2008 @ 10:53 pm
- The Riverdancers send you St. Patrick's Day greetings. Irish Flutes soothe the soul.
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- Aislinn Aislinn Nov 23, 2007 @ 12:28 pm
- Great lens - lovely music, and lots of interesting information. Definitely 5 stars.
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- ocarinaman ocarinaman Aug 31, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
- The Irish flute is a great instrument. I love Celtic music as a whole. Nice videos. 5 stars for you. Thanks for putting this lens together.
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Some more links before you go.
The Session
This is another web site I use. Want to find the dots for a tune, or who has recorded it? Then the Session is the place to go.
Mike Harding Show
I sometimes listen to the Mike Harding Show - online, using the BBC's Listen Again feature. There is also a virtual session (useful for learning tunes), and a message board.
This is another web site I use. Want to find the dots for a tune, or who has recorded it? Then the Session is the place to go.
Mike Harding Show
I sometimes listen to the Mike Harding Show - online, using the BBC's Listen Again feature. There is also a virtual session (useful for learning tunes), and a message board.
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