Hole Spacing
Instruments- discuss specific whistle features, brands, tweaking, problems, questions
The size difference between a d and c whistle is slight. The hole spacing hardly matters.
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What's your favourite whistle made of?
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I don't know where you live, but if you could visit an Irish session you could see and hear different whistles. You might also attend a dulcimer festival in your area. A lot of dulcimer folks also like whistles. Let's hear it for diatonic instruments.
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I would like try his brass whistle. It looks like a beautiful instrument. We look for Any excuse to take off and go somewhere.
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I want to make a road trip next Spring to visit Mack Hoover and buy my "next, last" whistle.
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@papasims , have you gotten your low D flute yet? I'd like to know what you think about it.
Norm
What's your favourite whistle made of?
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Keith, this works for me to make a whistle quieter. I use kneaded eraser.
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We just got back after a four hour drive to attend Cherish the Ladies' Christmas concert in Tulsa.
Joanne Madden's whistle playing was beyond beautiful. It was amazing how a lowly whistle voice could soar above a full orchestral accompaniment. I was completely captivated and thrilled by the whole evening.
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Hi Keith. I think most of us do the same thing, but because D is the whistle most people start with, we treat D as the bell note of our whistle regardless of the actual key of the whistle. I transpose most tunes to D or G.
After all I came to the whistle from the mountain dulcimer and I have tons of stuff tabbed out in D.
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And a lot easier to take out caroling than a piano.
What tune are you working on this week?
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I am getting O Come, O Come, Emmanuel ready to play for our church offertory before Christmas. I will be accompanied by our wonderful 91 year old pianist. I love the music of Christmas.
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Sunday I was able to do a tribute to my fellow veterans in church. I played Amazing Grace followed by Taps. It thrilled my heart when a former student of mine, who had served, stood with the rest of the veterans.
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We lost Pax last year, and Lilly missed him terribly. We got her a new buddy, Marley. Never a dull moment.
Favorite whistles
Instruments- discuss specific whistle features, brands, tweaking, problems, questions
What are your favorite whistles?
I really love both of my Mack Hoover whistles when I play out at the hospital or nursing homes. But I tend to grab a Clark traditional whistle (the one with the wooden fipple) when I go outside to play. I enjoy its breathy sound for airs and hymns that I like to play. The price is hard to beat.
updated by @norman: 01/30/20 01:32:23PM
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Paradigms, both of my Hoover's are phenolic resin. Check out his web site. Lots of interesting information and sound clips.
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I have a Hoover Bb that takes less than a whisper of breath to make sing. I play at hospitals and assisted living centers and all my whistles are much too loud there.
Mack voiced a D and the Bb so quiet that they are perfect for my special folks. In fact, if I forget and play them like my Dixon I almost burst a lung from the back pressure. However, played softly they have a sweet, gentle sound.
What tune are you working on this week?
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I'm currently trying to get Inisheer under my fingers. It is a nice G tune that is pretty simple. There are several You Tube versions to study.
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I believe the "screeching thing" is caused more by mis-fingering a hole than by breath. With practice it becomes less an issue. Breath control is harder to develop, particularly when trying to blow the whistle into tune.