Tin Whistle Lesson - The Carraroe Jig

This tune came up in the comments and then a couple days later it came up at a session and the timing seemed fortuitous so here we are. Good standard session tune, here.
Sheet music: thesession.org/tunes/771
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[@FiddlingwithmyWhistle]

What a lovely tune...

[@stokiepeas]

Each time I discover s be doing I want to learn, this guy has done the tutorial. Love this tune

[@adalbertofarias9]

It's amazing. I'm from Brazil.

[@soslothful]

A nice tune. I keep thinking there might be a video, "Functions of My Watch." to be had.

[@Pravinfluteofficial]

Hello want to buy this flute

[@soslothful]

Hi Sean - Many jigs have an ending bar of two sets of three 8th notes. But when I listen to them played it sounds like three 8ths and a dotted quarter. I'm I hearing this correctly? The dotted quarter seems to me a more satisfying ending. Ending with three 8ths seems very abrupt.

[@whistletutor]

Probably, but it depends on the tune I suppose - and there's always room for variation.

[@dean84921]

Great tune! Know of any common session tunes that aren't in D, G, or their relative minors/modes? I'm looking for a good excuse to use those extra keys I paid for

[@whistletutor]

dean84921 hmm good question - assuming we’re excluding A major/minor tunes there are some in C major and D minor that are playable on the whistle (more or less). I’ll see what I can dig up!

[@dean84921]

@@whistletutor Thanks!

[@soslothful]

If you go to The Session.org and click on "tunes" there is a heading, "keys" seems every key is listed.

[@andrewwigglesworth3030]

You want to play tunes with whistles in other keys, right? Say an F or C whistle? It's perfectly possible to do that, but at a session? Not so much. Sessions are social events and one of the conventions is that we generally stick to the conventional keys (I'd include A on your list for tunes that are traditionally played in A). That's to increase participation (even for new people who just turn up) and conviviality. Pick up your E flat whistle and start rattling through a set, and you won't win many friends and you'll get a few hard stares. You're basically saying, look at me suckers, aren't I great, and you can't join in. Maybe your local session is up for it and may agree to start learning tunes in "unusual keys", but I wouldn't count on it just so that you can use different whistles. There are, however, a couple of things you can do that won't upset anyone. You can play in D on an A whistle, and obviously, in G on a tenor G whistle. Then there's the whole thing with tenor (low) D whistles. You'll find that most of your public playing on anything other than a D whistle comes outside of sessions. Maybe you could start going along to open mic nights and contribute a couple of tunes on a whistle. You could get together with a friend and do this. Of course, this is on the way to forming a "band", which in reality where players get to play their "unusual keyed" whistles ... but don't count on it, other players will still be happy playing D/G/A and all the modes and minors etc that come from them.

[@dean84921]

@@andrewwigglesworth3030 I think you're misunderstanding me. I'm wondering if there are any common tunes in the Canon that are meant to be played in keys that aren't D/G/A major and their realative modes and minors. I wouldn't dare try playing Jimmy Wards on an Eb flute just to throw people. In my area, for example, the white petticoat is always played in C, for whatever reason.

[@Jayolynch]

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[@Jayolynch]

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[@paulraider1551]

Where can I get the sheet music?

[@whistletutor]

From the link in the description.