introduction links print music left-handed playing     This is a select list of links to some related sites which I have found either useful or interesting. Many of these sites have more comprehensive links. Please advise me if a link below is incorrect or has been changed. The contents of this page are:     Other Irish flute sites     Other useful flute sites     Music sources     Some reputable specialist shops and dealers ~ other Irish flute sites + Rob Greenway has an excellent practical and informative site aimed at those learning to play Irish music on the simple system flute. + Brad Hurley's site is an invaluable mine of practical information, including interviews with experienced players, advice on buying a flute, a comprehensive list of makers and a list of prominent flute players. Brad's site now includes a flute exchange and a list of stolen flutes. + Terry McGee is a flute maker whose site covers history, maintainance, and recording practicalities. His site is also home to the Rudall and Rose survey. + The Wooden Flute Home Page has good links and information. There are also instructions for joining the wooden flute mailing list which mostly deals with traditional flute playing issues. + Michael Robinson's Standing Stones site gives a comprehensive history of the flute and how it came to arrive in the Irish tradition. + Michael Clarkson is a terrific Belfast flute player whose blog focuses on playing tunes for people to learn. He even does requests. + James Peeples has a site which compares different flutes and whistles. + Steve Aal's useful fingering chart for keyless flutes is hosted at Mark Hoza's site. + A resource in Japanese is Hatao's Hata Cafe, which also has a version of the discography found in The Flow. + Raf Goethals organises Irish flute workshops in Belgium and has more information at his Berkenhage site. + Not specifically Irish, but some photos taken by Malcolm Reavell at the Scottish Flute School weekend in Aberdeen in November 2001. There are currently no captions for these, but the tutors included Chris Norman, Niall Keegan and Eddie Maguire. + Paul Mulvaney, a flute player and teacher in the Boston area of the USA, has made insightful contributions on playing technique to email discussion groups. His classnotes for a lecture given at the 2003 New England Folk Festival Irish flute workshop have now been written up and made available on Larry Owen's Woodenfute site. + Flute maker Casey Burns has written some useful FAQs for those looking to buy a new flute from a maker. + Flute distributor Kiwicelt has a site with news and interviews concerning Irish traditional flute playing in New Zealand.   back to top ~ other useful flute sites + Larry Krantz has a site rich with flute information and references. It is possible to join the FLUTE mailing list from this site and access its FAQs; although predominantly for classical players, there is much of interest for traditional players as well. + Jennifer Grady has a list of links to other flute sites, including those of Irish and other traditions. At the moment this site seems to be down, but hopefully the link will be fixed at the other end. + Glen Ross has a site predominantly for classical players which covers many universal flute-playing issues, including posture and how to avoid injuries through playing. Again, this site seems to be down. + Some pictures and descriptions of flutes and whistles in Edinburgh University's Historical Musical Instrument Collection. + More pictures and descriptions of flutes, from the Dayton C. Miller collection in Washington DC. + Some pictures and descriptions of flutes from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. + A history of the flute can be found at Ardel Powell's Flutehistory.com. + Flute restorer David Migoya has a site which features flute comparisons and a Rudall and Rose flute catalogue. + Some pictures from Xory's private collection. + Terry McGee's site has a list of historical links to complement his studies and anlysis of 8 keyed flute designs. + CIMCIM (Comité International des Musées et Collections d'Instruments de Musique, or International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections) has recently published an online version of The Care of Historic Musical Instruments edited by Robert L Barclay. Thanks to flute maker Terry McGee for sharing this information.   back to top ~ music sources and information: + Chris Walshaw is the developer of the ABC notation language for exchanging tunes across platforms over the internet. His site serves as an introduction and contains links to ABC software sites (many of them freeware or shareware). Barfly for Macintosh is my program of choice. + Belfast fiddler Bernie Stocks has compiled The Microphones Rambles, ABC tunebooks of unusual tunes and settings taken from his library of field recordings, many of flute players. Also available here in Acrobat format. + Henrik Norbeck has an ever-expanding Web Tunebook in ABC format, again the content has a good number of flute-specific transcriptions. Henrik's own ABC sofware is also available from this site. + Tunes sent to the woodenflute list in ABC format have been archived by Steve Mansfield at Le Session. These are mostly Irish, but also Scots, Welsh, Breton and others from the repertoires of flute players. + Hans Bracker has transcribed a number of influential Scottish collections into ABC format, including some adaptations for flute from the Simon Fraser collection. + Flute player Lesl Harker has an Archive of Welsh tunes in ABC format, reflecting a growing interest in the flute within Welsh traditional music. + Ceolas is an all-encompassing Celtic music resource. + Nigel Gatherer has a site which features annotations on some key Scottish and Irish tunebooks, plus a collection of Scottish tunes in ABC format. + The Irish traditional music list (IRTRAD-L) is a is a mailing list which sometimes discusses flute playing issues. + The Session is a web site that discusses and shares information on traditional music. + Richard Moon's TuneDB is a large index of tunes in ABC format featuring a powerful and greatly useful search engine. + "Brother" Steve's tin-whistle pages by Montreal-based Steve Jones is a useful guide for those learning or playing the whistle. Be sure to check out the privately recorded MP3s and accompanying transcriptions and analysis of tunes played by notable flute and whistle players, including Paddy Carty, Patsy Hanly, Micho Russell, Eddie Moloney and Packie Duignan. + Details of a Galician music book which has a chapter on flute playing, including a little flute called a requinta can be found at www.revistamurguia.com (external link in new window). The book is in Galician, but those with Spanish or Portuguese may be able to get by, apparently. + Castor Castro, who is the author of the chapter on the flute in the book above, has put up a sample page (external link in new window) on the site of a Galician traditional music school, which is in itself interesting. + CelticMusic NZ (external link in new window) is a web site run by Irish flute player Brendyn Montgomery as a resource mostly intended for Irish and Scottish musicians and dancers in New Zealand. + The Micho Russell Weekend (external link in new window) is an annnual festival celebrating the influence of the iconic Clare flute player and whistler. The web site has further details, with some background information on Micho and his brothers Packie and Gussie, also accomplished musicians.   back to top ~ some reputable specialist shops and dealers: Please note that if you are looking to buy a flute that many flute makers and restorers have flutes for sale. Check out Brad Hurley's site (above) for a list of links to these and also for a list of small ads of flutes for sale. + Claddagh Records in Dublin are a traditional record label and a major source of recorded traditional music and books; they also do mail order. + Ossian in Cork are another traditional record label and publishers who are a major source of recorded traditional music and books; they also do mail order and have outlets in the UK and USA. + Custy's Music Shop in Ennis, Co. Clare also do mail order, have an online shop and sometimes have flutes for sale. + Hobgoblin Music specialise in various types of traditional music and instruments and also have a second-hand catalogue. They have a number of outlets in the UK and also do mail order. + The Music Room is another UK traditional music shop with a number of outlets which also does mail order. They are also the main handlers for the popular traditional tune collections of Mallinson Publications. + Celtic Grooves Imports is a CD mail order service in the USA run by the knowledgable Phillippe Varlet who used to do this for the House of Musical Traditions. + The House of Musical Traditions is a reputable music shop in the USA which does mail order books and instruments. + Elderly Instruments is another reputable music shop in the USA. + Tradmusic.com is a combined shop and source of information, reviews and interviews, predominantly of Scottish and Irish music. + Musicscotland.com, based on the Isle of Mull, sells mostly Scottish and Irish CDs.   back to top     Mary Fox, Belfast, at her wedding.