New note D: Time for a Polka and a Tipp Super Group






        Muinteoir Cathy goes through some new steps in playing recorder or whistle

Play through some 5 note tunes. Have a peak at one of the paintings in the National Gallery and look and listen to  a famous supergroup from Tipperary - The Clancy Brothers.

Playing Tips:
Remember
Fingers flat not curved

Cover the full circles of the holes with your finger pads. No leaks.
The tin whistle has no thumb hole but the recorder does and it must be covered with your thumb


Left Hand on top
Blow GENTLY especially on lower notes D and E 

If your whistle or recorder sounds fogged up, put your hand over the 'window' in the mouthpiece and blow firmly.

If a pentagon has five sides, how many different notes does a pentatonic scale have? Answer 5


Art Link 


The Piping Boy 


If  you go the National Gallery in Dublin, you might see this picture. It is by the artist Nathaniel Hone and in 1769 he painted his son playing tin whistle. The painting is called The Piping Boy. 


A Tipp Super Group :The Clancy Brothers

The tin whistle turns up in many Irish folk and traditional groups. Have a look at Tommy Makem playing whistle with the Clancy Brothers. The Clancy's  from Carrick and Suir, Co Tipp were a very popular group and they performed a lot in America on stage and on TV. They were at their most successful in the 1960's when your grandparents were babies. They all wore aran jumpers on stage. 



Listening: Listen to the tune. Q Can you feel how many beats in a bar? Can you tap ti ti Ta all the way through.



Answer 2 beats in a bar The tune is a polka
Close up of the Chart






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