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2. Irish flute - Wikipedia

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   The Irish flute is a conical-bore, simple-system, wooden flute of the type favoured by classical flautists of the early 19th century, or to a flute of modern manufacture derived from this design (often with modifications to optimize its use in Irish Traditional Music, Scottish Traditional Music or Music of Brittany and other Celtic nations).

3. Tin whistle - Wikipedia

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   Whistles are a prevalent starting instrument in English traditional music, Scottish traditional music and Irish traditional music, since they are usually inexpensive; relatively easy to play, free of tricky embouchure such as found with the transverse flute; and use fingerings are nearly identical to those on traditional six-holed flutes, such ...

4. List of traditional musicians from County Clare - Wikipedia

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   4 Flute and whistle. 5 Uilleann ... List of traditional musicians from County Clare is an overview of notable musicians active in traditional Irish music who are ...

5. Kevin Crawford - Wikipedia

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   Kevin Crawford (born in Birmingham, England) is an Irish flute, [1] tin whistle, low whistle and bodhrán player. [2] He was born in England to Irish parents from Milltown Malbay , County Clare . He later moved to West Clare to improve his music and become more exposed to traditional Irish music .

6. Irish traditional music - Wikipedia

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   The flute has been an integral part of Irish traditional music since roughly the middle of the 19th century, when art musicians largely abandoned the wooden simple-system flute (having a conical bore, and fewer keys) for the metal Boehm system flutes of present-day classical music. Factory-made whistles started to be manufactured in Manchester ...

7. Low whistle - Wikipedia

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   The low whistle, or concert whistle, is a variation of the traditional tin whistle/pennywhistle, distinguished by its lower pitch and larger size. It is most closely associated with the performances of British and Irish artists such as Tommy Makem, Finbar Furey and his son Martin Furey, Old Blind Dogs, Michael McGoldrick, Riverdance, Lunasa, Donie Keyes, Chris Conway, and Davy Spillane, and is ...