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I have one-hour tune teaching lesson recordings from Zoom available at:

https://michaeleskin.gumroad.com

More info on the lessons at:

http://michaeleskin.com/whistle

John McSherry is now offering "comprehensive courses for Low Whistle and Uilleann Pipes." Check out www.johnmcsherry.com. All videos are accessible for a monthly subscription.

I've been trying to whistle for a couple of weeks, and there is no result! Glad I found this thread and so many useful videos, thank you all!

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Hello All,
I've just started on my whistle journey, just ask my wife and my neighbours, I'm feckin 'orrible.... also I don't learn at the rate I used to at 52. But I'm okay with that. I used to be a professional muso on stringed instruments so there's some fundamental knowledge underpinning everything. I bought a cheap whistle that makes the right noises and it will do until I play with other and need to tune to them. In searching the web I came across a couple of subscription based resources and I'd love it if anyone has any experience of either of the following:
1. Online Academy of Irish Music
2. McNeela's "Ultimate Irish Tin Whistle Lessons" with John O'Brien.

I ask as I don't feel like throwing my hard earned away, but if they are really good I feel that I need to start at the beginning and work my way through a "method" type process. Any information/wisdom will be most appreciated....
Cheers,
Rick

Another option might be to check out the local Comhaltas branch if you have one. Comhaltas groups often teach whistle, and the hourly rates are likely to be a fraction of those of a private tutor because the teaching's done by volunteers. It may be in a small group rather than one-to-one, but that can be an advantage to a beginner.

They may also run slow sessions, so that once you've got going on your whistle a bit, you can start learning to play with others. This will bring your skills on better than only ever playing solo.

You may also wish to check out Blaine Chastain's online courses... I used them for a while and found them helpful. Within the courses are technique courses and foundational courses. The technique courses teach ornaments while foundations is basic stuff like how to hold it etc. There is a huge library of tune videos, many of which include sheet music (appreciated by those of us who play piano or classical instruments), and which Blaine demonstrates as both complete tunes and by phrase. He also includes accompaniment without the melody so that one can play along.

https://www.blaynechastain.com/i-teach/

Good luck in your journey!

AW

I've been practicing with what I find on YouTube for the past 1.5 years or so. So far, I've found a lot available that is useful for both whistle and flute.