Bredna’s four hundred and thirty-one comments

I just edited the Michael Gorman's (Track 3) link to go to tune 409 Coleman's which also goes by the name Michael Gorman's. This is the actual tune played, and a nice tune it is too. Must learn it. more…

My low G is perfect for accompanying singers who are singing in C major. It has an octave of C in the middle of the instrument, with the ability to go above or below by a few notes. And a tone that is more mellow than a C whistle. more…

Yeah, Brenda Stubberts has had me mulling over how to best approach those notes. I used to triple-tongue them, as it is a technique I learned in my classical trained youth. Lately I've just been playing a long note alot of the time. The effect chosen has... more…

Alan Doherty wrote the tune, and we had a great tutorial on it in 2013 at Ceol Aneas, New Zealand's only Irish Music Festival. Thanks Alan. more…

LOVE Da Slocket Light, thanks to Patkiwi playing it beautifully on the box, when he visited a couple of years back. more…

I got to see and hear it, and I'm a facebook refusnik! Great high energy stuff. more…

I have a G whistle (mezzo, not a tiny high one) that is very useful for playing with singers who use the key of C a lot. For some reason singers around here seem to like that key. A 'C' whistle will also do that, but I find that the range of the G whist... more…

The whole Shetland Set (5 tunes) is great to play. more…

If you keep working at your playing now, you may well delay the inevitable physical decline 🙂 more…

https://thesession.org/tunes/160 more…