OAIMNLINE ACADEMY OF IRISH MUSIC COMPLETE ACADEMY SYLLABUS Online Courses Covering 14 Irish traditional music instruments and song Includes direct link to Course Page for more information. www.oaim.ie SUITABLE NUMBER LINK TO COURSE FOR WHO IS THIS COURSE NAME INSTRUMENT TUTOR COURSE DESCRIPTION OF ON COMPLETION PAGE FOR MORE ABSOLUTE COURSE FOR LESSONS INFORMATION BEGINNER https:// You are challenged to learn a new tune every week for www.oaim.ie/ All instruments Those who have already 50 weeks. All OAIM students taking this challenge, learn Bragging rights plus a whopping multiple- 50 Tune Challenge Multiple Tutors No 50 taught by OAIM can play simple tunes. the same tune together week to week. It’s aim is to help 50-tune repertoire. instruments/50- you make steady progress in your learning. irish-session-tunes- challenge/ Your tutor Kirsten Allstaff will guide you every step of the way. First, you will learn how to hold the instrument, proper hand & finger posture and good basic technique, By the end of the course, the This course is aimed at the which are all important basics to get right before you learner will have a repertoire of absolute beginner whistle move on. Then, there is a progressive study of scales, seventeen popular Irish session https://oaim.ie/tin- player. Tin whistle Basics is Whistle Basics Tin Whistle Kirsten Allstaff Yes articulation and ornamentation with relevant exercises 17 tunes, the ability to play cuts, whistle/learn-tin- an excellent starting point throughout, all learned through the tutor’s precise taps and rolls as well as a deeper whistle/ for any aspiring Irish choice of tunes for the appropriate level of ability. The understanding of the Irish music musician. 'Whistle Basics' course will equip the beginner whistler tradition. with the necessary rudiments to begin a journey down the long and adventurous road of Irish whistle playing. The techniques recapped in this course include: cuts, Due to popular demand, By the end of the course you will taps, slides, the breath, articulation and rolls. Technique Easy Tin Whistle Session have a repertoire of 15 easy and https:// studies are kept simple and basic. Most of the lessons Tunes has been created as popular Irish Session tunes, 8 www.oaim.ie/tin- Easy Tin Whistle Session feature a technical exercise designed to optimise the Tin Whistle Kirsten Allstaff No a companion and follow-on 15 reels and 7 jigs, that you can whistle/easy-tin- Tunes learning of specific scale patterns, ornamentations and course to our most popular easily master with little effort whistle-session- articulation methods. When these techniques are course here on OAIM the under the expert guidance of tunes/ practised regularly and at consistent tempo, they Tin Whistle Basics course. master whistler, Kirsten Allstaff. contribute to building finger dexterity, the mark of tin whistle mastery. © Online Academy of Irish Music. Join us and keep Irish Music alive wherever you are in the world. OAIM were invited into Doolin Music House to record this 5-part course. In the intro lesson, Christy talks This short course is an invitation candidly about the tradition, his home town of into Christy’s home, Doolin Music Tin Whistle Doolin Style is a Ennistymon and the learning process of traditional House, where he entertains new departure for OAIM. music back in the day! He then goes on to teach the two people all year round. It is a rare These lessons give the tunes that he is most famous for, Christy Barry’s Jigs 1 gift to be able to open this https:// student a chance to steep in and 2. He also teaches two fine reels that have been invitation to everyone all over the www.oaim.ie/tin- Tin Whistle Doolin Style Tin Whistle Christy Barry No 5 the Irish tradition and get a viewed over 600k times on Youtube: these reels are world, to get a taste of real whistle/tin-whistle- real flavour for Irish music ‘The Temple Mount’ and ‘The Premier’. These tune Ireland, wherever you are. So pull doolin-style/ culture beyond just the lessons are all about feeling, lift and lilt. up a chair, grab a cup of tea and learning of tunes. your tin whistle and listen to Join Christy as he takes you through these tunes and Christy regale you with stories through the culture, his personal history and our shared that will warm your heart. tradition. Throughout the course, the focus is on tonguing Course for those interested By the end of the course of 13 https:// technique, rolls, bounces, taps and triplets – and Tin Whistle in the Low Whistle, but can lessons, you’ll have mastered www.oaim.ie/tin- especially sliding up and down notes and vibrato. It also Low Whistle Foundations (specifically Low Tom Delany No also be taken by tin whistle 13 some pretty cool whistle/low- covers how to hold the instrument correctly with simple Whistle) or flute players. Aimed at embellishments that really shine whistle- ornamentation to enhance and soften the tunes. intermediate level players. on low whistle. foundations/ By the end of the course the Kirsten explores simple tin-whistle embellishments player will be more comfortable such as the cut, tap, roll and the slide. Emphasis is The course 'Tin Whistle playing ornamentation on the placed on breathing, phrasing, variation and rhythm Foundations' is a whistle, will have a broader https://oaim.ie/tin- throughout the thirteen taught tunes. Jigs, Slides, Reels, Tin Whistle Foundations Tin Whistle Kirsten Allstaff No continuation from the 13 repertoire and a better whistle/tin-whistle- Hornpipes, Barndances and an O'Carolan composition previous two tin whistle knowledge or Irish music and will foundations/ are all featured. In the videos, Kirsten teaches each tune courses. be ready to explore more slowly, phrase by phrase and recommends that advanced tunes and tin-whistle students learn with her this way, by ear. techniques. This course continues to build on and consolidate techniques previously taught, whilst taking you up to the By the end of the course, you’ll next level of ornamentation: with a specific focus on have an increased repertoire of https:// short rolls, bounces and articulation techniques. The 13 Irish tunes, a tasty mix of www.oaim.ie/tin- Those who have completed repertoire of Irish dance tunes encompasses Jigs, Reels, Tin Whistle Progressions Tin Whistle Kirsten Allstaff No 13 ornamentation skills to dabble whistle/irish-tin- Tin Whistle Foundations. Hornpipes and the well known Air Inis Oírr. Throughout with and a more adept ear to whistle- the second half of the course, Kirsten explores and enable you to take your whistling progressions/ demonstrates how the recognition of melodic motifs, skills even further, patterns and arpeggios in the tunes can aid in the process of learning by ear more quickly and efficiently. © Online Academy of Irish Music. Join us and keep Irish Music alive wherever you are in the world. A la fin du cours vous aurez donc Ensemble nous découvrons l'instrument: la position des appris douze morceaux mains, le doigté, la gamme de base, l'octave, comment populaires du répertoire de https://oaim.ie/tin- séparer les notes, les ornementations de base. D'une musique traditionnelle Irlandaise, whistle/cours- Cours Debutants de Tin maniére progressive, nous couvrons les éléments Tin Whistle Gwenn Frin Yes Pour un débutant complet. 13 vous serez capable de jouer les debutants-de-tin- Whistle en Francais essentiels nécessaire pour commencer votre voyage ornementations simples et vous whistle-en- musical en tant que joueur de tin whistle. Dans chaque aurez un bon aperçu des francais/ leçon nous apprenons un morceau et couvrons la/les différents types de morceaux de difficultés techniques qu'il présente en détail. musique Irlandaise. Wichtige Grundlagen, zum Beispiel, wie man die Flöte hält, die richtige Hand- und Fingerstellung und eine gute Grundtechnik, werden in den ersten Lektionen Am Ende des Kurses verfügen vermittelt. Während des ganzen Kurses werden die Teilnehmenden über ein Tonleitern, Verzierungen und die Artikulation Repertoire von siebzehn schrittweise und mit entsprechenden Übungen bekannten irischen Liedern, sie Dieser Kurs richtet sich an https://oaim.ie/tin- Tin Whistle-Grundkurs - erarbeitet. Der Grundkurs rüstet angehende Whistler beherrschen das Spielen von Tin Whistle Kirsten Allstaff Yes Anfänger auf der Tin 17 whistle/tin-whistle- German Subtitles und Whistlerinnen mit den erforderlichen Grundlagen Cuts, Taps und Rolls und haben Whistle. grundkurs/ für die lange und abenteuerliche Reise durch die sich eine tiefere Kenntnis der traditionelle irische Whistlemusik aus. traditionellen irischen Musik angeeignet. Wenn Sie die Videolektionen mit Google Chrome ansehen, werden die Informationen und Tipps unterhalb der Videos automatisch übersetzt. The aim of this course is to discover and enhance the Discover new ways of adding Tin whistle players who are learner's own playing style, and to increase their texture and colour to a carefully https://oaim.ie/tin- comfortable with playing confidence through learning and incorporating a wide Expert Whistle Skills #1 Tin Whistle Thomas Johnston No 13 selected repertoire of whistle/expert- and ready to develop their range of ornaments, variations and other advanced challenging jigs, slip jigs, reels, whistle-skills-1/ style. stylistic features such as crans, trills, slides, and and hornpipes. tonguing in their playing. In this course Thomas continues to explore more advanced whistle techniques such as the trill, vibrato, Master the trill, vibrato, different different types of rolls and tonguing technique. types of rolls and tonguing Expert Whistle Skills 2 is Emphasis is also placed on variation in ornamentation, https://oaim.ie/tin- technique. Emphasis is also Expert Whistle Skills #2 Tin Whistle Thomas Johnston No designed to follow on from phrasing, melody and rhythm.