Wednesday, January 31, 2007

This week's tune


Because I have nowhere else to put it, I'm posting this week's tune on my blog. "The Star of the County Down" is a commonly heard piece and, while not terrifically difficult, it does provide a good template on which to practice several important tin whistle movements.

As I noted on the FaceBook page for the Fordham students, this is an imperfect rendering of the tune. The first "A" could well be a "G" and, on the video, I think I play both. Nevertheless, it's still a decent skeletal structure to work with.

2 comments:

jane said...

Hey -- got it going on banjo. Yee haw!

Unknown said...

This is also the tune to one of my favorite liturgical songs, "The Canticle of the Turning."

-Christopher Gagnon

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