Andrew Wigglesworth

Just a few links.

Jigs, single jigs, slides, slip-jigs etc.

Casadh an tSúgáin A classic Irish sean nos (old style) song, which translates as “The Twisting of the Hay Rope.”

Reels, polkas, rants, Scotch measures etc.

Alexander’s Hornpipe Also known as Prunoble’s Hornpipes.

Water can condense inside the windway in the head of a tin whistle and start to block the correct flow of air.

Well, I’ve started (and then stopped) to put short videos on Tiktok.

A song

NB: not all of these tunes are strictly waltzes.

Shreds and patches Written by John Kirkpatrick, a tune in 3/2, a triple hornpipe.

Centenary march, The Dr Fauster’s Tumblers Eynesham march Grand Turks March, The Jimmy Garson’s march La Morisque Marching through Georgia From the famous song.

TLDR: Buy a Generation D whistle.

The tin whistle is a simple instrument and you’d think that how to place it in the mouth and blow it would be simple and obvious.

In my view, videos made of people playing whistles are basically worthless for judging the qualities of a tin whistle.

People often assume that I chose to play the melodeon because there is something specifically special about the instrument that attracted me.

I play dance music that has developed over the last 400 hundred years or so in England.

This can be a touchy subject, and I certainly do not intend to offend anyone.

English social dance has something of a nomenclature problem, which comes from its long history and modern misconceptions or assumptions when using historical terms.

See also my comments on “Bad Generation whistles?."

The story seems to have several variants: Beginner or inexperienced player writes on a discussion board that they didn’t want to buy a Generation because of the dangers of flaws, or had read about bad quality control of Generation whistles so they didn’t…