I find it nice to know some tunes that dwell within one octave. 

One reason is that for the majority of my tune writing and playing, I lived with a cat. His ears didn't seem to appreciate any tin whistle notes above the first octave. So out of consideration to his ears, a large amount of the tunes I wrote stayed in the first octave.

I also play musical instruments for people with developmental disabilities. If the mood is calm & quiet, and I'm maybe trying to help them relax or sleep, a tune that goes into the 2nd octave on a tin whistle or flute may be a bit too loud. So one octave tunes are nice for this as well.

One octave tunes also give me an option of what key to play the tune in to best suit a moment. For example, on a D whistle I could play it in the first octave (D) or the second octave (G). If I'm outside and it's windy, I may choose to play in G, since the second octave is a bit more wind resistant (it's tough to play whistles in windy weather). And I could choose D or G depending on the volume of the place I'm playing. It's also nice to have options of different keys to play in so you have more of a chance of playing along with other instuments.

It might also be nice to know some one octave tunes for anyone who plays an instrument that can only play 8 notes or so. For me, this would be my pendant ocarina, which I often bring along to play while out in a forest.

And lastly, I also just find that I enjoy simplistic tunes.

So here are some one octave tunes I've recorded. Most of these are original compositions, with a few traditional tunes here & there.

One Octave Tunes

A tune titled in appreciation of a very neat looking and very neat sounding bird.

Instruments:
Gold Tone tenor guitar, Burke tin whistle, Mk Pro low whistle

Starlings In The Oak Tree

This 4-part piece describes the world around Malgudi, a place that appears in many stories by R K Narayan.

Part 1 - Malgudi
Part 2 - The Jungle
Part 3 - Sarayu River
Part 4 - Return to Malgudi

The Malgudi Suite

GREASYXBLADE [The Pad Bank Flip it Challenge N° 277]

LDS81havoc

This tune was written during the Guru Poornima full moon of July.

Instruments:
Carbony "leading tone" whistle

Guru Poornima Moon

Sample of the track Breathe from the forthcoming digital release - 6 Songs About Love?

6 Songs About Love? 

Breathe

Cold As Ice EP

Cop Fucker

Instruments:
Hora octave mandolin, Burke D & low G whistles

Two Raccoons In A Blueberry Bush

Born in Syracuse
A long long time ago
You don’t need to read history
To know this genius of antiquity 

He gave us that Eureka moment 
Just lying in the bath 
He loved to solve problems
He still solving them today

May the Gods be praised
His memory’s not erased 

Archimedes, if I may?
Whoa whoa whoa
Archimedes, he did it his own way 
Whoa whoa whoa
Archimedes, what did you just say?

Don’t disturb my circles, please don’t touch my stones 
Don’t disturb my circles, please don’t touch my stones

The gardens of Babylon
Couldn’t hang without his screw
So turn the taps on fully 
Coz they’re worth their weight in gold

Archimedes, if I may?
Whoa whoa whoa
Archimedes, he did it his own way 
Whoa whoa whoa
Archimedes, what did you just say?

Don’t disturb my circles, please don’t touch my stones 
Don’t disturb my circles, please don’t touch my stones

c N Connor 2022

Circles Master 7 Oct 2022

Solo Piano - Chris Bright

scarlet 1108 - 11:8:22, 6.17 PM

What Comes into View
Music from The WereThos 

A New release 2023


The WereThos
  " Culture Tricks" E.p
unreleased **


What Comes to View. 
A Song about the adventure
 of Youth 
and growing into a career.. 

" Start a Plan Today" 
a Motto, and act on it..

Independent Recording.
Digital Boss 8 Track recordings
Copyrights with I.M.R.O

What Comes To View

DESERT OUT  -   2

Money loony nation, control of the population
Money loony nation, enslaved by your manipulation
Money pollution, the consumer’s constitution
Money loony nation, welcome to the material nation!!!

***If you want to join my band and live near Barcelona please drop me a message. I'm looking for a singer, a guitarrist, a bassist and a drummer to play the songs that I've composed!:)***

https://dannyvaughan.bandcamp.com/follow_me

Composer: Danny Vaughan
Guitar: Danny Vaughan
Singers: Clara Ferràndiz & Danny Vaughan
All rights reserved.

Money Loony Nation.WAV

Instruments:
Burke low G whistle, tenor guitar, organ

White Goat

An original whistle waltz, written on a day that I saw a lot of Eastern Pheobes.

Instruments:
Burke tin whistle, Gold Tone tenor guitar

Eastern Pheobe

Instruments:
Burke tin whistle, Doug Tipple flute, bongos, conga, frame drum, karatala, egg shaker, shruti box, organ effect on iPad

Downy Woodpecker

Original compositions played upon various acoustic instruments. 

At the moment, the majority of music I record is original folk tunes. Most of these tunes arise whilst out in natural ecosystems or shortly after visiting a natural ecosystem. The titles often reflect an aspect of the ecosystem I had noticed while the tune came about. Lately this is usually a species of bird.

Tin whistles and flutes appear the most often in my recordings; though mandolin, tenor guitar, lyre harp, jaw harp, dulcitar, and a handful of other instruments show up fairly often as well.

And here's some more music I've made along with my friend Dan Jones:
https://soundcloud.com/user-453898279

Guru Poornima Moon

Zach Schneider

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