The Irish Tin Whistle

The holes on these instruments are open, rather than covered with a key like a modern flute. We can slide our finger to gradually slide from one note to the next. And it's one of the ways of putting expression into slow music - which is a reflection of the style of singing in irish music. I love nothing more than a lament where you're in a big, noisy pub, and al of a sudden there's a silence, and a singer sings a lament acapella. You could do the same with a flute, with a penny whistle, absolute tin whistle. Let's hear the irish tin whistle doing that job.