tin whistle
Irish session staple
A tin whistle is a simple wind instrument with six finger holes, producing a high, clear tone.
Originally made of tin (now often nickel or brass), it's associated with Irish and Celtic folk music.
Also called a penny whistle, from its traditional low cost: She learned to play tin whistle as a child in Dublin.
Spirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- bodhranIrish goatskin drum
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
flute · accordion · Riverdance · craic · pub · trad · slip jig · hornpipe
Surname, alternate spelling
- GenerationNamed birth-year bracket
- DixonSurname on historic boundary
- flageoletSmall end-blown woodwind
- recorderEnd-blown wooden flute
fife · wind instrument · mouthpiece · barrel · plastic · metal · wooden
Windway plug in flutes
- embouchureWind player's mouth position
- breath controlManaging exhalation deliberately
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
- articulationClear vocal expression
fingering · tonguing · cut · tap · roll · slide · vibrato · triplet
Narrative poem or song
- shantyRamshackle dwelling
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- old-timeOf a past era
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
troubadour · bard · busking · campfire · singalong · Appalachian · Breton · Galician
Lacking mass or importance
- compactTightly packed together
- pocket-sizedSmall enough to carry
- travel-friendlySuited for journeys
- affordableReasonably priced
beginner-friendly · inexpensive · durable · busker · street performer · hiking · camping · backpack
jig
Spirited folk dance
fiddle · flute · accordion · Riverdance · craic · pub · trad · slip jig · hornpipe · polka
Clarke
Surname, alternate spelling
- GenerationNamed birth-year bracket
- DixonSurname on historic boundary
- flageoletSmall end-blown woodwind
recorder · fife · wind instrument · mouthpiece · barrel · plastic · metal · wooden
fipple
Windway plug in flutes
- embouchureWind player's mouth position
- breath controlManaging exhalation deliberately
- ornamentationDecorative additions to something
articulation · fingering · tonguing · cut · tap · roll · slide · vibrato · triplet · grace note
ballad
Narrative poem or song
ceilidh · troubadour · bard · busking · campfire · singalong · Appalachian · Breton · Galician · street musician
lightweight
Lacking mass or importance
- compactTightly packed together
- pocket-sizedSmall enough to carry
- travel-friendlySuited for journeys
affordable · beginner-friendly · inexpensive · durable · busker · street performer · hiking · camping · backpack
- Celtic RevivalW.B. Yeats, Celtic art, Celtic music, Celtic mythology, Irish literature
- fipple flutesrecorder, flageolet, soprano recorder, ocarina
- IrelandDublin, Cork, Irish, leprechaun, Galway
- Irish cultureshamrock, shamrocks, leprechaun, leprechauns, Celtic cross
- beginner instrumentsrecorder, xylophone, tambourine, triangle, maracas
- European instrumentsaccordion, bagpipes, balalaika, bandura, bodhran
tin whistlepipe organ
Wind instrument with tuned tubes
concert flute · oboe · bassoon · French horn · grand piano
tin whistletuba
Lowest brass instrument
bass trombone · contrabassoon · bass clarinet · baritone saxophone · didgeridoo
tin, whistle, whistling, tinned, whistler, tinfoil, tinning, tinsmith, tinpot