Tin Whistle Ornaments - Beginners Tutorial

[@kevinmoulton874]

I am beginning to learn Irish music, and ornamentation with Cuts, Rolls and Crans are a beautiful expressions of notes. This video is very well presented, providing a slow to moderately paced introduction to these techniques. Chris makes you feel at easy with an invitation to follow along. The instruction is clear and concise making learning these embellishments a joyful thought. I quite like the warm illumination of the music studio. I just love learning this music. Well done, Christopher McMullan.🎶🎙🎚

[@geoffmead9081]

"Ornamentation flourishes the tune". ❤

[@conordiamond4164]

When I asked about ornamentation I was actually thinking more along the lines of little stickers to put on the whistle, though this is much better. Cheers!

[@gypsyman535]

You had me laughing pretty good there for a.minute...

[@soslothful]

Ha! Well played! We could make jokes about jam on rolls, or cranning for exams.

[@TheGavranatar]

Get er pimped out. I like it. Maybe there'll be a vid on this later on.

[@richardwilton722]

🤣

[@sheikwake]

Brilliant. Thanks for not taking for granted that I know what a cut a roll or a cran is! Because I don’t.

[@johnbreslin3265]

Great tutorial Chris, you break things down very well. Thank you very much.

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Thank you John 😀

[@flyingcursor]

Thank you for this! I started playing whistle almost 20 years ago and could never master the rolls and crans. This solves the problem.

[@tim6151]

Thank you, Chris. I really appreciate the way you break down these ornaments. It's still challenging for me as a beginning tin whistler, but I know now that I am practicing them correctly.

[@TessLowe]

I've been playing whistle a few years but I never really understood what a cran is before - so helpful :) Great videos as ever!

[@lorrainepalmer7572]

Good video on all the ornamentation you can do on the Irish whistle . Just started learning to play the Instrument. Love all and any tutorials that I can get my hands on.

[@sugarycactus]

Thank you so much! This video was incredibly helpful, probably the most helpful tutorial on ornamentation for beginners I've watched so far. I loved the slowed down sections! Much appreciated!

[@martinlaird4738]

Good man Chris, always good to revisit the basics - everyone has got a fresh and new take on things

[@resonatorplate]

Keep these up man! Keep er' lit and houle er' tight!

[@ogstopper]

Superb. Thank you Chris, for sharing your skill and knowledge.

[@calicomorgan2408]

I was lookin for a video where they show them used in song, so this is perfect thanks a ton. Gonna get practicing!

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Great!! Feel free to share

[@ChickenSwarm]

Thanks!

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Thank you very much

[@KINGN0SCOP3]

Great content again Chris. I'm really loving learning to play the Tin Whistle. Cant wait for the next one

[@unlisted987]

Thank you so much! I love learning this! I'll always watch another video!!! Of course I watch each one about 50 times!!

[@johnbreslin5016]

Just got my first ever whistle, couldn't reccomend these lessons enough! Very helpful!

[@ljeo332]

Brilliant video

[@jimmac1739]

Great lesson, thank you

[@viktorlundkvist6054]

Thanks for the quality tutorials, very helpful

[@TheMtnmamma]

Thank you for taking the time to share this with us.

[@Bunsy82]

Thx! Really well explained, even as a beginner I could follow along :)

[@ruthcasement5844]

Very well explained thank you

[@doloresflynn5086]

Excellent so easy to follow

[@brendabippes7065]

Chris, I cannot thank you enough! I was going crazy trying to figure it out!

[@Lux_mundi1]

Thank you Chris for this amazing class. Everything looks easy but practice is quite important. I'm learning by myself so it seems a little more difficut, however I know I cn do it. Thanks again for your video.

[@tomkirvin4571]

Great lesson! Thanks.

[@susanmulholland249]

Sounds fab! 😊

[@jandunn169]

I am getting a bit of squeeking on the rolls. Not sure how hard to flop my fingers down. This is really great information and will take some practice.

[@Celtnic]

Merci pour ce tutoriel qui rend le jeu bien plus authentique !

[@tallisholowka3946]

great explanation, thanks!

[@gk411]

Cool 😎 ✌️ 🎶 🇮🇪 2020 keep up the good work 👏

[@franckmedrano-irishmusic]

Keep on it Chris 😉 good work

[@arbor8591]

Great video thanks so much

[@BassF1sh1nCat]

Great stuff. Can you show songs before and after ornaments, please?

[@pedroscaglione3450]

Muy buena Clase Amigo.

[@jec0435]

Wow, it's the same fingerings as the saxophone.. which I play. Sweet.

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Rock on!

[@yas2802]

Hi Chris could be nice on the uillean pipes ornamentation (triplets,cran...)ty for sharing!! Cheers!

[@jimneysweep9810]

Great stuff thanks

[@catholics-letuspray909]

Thank you so much for this! Brilliant wee tips. Why don’t other teachers share this info too? Tis so so helpful. God bless ye. Thanks again and best of luck with everything. Are you a donegal man?

[@catzcradle]

Thank you

[@ChrisMcMullan]

You're welcome

[@WalkingNose]

This is soo good but also so mildly infuriating. My fingers can't do what my brain tells them, it's so frustrating but I guess the only solution is practice, practice, practice!

[@chloeguerpinyoga2194]

Très bien!

[@Luke-ih1oc]

When you do a roll, why do you sometimes tap with one finger and sometimes tap with two fingers? I've seen others explain rolls wherein the tap only seems to involve one finger. What's the difference? Also, can you do a roll anywhere as long as you can tap one or two notes below? You only showed 3 rolls; are those the only 3 that you can actually do? Also, it's interesting how when you do the crans you don't lift the fingers in descending order, you do two and then the one above. I've seen another guy that does the three fingers in a row (from closest to mouthpiece to furthest away). Is this just another personal preference thing based on how it sounds?

[@kattidee]

I'd like to know the answer to these questions too! It's confusing to see it done differently by different people but with the same name for the various ways of doing the ornaments. Also they seem to be different even among themselves depending on the note. I wish someone would explain all these differences and which way is "correct" and why it is "correct". Or can we just wing it and just ornament however we develop a style for it? And then call it a cran or a roll if our style resembles one of those?

[@goddessnocturnas]

Thanks for the vid. I have more to practice now. Constructive crit: Look into the camera, not your monitor. ^_^

[@tonygillespie6907]

Mate just a wee question coming from a learner.. do you not incorporate f and e rolls in your whistle playing? And if not can I ask why not?? Just picking your brain to see if there's a reason?

[@Gedagnors]

Great video! Thank you! P.S.: I wish EVERY classical musician would watch this video before making epic cringe by playing Irish music with ornaments from classical music. Several years will pass until we will hear authentic whistle in computer games and movies, for now it's 99% lazy imitation.)))))

[@ChrisMcMullan]

Thank you for the compliment ☺️👍

[@vinniejones8009]

They sound fine on a tune that is not too fast, but when you get a jig or a reel the ornamentation just blurs the melody and turns the whole thing into a jumble of notes

[@hoohaFL]

Do I know you? Donna D, FL

[@gregorynuttall]

lol, I really can't get these rolls to sound the same. Just keep swimming as Dory says. Just keep swimming 😐

[@dannsmcshane1233]

Hows the moral kid