and general enjoyment!
Auld Lang Syne - Just in time for New Year's! (hear it)
The Boys of Ballycastle - Very cool hornpipe in Em (midi) Added 1/6/2009
Brian Boru's March - Slow Irish harp march, gorgeous! (midi) Added 11/8/2008
Bryd One Brere (Bird On A Briar) - Oldest known love song in English (albeit Middle English). Version in G is lower, but requires many C-naturals. (midi in D) (midi in G) Added 10/16/2008 by special request from Sweden
Clare Jig - Traditional Irish, in "A" Dorian mode, takes a bit of practice! (midi) Added 10/28/2008
Cripple Creek - A traditional fiddle tune - take it slow at first! (slow midi) (fast midi) Added 10/13/2008
Danny Boy - Written in 1910, set to traditional Londonderry Air (midi)
Garry Owen - 18th-Century pub song, later the song for Custer's 7th Cavalry - (midi) Added by special request 11/17/2008
Greensleeves - Tough to play, but just as hard to resist! (hear it)
Isle of Inisfree - Beautiful and melancholy (midi) Here's a great video Added by request 12/15/2008
Kookaburra - An Australian folk song. Moves fast! (hear it)
Load O' Hay - a lively, minor-mode Polka. Dare ya to play it fast! (midi)
London Bridge - A nice simple tune. (hear it)
Mary Had A Little Lamb - Needs no introduction! (hear it)
Minstrel Boy - Heroic and heartbreaking! (hear it)
Minuet In G - This one's pretty, but tricky. Bach, of course (midi) Added 11/8/2008
Row, Row, Row Your Boat - a simple, well-known song that also makes a great round. (hear it)
Scarborough Fair - Beautiful English folk song, also nicely done by Simon & Garfunkel. (hear it)
She Moved Through The Fair - Traditional Irish tune dating from the Middle Ages, in a gorgeous minor mode. (hear it)
Simple Gifts - 19th Century Shaker Tune, used by Aaron Copeland and others. (midi) Added 10/13/2008 by special request from Scotland
Skye Boat Song (Em) - Haunting Jacobite song. Em version is lower, with a C-natural half-hole; Bm version jumps octaves, but no half-holes required. (hear it in Em) Bm Sheet Music (hear it in Bm)
Southwind - Pretty Irish Air (midi)
Suo Gan - Well-known Welsh lullaby, used in the movie Empire of the Sun. (hear it)
Tarantella - In memory of my beloved Italian-American father-in-law, who gave me my first pennywhistle as a souvenir of his trip to Ireland (midi)
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Even Mozart couldn't resist this traditional tune. (hear it)
"Whistle" Voluntary - Purcell's Trumpet Voluntary, only not! Don't forget to trill (midi) 11/8/2008
"Whistling" Tell - Rossini's William Tell, also known as the Lone Whistler! (midi) 11/8/2008
Chris Peterson's Traditional Music - This page is great! Tunes in midi for listening, and gif format for sheet music. No tablature, and some of the keys may be difficult to play on a D whistle. But, hey, if I can learn to read and transpose music...
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