Introduction How to Use This Book Choosing a Whistle An Important Clue The Fipple The Body Robert Clarke Initiating Tones Holding the Whistle All About the Fingerings Fingering Chart–Low Octave Fingering Chart–Upper Octave Octave Drill Understanding C Natural The G Scale Practicing Scales About the Modes The Modes of D D Modes Chart The Modes of G G Modes Chart Shrill Notes and Sensitive Ears Practice The Learning Curve A Most Beneficial Drill The Music Impressions on the Memory Andy of Mayberry What’s in a Name? Immersion Let’s Learn a Tune Analytical Listening Parts Primes The First Note About Written Music Developing Breathing Skills About Learning Tunes from Notation Putting it in Your Fingers Ornamentation The Slow Aire The Sound Model Rhythmic Variation Melodic Variation Appendix 1 Strange Keys and Half-holing; Tunable Whistles Appendix 2 Hornpipes Appendix 3 Pointers on Notation Appendix 4 References and Recommended Reading Appendix 5 Furthering Your Musicianship and Sessions Acknowledgements About the Author