ERNE MUSIC SUPPLIES

 

Complete Music for Fife & Drum Book & CD Set by Walter D. Sweet - £21.95 

A collection of 78 tunes containing some Civil War selections as well as many other traditional favorites. Each arrangement features harmony, style marks and guitar chords. The music is supplemented with histories of the tunes and drumbeats. Complete Music for Fife and Drum was compiled by a professional fifer and intended for the military fife in B-flat. This book offers tunes from the Revolutionary and Civil War eras with suggested snare and bass drum parts as well as chord progressions. It also contains a wealth of fife history and resources. The author, Walter Sweet, is the son of the well-known American fife maker Ralph Sweet of Connecticut.

Flute Fingering Chart by William Bay - £2.95

A graphic, easy-to-understand fingering chart which features chromatic, major and minor scale studies. This chart is ideal for beginning flute students learning fingering and scales. The chart contains a large diagram of the flute and key diagrams for all notes from C to C-sharp with standard clef notation as well. Also includes a brief explanation of dynamic markings. Printed on a sturdy laminated sheet which can be carried easily with a student's lesson materials.

Flute Handbook with CD by Mizzy McCaskill & Dona Gilliam- £11.95

A handy text filled with notes on embouchure, hand position, and breath support, daily warm-ups, major and minor scales and arpeggios, lower octave etudes, contemporary etudes, and a trill and note fingering chart! The easy-to-use format makes it an excellent companion to any beginning to intermediate method. The included CD is an ideal way for the developing flutist to listen to and practice with the solo etudes found in the book. It contains contemporary etudes, lower-octave etudes, and extended range etudes. All etudes are presented in sections. Flute and piano tracks are followed by piano track accompaniments. The grouping of piano accompaniment tracks may facilitate the use of this recording in both studio and performance settings. All accompaniment tracks have an added two-measure introduction. Mixed-meter etudes begin with two measures of the meter found in the first bar of the piece.

The Flutist's Companion - A Comprehensive Method - £10.95

This comprehensive method for the beginner to advanced is especially designed for use in private lessons. It introduces each new concept with fingering exercises, scale exercises, and etudes. Advanced techniques and concepts such as harmonics, vibrato, trills, interpretation, and phrasing are outlined succinctly through descriptive text and musical examples. A segment called "Representative Literature" contains exemplary flute music and photographs of flutes from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods giving students a broad historical perspective of both flute literature and the development and use of various types of flutes.

Flute Pocketbook by William Bay - 99p

This practical little booklet is a great value for the price and can be kept as a daily practice guide and study reference manual. It includes a fingering chart for the entire range of the flute, tips on how to assemble and take care of a flute, illustrated instructions for holding the flute and producing tone, fundamental music reading instruction, studies, solos, duets and scales.

Gospel Flute by Paul Mickelson - £9.95

Twelve beautiful solos based on favorite hymns and sacred melodies. Selections are appropriate for use throughout the church year and are easy to moderate in difficulty. Keyboard accompaniment is included for easy selection.

Traditional Irish Flute Solos by Vincent Broderick - £5.99

This unique collection of 68 Irish jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas, slides, slip jigs, barn dances, marches and airs for Irish flute was composed by the renowned Galway fluter Vincent Broderick. Also includes stories about the life and work of Mr. Broderick. With the ever-growing popularity of his numerous compositions, his name and fame are assured in the annals of Irish Traditional music.

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The Essential Guide to Irish Flute and Tin Whistle by Grey Larsen - £27.00

For the beginner to the highly advanced player of Irish flute, tin whistle, or Boehm-system flute. Features a simple and penetrating new approach to understanding and notating ornamentation that goes beyond any previous method, exploring ornamentation techniques never described in print before. Also includes adaptations for Boehm-system flute players, guidance on breathing and phrasing, 49 ornamentation exercises, history and theory of traditional Irish flute and whistle music, and 27 meticulous transcriptions of recordings by these important Irish flute and tin whistle players: John McKenna ,Tom Morrison, William Cummins, Séamus Ennis, Willie Clancy, Paddy Taylor, Paddy Carty, Grey Larsen, Josie McDermott, Matt Molloy, Cathal McConnell, Mary Bergin, Donncha Ó Briain (Denis O'Brien), Desi Wilkinson, Breda Smyth, Seán Ryan, Conal Ó Gráda, Micho Russel, Joanie Madden, Kevin Crawford, Catherine McEvoy, and Seamus Egan. For those who don't read music, almost all the exercises, examples and tunes appear on the two companion CDs. "Grey has, through his research, patience, and diligence, completed a work on Irish flute and tin whistle that I feel is essential reading for anybody interested in getting it right." - Matt Molloy, Irish Flute player with the Chieftains.

TIMBER The Flute Tutor by Fintan Vallely - £6.99

This tutor is designed for the beginner learning the wooden "simple-system" six-hole flute. Since the fingering on the tinwhistle is identical, this book is particularly suited for those who wish to learn the whistle now with the intention of later taking up the flute.

Irish Tin Whistle Legends by Tommy Walsh - £5.99

A 48-page illustrated book with great tunes arranged by Sean Potts, Mary Bergin, Vincent Broderick and others.

Irish Tin Whistle Pocketbook by Patrick Conway - 99p

This simple booklet offers an introduction to the tinwhistle or pennywhistle in the Irish style. The tunes in the book are arranged in the key of D (for a D whistle), as this is the most common key for traditional Irish music. The book includes instruction on how to play the tinwhistle, a fingering chart, an explanation of musical notation, a section on ornamentation, and 21 fully diagrammed tunes with chord symbols.

Fun with the Bugle - £4.50

Designed for beginning buglers and those who already play the trumpet or another brass instrument, this book addresses four major skills necessary to master the bugle: tone development, tongue technique, the smooth change of tones, and breath control. Daily exercises are included for the development of good tone, rapid single tonguing, double and triple tonguing, strength in the upper register, lip flexibility, and agility on the bugle. Helpful diagrams illustrate proper embouchure and lip positioning. The instruction includes the basic rudiments of music and everything you need to know about the bugle to start playing. The author also offers his advice on finding and choosing a bugle. The techniques and exercises in this book prepare the bugler to play the bugle calls in Infantry Bugle Calls of the American Civil War.

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Absolute Beginner's Bodhran Tutor by Conor Long - £3.99

A simple, easy-to-use introduction to the bodhran. Learn to play this wonderful, ancient percussion instrument and liven up your traditional Irish sessions! This book aims to teach the beginner the basics of good bodhran playing with full participation in a traditional session as its principal goal. Standard notation.

Recorder Pocketbook - 99p

This handy, pocket-sized book contains instruction and songs. It includes information on parts of the recorder, reading notation, a fingering chart, and songs which gradually introduce new notes, key signatures, the tie, and first and second endings.