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Irish Flute (Tin Whistle)

Raphaël De Cock

MABO - Lycée Maria-Boodschap - Rue de la Braie 22, 1000 Bruxelles

The course

The famous ” reels and jigs “, ” slow airs “, but also the repertoire of other musical traditions will be approached with a very simple tool: the ” tin whistle “. A simple flute of Irish origin with six holes. You will be surprised to discover how fast you can play anything, and what you can do with it! The lesson is designed for beginners and intermediate players.
The ultimate goal of these lessons is to take part in the famous jam sessions! We play on tin whistles D (re). The lower version (low whistle) or transverse flutes are also welcome.

Beginners will learn how to play the tin whistle, a simple 6 hole flute. Of course, the repertoire will include traditional jigs and reels, but also some slow numbers and more exotic tunes from Sweden, Belgium, Brittany ….

The course focuses mainly on the interpretation of the Irish repertoire rather than on instrumental technique. The aim is to give students the level necessary to participate in one of the famous Irish jam sessions!

These are group lessons with a maximum of 4 students per group.

For purchase or information about the instruments you can contact the teacher.

Raphaël De Cock

Raphaël De Cock plays and sings with, among others, Griff, Osuna, Northern Lights, Muntagna Nera (Graindelavoix), NadiSuna, the Collectif Muzikaciné (Odna), Néboa, Waira, Tenore Monte Arvu and A Contrabanda. Raphaël began to play the Irish flute (tin whistle and low whistle) when he was 16 years old. The following year he started playing the uillean pipes (Irish bagpipes) and since then Raphael has not stopped collecting and playing traditional musical instruments. This musical millipede went on to specialize in a variety of ethnic singing styles, perhaps the most remarkable among them being Tuvan throatsinging. Meanwhile he has blossomed as a multi-instrumentalist and among other things he plays all sorts of flutes, bagpipes (gaita galega, Irish uillean pipes, Swedish säckpipa, Picard muchosa, Bulgarian gaida), Jew’s harp, stringed instruments (Siberian chatkhan, Tuvan chanzy, Chinese guqin), fiddles (Tuvan igil, Norwegian Hardanger fiddle Bulgarian gadulka) etc.

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Schedule

Inscriptions open on August 7 2023!

Come and discover this course during the free session on Wednesday 20 September 2023, between 6 pm and 7 pm.

Collective course (8 courses/cycle)

Wednesday:

5 pm – 5:45 pm : Slot new students

7:15 pm – 8 pm : Slot new students

Places are limited ! If you’re a new student, please contact us (cours@muziekpublique.be) before subscribing to check availabilities with the teacher.