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Chris
@chris
12/25/18 04:21:08AM
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New Year Resolution


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Wow Keith I think you are doing pretty well

I Have

1xTony Dixon DX001 (D)

1xTony Dixon Brass Trad (D)

1xBrass Killarney (D)

1xJerry Freeman tweaked Generation (D)

1XSusato Kildare (D)

1xClarke with a wooden fipple (D)

1xFeadog (D)

1xClarke Meg (D)

1xClarke Meg (C)

1x Generation (Eb)

I think it's safe to say you are winning this race happys flute

Chris
@chris
12/24/18 04:08:34AM
9 posts

New Year Resolution


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He who dies with the most whistles wins!!

Chris
@chris
12/18/18 10:48:37PM
9 posts

What's your favourite whistle made of?


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Yes that's correct. My whistles are all high D except for one which is an Eb Generation.

Chris
@chris
12/18/18 08:38:53PM
9 posts

What's your favourite whistle made of?


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My favourite whistle at the moment is a Tony Dixon DX001 black abs plastic whistle.

I have 9 whistles 2 of them i never play, 3 of them I play now and then and the last four are nearly all my favourites, but the DX001 always ends up the winner. flute

Chris
@chris
12/11/18 12:59:54AM
9 posts

The Positive Thread


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Cheating????? No just using the advantages built into the instruments tuning

Chris
@chris
12/09/18 10:45:54PM
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The Positive Thread


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Hi Keith

Could you expand on what you mean by "C fingering style"? I'm a bit confused.

Thanks

Chris
@chris
11/16/18 07:34:57PM
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The Positive Thread


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I don't get the brass smell on my fingers either.Doesn't matter how long I play for.

I've got a Jerry Freeman tweaked Generation in D and a Killarney whistle in D, both brass.

The Jerry Freeman is tarnished and I think it looks great,the Killarney is only a few days old and is starting to show some tarnish already which is fine by me.

Chris
@chris
11/12/18 03:47:49PM
9 posts

What tune are you working on this week?


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I am learning the Mudgee Waltz in G. The key of G used to do my head in when I first started but I made friends with it by practicing scales.

Mudgee is pronounced kind of like in gee whiz. So if you just put mud as in mud and gee together you've got it.

I know the tune well as I used to play it on the harmonica.

Chris
@chris
11/12/18 04:39:04AM
9 posts

What tune are you working on this week?


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HI All

I am currently working on The Foggy Dew, a fairly easy piece but I am slow to learn it as I have a terrible ear and learn from sheet music,which I can only read slowly.

The other tune I am learning is The Mudgee Waltz. It's an old Australian tune, I got the music for it from a book titled "Folk Songs of Australia and the Men and Women who Sung Them"

I got the book at a garage sale for $3 and it's a goldmine of old tunes,dances polkas all sorts of stuff.