OAIM co-founder / tin whistle and flute tutor Kirsten Allstaff releases her new solo album "FOUR / 4". Watch the album promo - Uplifting Irish music and beautiful vid @ ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lZmyQz9lprQ.html
Of course I got a lot from this course... my soul is irish So tin whistle is The biggest joy. I do not know who founded this OAIM But I am grateful!!!! Living irish music is a real food to my soul! It is So great to watch The sessions. I do not know how But I must visít The sessions in real life, So nice to see how perfetctly Kirsten plays on flute. Yes traditon is Lovely bit there is a great deal of motivation on your side So I am very grateful for those who foinded OAIM! Really! Doolin' style :-)
Catherine, I use either the G finger or the A to cut the rolls with. Likewise, I often tap with the F, or with two or three fingers down to the E or D. Rolls are rhythmic, not melodic, so it doesn't really matter what fingers you use to get the 'crunchy' effect. Hope that this helps :)
Hi Everyone, Kirsten here :) Thanks for all the comments and likes! Please feel free to ask any questions you have about this wooden flute lesson or anything related to Irish music in general. I'll get an answer to you straight away! And remember to subscribe to our channel and click the bell to get notified of our new video releases.
+irishmusicacademy Hi Kirsten! I am learning whistle from OAIM right now and I love your videos! I want to get into flute as well, but I'm not sure where to start as far as finding an instrument goes. Do you have any recommendations?
+John Driscoll Hi John, Delighted you're enjoying the lessons, thanks for letting me know! I always recommend Martin Doyle flutes for starting off. They easily offer the best value for money. If you can't stretch to the 700 mark, then there are a few good delrin-polymer flutes to choose from. I'd go with the forbes model. Whatever you do do not buy a cheap Indian, Pakistani or Eastern European made flute - not even I can play one of these ;) Hope this helps and let us know how you're getting along. Kirsten
Thank you Kirsten! I will definitely check those delrin-polymer models out. They are closer to my ideal price point for now. There is also a used Sweetheart being sold near me so I will likely check that out as well.
@MexicanPiper The maker of my flute is based in Liscannor, West Co. Clare - as am I - he lives down the road from me. The prices vary, but for a basic Martin Doyle flute without the keys is €700 (I think!) My flute is Rosewood. His African Blackwood flutes are also really really nice. ;)
Some small correction If I may: I have just bought a beautiful traditional keyless but tuneable african blackwood flute from Martin Doyle with a tuning slide and three Celtic ferules (silver) and it is €1350. But the look and the sound of it is just amazing.
Lol - Very perceptive! I have lived in the West of Ireland for the last 13 years - barr one year that I spent on The Isle of Skye learning Gaelic. I am originally from the lowlands of Scotland.
Hi Catherine, On the OAIM Flute Foundations course I focus on teaching the roll from scratch, starting on lesson 6. The subsequent lessons also look at rolls.. I'd suggest taking the seven day free trial and checking out those lessons. Let me know if I can be of assistance in any other way.
@irishmusicacademy Thanks! I'm looking for a good flute and I'm going to be in Limerick the next april and definitely I'll visit Clare a couple of days. What is the price of a flute like yours? Cheers!
Hi Kirsten I have noticed that you play that lovely gritty C natural using cross fingering but on some notes, especially notes leading to the middle D, you use the keyed C natural. What is the reasoning behind this? My flute is keyless.
You were perfectly clear, lol (I wasn't). It's just that if there is a way to sound like the west of Scotland on the wooden flute, I'd like to know. I love the Irish trad flute (and Kirsten's style is insanely exactly what I picked up the wooden flute for) but otherwise the center of mass of what I listen to is somewhere in the Minch. I'd love to plug into that on the flute, didn't know I could though, and no clue about Stranraer music. Anyone specific I should listen to?
Kirsten, Where else (other than OAIM or live) can I hear you loudly? =) I want to phrase like you when I grow up. I took the Progressions mp3's on a walk with me, not having listened to them before, and I thought how come one of the lafferty.ca/music/irish/flute-geezers/ isn't playing in the key of Tape recorder. Thank you so much for playing the way you do.
Oh sorry my friend, i wasn't writing very clearly there, my mistake. Stranraer is a seaside town on the south west coast of Scotland. This lassie sounded a bit like she was from there :) ;)
It's interesting to note that you don't lift the B3 finger when you play some notes. Hard for me to catch which ones exactly. Would you recommend to learn to do it that way for economy of movement?
I generally keep the bottom finger down only when I am playing a G roll - and I tap with my fourth and fifth finger, rather than just the third. This means that you are playing a D ornament note rather than an F, giving more depth and body to the roll. If I have it down at other times, it shouldn't be! Kirsten
Thanks for the reply. I have indeed noticed that I get a fuller response when I tap with more than one finger. I will have to go through this tune with a flute in hand to see if I got that right =)
Also, I know Stranraer isn't on the Minch. I just meant - uh, I guess - you said an Irish flute sounded like the west of Scotland, and I reacted. Attempts at musical geography over. =)
Thank you. I am very grateful you did not use the keys. Most irish songs work on a whistle so they could be used on flute. Having a flute with keys is cool but in irish folk We rarely used otherwise I could not Play the best sessions songs.
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