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For over thirty years, Skip Healy has been a renowned, Grammy-nominated performer of Irish flute and American fife music. For details on Skip Healy, his work and his music, just click here.

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Breathe When You Breathe "Audio Enhanced"

Good Breathing Techniques for Playing Wooden / Irish Flute and Fife 

We all get a bit "dry" when playing from time to time, when that happens, we reach for a glass of whatever and take a good pull off it to quench our thirst. Do the same thing when you breathe. Make sure you actually have an intake of air that is sufficient to play the next passage.

Try to fill your lungs and not just your throat with air. You should hear a deep "whoosh" sound when you inhale, not just a brief gasp.

Suggested Exercise:

To develop the technique of breathing with your "diaphragm," take a belt and place it around your chest. Tighten till firm and practice playing long tones of roughly four beats in duration. Take a short, powerful breath and repeat four times. Hold the final note until you are out of breath. Keep track of those final beats--that is how you measure your progress. I suggest starting on low G. Stop immediately if you get dizzy...

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Wind in the Alps

In conjunction with the world famous resort community of Arosa, Switzerland and their "MUSIK-KURSWOCHEN"  (music course week), I will be teaching a week long series of classes on Irish flute and tin whistle music.  The program will take place JULY 30 - AUGUST 3, 2018. I will be posting information and videos about the event very soon!!!  Imagine, learning about traditional Irish music high in the Swiss Alps, staying in a beautiful hotel called "Hotel Hohe Promenade"  a 3 star hotel with AMAZING food and service...

Covering my Tracks

  • Covering my Tracks # 3; "Empty Pockets" from the album "Empty Pockets" 1984
  • Covering my Tracks #2; "Christmas in the Trenches" from "The Cartel, Songs and Tunes of Adventure and Loss"
  • Covering my Tracks #1 "Swallowtail-Fifty Cents" from Empty Pockets

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Skip's Tips Express

  • Skips Tips Express #2 High Notes
  • Skips Tips Express #1 - The Low D

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Skip's Tips

  • Pick Your Partner
  • Straight from The Lip
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  • Feel the Bore
  • Weather or Not

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