Cooley's Reel played on Penny Whistle (Tin Whistle)

[@johnharris9747]

I started at 75years and at 84 am playing jigs and reels.

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

Man I am so happy you said that. I just started at 47 after 30 years of playing the guitar and I felt a little disheartened by the prospects but of course you are right. I know what practice means after all ...

[@FatherDinny]

Fair play, keep it up!!

[@FatherDinny]

whynottalklikeapirat Keep it up !!

[@MuazCannabissativaMCMXCIV]

I wonder if he’s still alive

[@Africa1000]

That is absolutely fantastic!

[@jcgarzao]

There are something that atract me in the Irish music. I'm from Spain, I play kind of traditional Spanish oboe called "dulzaina". Your music really move me !!!

[@shane20091000]

How i love the song... really calming my mind...

[@konstantineguruli]

the Best performance of Cooley's Reel

[@GordonHudson]

Thank you! I don't have any particularly fancy instruments, but I do blow to the end of the note and through to the end of every phrase. I think thats the secret of good whistle playing.

[@GordonHudson]

@Nasier Omran This video was played on a Clare whistle, made in Ireland. Bought off eBay for £5.

[@anthonyoneill9053]

​@@GordonHudsonis it High D Gordon?

[@GordonHudson]

@@anthonyoneill9053 I played this on a Clare high D whistle. Very inexpensive. Made in Ireland.

[@anthonyoneill9053]

@@GordonHudson thank you, i just recently acquired a killarney high D, beautiful tone. Im very rusty, but look forward to attempting you're beautiful rendition of cooleys reel

[@demox_yt8386]

Cooleys reel is my favorite song of this type. It has such a good flow and feel to it. Your version is VERY very good,one of best on youtube. I ordered this same whistle becouse I like the sound of it,even though I know I will have to play it for 2 years to sound even a tiny bit decent haha. Is there a chance you make a video showcasing how to mod the whistle to "make it better"? Thank you Gordon,keep on playing and have a good life :)

[@TheSuperHeros2]

I've only had my penny whistle since early this year. I LOVE IT.

[@KatieScully2]

Absolutely class ( love the piano accompaniment )

[@GordonHudson]

I learned when I was about ten years old. I initially taught myself and then at high school I was a member of a whistle club. Lots of people learn at your age. In my city (Edinburgh, Scotland) there is a Scottish Music Group that runs very low cost classes on whistle and fiddle playing.

[@FatherDinny]

It paid off because your skill is just something else

[@patrickmccune5929]

Fantastic playing ,one of the best so far.Gordon

[@Segura2k11]

beautiful

[@Rando_Shyte]

This is unreel!

[@soslothful]

Well played.

[@jolenethellama]

I see what you did there. Unreel in deed.

[@Gn0m0oo0o0o]

Is never too late for the music!!!! :D

[@siobhancosgrove4145]

FANTASTIC

[@grandma.p]

I love this tune and the way you play it.

[@GordonHudson]

Thank you!

[@natefoldan]

the best tin whistle playing on all of youtube!

[@lars-helgeantonsen1638]

this is the most beutiful i have ever heard! thank you for putting out this video. im from Norway and hawe just dicovered the lovley tunes of the tin Whistle

[@konstantineguruli]

A great banner at the beginning :D and a great video, lovely photos of course.

[@DIATOMUZIK]

Very nice tune, fantastic player ! ! ! 5 ***** for you, Christian, from France

[@davidmolloy126]

Really great playing, thanks very much.😁

[@bigmac329190]

Ordered my first penny whistle today onlne. Fingers crossed that with a lot of practice I can sound half as good as this.

[@partylikeadude]

this is truly awesome

[@XxBiCkslowxX]

I've been listenning this video since about a year ago or more. It's simply great! I even learnt the song on my own whistle. I'd like to ask if could you make some kind of tutorial or just a video showing the thing you did on your whistle to make it sound like that, the thing you mention in the description. I'd really apreciate it!!! Greetings

[@hopek42]

this makes me want to learn more about my heritage !!!!! honestly been looking for a positive hobby id do when eve I'm sad over something or just for fun verses drugs or liquor ha! think I found what I'm looking for sounds beautiful

[@soslothful]

I sincerely hope you have been successful in your quest.

[@kronosbystander]

Cheers Gordon, very nice.

[@ferngarner1]

How do you get your playing to sound so light? Is it just from playing for years and years? Any tips on technique? I loved the way you played Cooley's Reel. I have heard it played many times before, by many others, but never with such lightness. That's the only way I know to describe it.

[@iLynux]

Those tongue rolls on the legato part are amazing.

[@AtharAqua]

threelegsoman (Tony) forwarded me to your videos - he was showing me the video you did of playing whistle over the top of him singing Smuggler - and you are brilliant! I play the whistle as well, and always love listening to other players. Your playing is clear, and your whistles have gorgeous tones. Thank you for sharing the brilliance of the whistle :)

[@Peter111ization]

Nicely played!

[@Peter111ization]

Cleanly played..I can imagine Russians dancing to it as well.

[@tommcmichael8679]

Nice job on Cooley's Reel. I have tinkered with the whistles for many years. Still a lot of work to do. I'm a drummer...and a ham (KE8PAG). Great job.

[@GordonHudson]

Thanks, well I learned to play as a child here in Scotland, but you won't find many young people now who can play, which is a shame, because it is such a cheap musical instrument.

[@RickCromer]

@@GordonHudson It should be taught in every school.

[@mauricio65000]

Excelente melodía, te transportas directamente a Dublin...

[@GordonHudson]

@SilentPainTears I don't have the music any more, but it is in my head. The reason you can see a C written there is that that part was transposed for D whistle so the written D became a C. I play the whistle as a transposing instrument as it makes it easier to switch key of whistle.

[@GordonHudson]

I started playing at about 10 and I could play much like this by the time I was 17. I am 44 now!

[@Jan_Tabletop]

Beautiful!

[@WhoisSupernerd]

I love Penny Whistle.

[@Wolfspiderxl]

Great lively tune, well played

[@luizgustavovasques4663]

You could make birds jealous, man!

[@fabiogemignani3542]

Bravissimo è perfetto👏👏👏

[@devenneym]

great version of this tune

[@sjeter61]

Wonderfully Good!!

[@228ANDY]

Very nice sound.

[@veroniquefargue9096]

J'adore !

[@sullykoba]

we played the same version!

[@jorgeegrojjorge]

Fantastic 👌

[@AtharAqua]

It is indeed~ You don't need fancy or expensive whistles to get a lovely sound out of them, just experience in playing :) My best sounding whistle is a Feadog D which cost all of £6 at a spiritual fayre. And also a Low G (Tony Dixon) which cost £35. Low costs, but beautiful sounds :D

[@GordonHudson]

I play from concert pitch parts (in C) and transpose onto whatever key of whistle I am playing on. As an orchestral trumpet player I am used to transposing.

[@siobhancosgrove9677]

EXCELLENT.

[@balkanhills]

very nice, musical playing

[@GordonHudson]

You need to take the top off but the clare whistles are not glues as they are tuneable so you just pull the head off to get into it.

[@GordonHudson]

@Epeetastic I downloaded a midi file from the internet and edited it to change instruments and balance and remove the tune. Then I recorded that as one track and then the whistle as another track. Then I mixed it together.

[@ferngarner1]

Thanks for your reply, and I will try that. Imagine balloons . . .

[@edelahaye]

It's all a question of person. For some, it's quick, for others, it takes time. You can't tell ...

[@pastore0506]

Good foot-tapping stuff!

[@danny100ization]

class,wish i cud play like that...but will try and learn..

[@GordonHudson]

Thanks, I am trying to prove my folk music credentials.

[@edelahaye]

Joe Cooley was an Irish American box player. See Wikipedia for details

[@connchisannchez]

How can I to get the accompaniment? It's great! I like it. You play beautifull!!

[@Mandolin1944]

Excellent! So great to listen to. I just learned the tune on mandolin -- and like playing along with your fine video here. But this morning I discovered that octave mandolin and whistle really go nicely together. Do you happen to know if this tune is also called Joe Cooley's reel or is that something else?

[@konstantineguruli]

Great video, Gordon! Thank you so much! This video made me sure that I prefer tin whistle as a "leading instrument" over fiddle. I mean Cooley's Reel is so much better with tin whistle rather than with fiddle. Thank you P.S. Is the whistle accompanied with a classic guitar or an acoustic one?

[@GordonHudson]

Thanks Konstantine!

[@tyroneappollis3958]

Marvelous say the birds in my garden asking me whose this whistler I said GORDON HUDSON . Come on wot u waiting for get him to join us then we'll be the best band in the hole wide worl dot com chit chat glorious bird song bless u

[@scepticsalmon7540]

i from Russia, in russia very Complicate buy whistle..I was find it, and make good progress! I have my own folk-rock band, we often play this song, would be more of these videos! Sorry for bad english)

[@edelahaye]

The Clare whistle is not bad, but as indicated in the introduction, this one has been 'tweaked'. I'm not sure this brand is still on the market.

[@decall]

I am practising this song on low speed, first to learn the tones, then I will go a little bit faster, the end goal is to play it as fast as you do.. but that will take a while :)

[@edelahaye]

The man is a trumpetist

[@MissPickletoes]

Super,Gordon! Do you have to take it apart to do the "tweaking" ?

[@southockendon1061]

You don't need to be told you can play the feadóg. Maith an fear thú

[@novemberjam]

bought the exact same instrument but it sounds nothing like yours . what do you mean by 'blocking the gap below the windway' ? anyways you have bomb skills keep it up

[@ancientbricks]

Any way you could further explain how you tweaked your Clare whistle?

[@GordonHudson]

Thats because I am Scottish. We (used to ) have a different technique for playing the whistle before Scottish music was washed away by homogenised "celtic" music in the 90's.

[@esthermostafa8884]

wundervoll

[@GordonHudson]

@ferngarner1 I think its the way I blow. I play the trumpet and one of the things we learn to do is increase the speed of the air going through the instrument rather than the amount of air. Its also about steady air flow. Imagine you have a baloon in front of you and you want to blow it to the other side of the room. Thats the way I am blowing rather than the way you would blow to blow out a candle which is short and aharp.

[@5rollyramon]

Damn I forgot the song that Eluveitie used this in

[@Midaspl]

+Rolly55 Tarvos ;)

[@JackSilver1410]

Oh cool, how did you get it to make the guitar sound?

[@edelahaye]

Some of my students started at 60+

[@tagyoself]

hey can you send me some sheet music to this...iv been looking everywhere for them...?

[@22grena]

Yes I can see you do from your words. keep it up.

[@Heath75032]

For sheet music Google this JC's ABC Tune finder

[@crawfordviolin]

I see that you have decent sheet music for this... Know of where I might find it?

[@brucenordstrom670]

Can you give me some background on this piece? Who is Cooley? When was it written? Excellant playing also.

[@5arman]

yeah on 911tabs or ultimate-guitar you'll find tabs, i kindly suggest guitar pro files

[@bladvacer_]

the Clare Tin Whistle is a good flute?

[@matthewbanjomanwalker]

can you write up some letter notes for this song please? i really want to learn this but cant find any simple notes. i cant read those squgly lines but i can read the dots and letters, thanks

[@AndreaLanzarini]

guitar pro awesomeee

[@edelahaye]

Do you mean the 'detached' style ? Is it Scottish ? Not much used in Ireland where the style is much more slurred ...

[@Hondarama]

Excellent playing. I would however say that the piece would be better without the MIDI backing track, (Guitar and such)

[@annast8881]

I have a question. Did you learn by yourself or did you go to music school when you started to play tin whistle? Do you think it is too late to start tin whistle when someone is over 40 years old?

[@edelahaye]

See the description ...

[@Ganonman2]

@hostroute good man! ;)

[@candice6472]

Music, those "squgly lines" are called music

[@zoebieberbabezx]

WHERE CAN I GET THE NOTES??????

[@Ayr0music]

hey man,i have that exact same condenser mic,but when i connected to my pc it works fine for 1 minute then it losses power...i still don't know the problem,does it need an interface?

[@indios1987]

can you tell me where can i find the file with notes and chords?

[@nathanhughes248]

Can this be played on a D Tin Whistle ?

[@therealmdhw]

Is Clare a good whistle? How does it compare to a Clarke? To a Tony Dixon?

[@TheMasterse]

I have a question. Why on the photo of the notes are notes for C tonation whistle?

[@rasmuserlandsson2204]

I'm so confused by this. Is this not in E minor? But.. not a natural minor?

[@TLMSelena]

how long did it take you to manage to get this far in your music. It seems like 6 months to 3 years.

[@gokumetrix80]

I can now do this after 1 year

[@44sewo]

notes???

[@BannerGurl12]

sheet music?

[@梵天太郎-z2v]

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