Are you a classical player who really loves Irish traditional music? Here are a few pointers to get started on the right foot! 1. It's "Irish", not "Celtic" If you want to be taken seriously by trad players (that's traditional Irish players!) call it "trad", "traditional Irish" or "Irish" music, not "Celtic" music. If "Celtic" is the best word for the situation, make sure you pronounce it with a hard C - "seltics" is a basketball team, "keltic" is the pronunciation that ref

So you love Irish music and want to get started learning tunes. If you already know how to read music, it's going to be incredibly tempting to pick up some sheet music and read the tunes from the dots. Resist! If you really want to become a contributing member of the tradition, the best advice you'll ever get is: "Listen! Listen! Listen! and Learn. By. Ear". I can't stress this enough: learning by ear is what is going to make the difference between sounding like you're ju

Are you interested in traditional Irish music? Want to try learning a tune or two in a fun, low-pressure environment? Come join my flute class at the Re-Jigged Festival ! Saturday October 20th, 2018 in Dartmouth. Visit the Re-Jigged Festival website to register. Silver & wooden flutes welcome, all levels of experience. Hope to see you there! #woodenflute #irishflute #traditionalmusic #trad #session #tunes #chunes #traditionalirishmusic #whistle #tintlute #tinwhistle #pennywh

The Irish or wooden flute is so much fun to play! If you're thinking about learning to play but don't know if you want to invest in a full flute yet, you can pick up a tin whistle at the music store for around $15 CDN and get started right away. Once you've decided that you want to stick with it, you can get your name on a flute maker's waiting list or ask around about used instruments. There are a lot of options when it comes to getting a flute made, so asking a maker, pla