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Latest Activity
@strumelia
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Which key to choose for the whistle to play with a harpist?":
Posted a response to "Which key to choose for the whistle to play with a harpist?":
"If the harp is chromatic (it can play in any key), then if the harpist plays one tune in G and then plays the next tune in Bb... you will have to change..."
@strumelia
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Which key to choose for the whistle to play with a harpist?":
Posted a response to "Which key to choose for the whistle to play with a harpist?":
"Well, don't you have to just play in the same key as whatever other musician you are playing with?"
@muadib
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Which key to choose for the whistle to play with a harpist?":
Created a new forum topic "Which key to choose for the whistle to play with a harpist?":
"Hello there,
everything is in the title!
D key, G key, Bb key?
regards,
Muko"
@godogs
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Want to trade Alba tunable low F for a tunable low G":
Posted a response to "Want to trade Alba tunable low F for a tunable low G":
"I'm good sold the Alba and bought a used Tilbury low G"
@michael-w6
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "What tune are you working on this week?":
Posted a response to "What tune are you working on this week?":
"I'm hoping to present some tunes for St. Pat's 2022 at a local brewery. I'm working on: Garret Barry's jig, Blackthorn and Tenpenny Bit as a jig set. "
@michael-w6
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "That's Odd":
Created a new forum topic "That's Odd":
"Do you have whistles in unusual scales? I have three in the Mid Eastern Hijaz scale. Rather exotic."
@michael-w6
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Practice!?":
Created a new forum topic "Practice!?":
"How do you structure effective practice time? "
@michael-w6
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"Ah! I had completely forgotten that thread which I have a post on, Anyway, quite a part from whistle talk, has American rap poisoned English culture? "
@keith
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"Here's a link to a search of C&F...."
@michael-w6
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"I have an Airy Tale D and a C from goldfinch which I quite like. The Airy sounds very nice but has a tendency to clog. Do you have links to the reviews you..."
@keith
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"Let us all know what you think of your Goldfinch, when you get them, I've heard mixed feelings about them on the Chiff & Fipple forum."
@michael-w6
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"I, too have been playing an A and G. Mine are by James Becker of Becker Whistles. I like the lower, mellow sound, especially of the A. And as July has..."
@keith
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"My most played are low 'F', low 'G', & 'A' - they just feel right in my hands, & have a nicer quality of sound than the higher ones, to my ears."
@michael-w6
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"I had to search the conversion rate for pounds and USD, I have a several high and whistles like that and they're sweet. Still I find myself playing the low..."
@keith
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"Most of mine are at the cheap end, just a few in the £80~100+ area, & those were mainly acquired pre used.
Howard low D & MK Kelpie low F were my..."
@michael-w6
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"Hummm. I cannot tell if you are serious or playful. Whistles in my collection are from $20 to $200. I've had very few really bad whistles and some very..."
@keith
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"....& most of them are so affordable!"
@michael-w6
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"Hi Keith - Your growing collection is a symptom of WAS, Whistle Acquisition Syndrome. Most players have it. "
@keith
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread":
"Hope everyone has made it through Covid OK - I know that I was in the doldrums for months, (being in lock down), but I seem to be getting back to doing..."
@keith
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Show us a pic of the PRETTIEST whistle you own!":
Posted a response to "Show us a pic of the PRETTIEST whistle you own!":
"....coming back to this - I think my Howard low D, or my MK Kelpie low F are probably the best looking whistles in my collection, & they are both black,..."
@keith
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "What whistles higher than D do you have?":
Posted a response to "What whistles higher than D do you have?":
".....an 'aquired taste'....."
@keith
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
Posted a response to "Your Whistling":
"I played recorders but wanted more volume, but something easy to play, (no keys), so tried a whistle.
Then, as is usual with me, I had to try different..."
@michael-w6
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "What whistles higher than D do you have?":
Posted a response to "What whistles higher than D do you have?":
"Gads! Too shrill."
@michael-w6
• 2 months ago
• comments: 0
Created a new forum topic "Your Whistling":
Created a new forum topic "Your Whistling":
"How did you get interested inthe penny whistle?"
@godogs
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Want to trade Alba tunable low F for a tunable low G":
Posted a response to "Want to trade Alba tunable low F for a tunable low G":
"Strumelia:
What materials and/or brands are you looking for in a low G? I'm mainly looking at tunable metal ones, unless there is a susato G that doesn't..."
@strumelia
• 3 months ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Want to trade Alba tunable low F for a tunable low G":
Posted a response to "Want to trade Alba tunable low F for a tunable low G":
"What materials and/or brands are you looking for in a low G?"
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Which key to choose for the...
Posted: Wednesday August 4 2021, 10:40 AM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Want to trade Alba tunable...
Posted: Wednesday July 21 2021, 9:52 PM
By: @godogs
By: @godogs
What tune are you working...
Posted: Wednesday July 14 2021, 4:40 PM
By: @Michael W6
By: @Michael W6
That's Odd
Posted: Wednesday July 14 2021, 4:33 PM
By: @Michael W6
By: @Michael W6
Practice!?
Posted: Wednesday July 14 2021, 4:31 PM
By: @Michael W6
By: @Michael W6
Your Whistling
Posted: Wednesday July 14 2021, 4:28 PM
By: @Michael W6
By: @Michael W6
The Positive Thread
Posted: Saturday July 10 2021, 4:37 AM
By: @Keith
By: @Keith
Show us a pic of the...
Posted: Saturday July 10 2021, 4:25 AM
By: @Keith
By: @Keith
What whistles higher than D...
Posted: Saturday July 10 2021, 4:18 AM
By: @Keith
By: @Keith
TUNES!
Posted: Tuesday March 16 2021, 9:13 AM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
3/17
Posted: Wednesday March 10 2021, 4:32 PM
By: @Michael W6
By: @Michael W6
DUO
Posted: Tuesday March 9 2021, 4:23 PM
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By: @Michael W6
How to 'subscribe' to a...
Posted: Thursday March 4 2021, 8:30 AM
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By: @Strumelia
Concerning Hobbits
Posted: Tuesday November 3 2020, 6:57 PM
By: @LarryS
By: @LarryS
Getting back on the horse
Posted: Monday November 2 2020, 5:10 AM
By: @LarryS
By: @LarryS
The Drifting Thread
Posted: Monday November 2 2020, 5:08 AM
By: @LarryS
By: @LarryS
Whistle tabs
Posted: Monday August 17 2020, 12:52 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Is anyone doing online...
Posted: Sunday August 16 2020, 1:03 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
Made a whistle pouch
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By: @bookman46
Hole Spacing
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By: @bookman46
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Hello to my new whistling...
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Favorite whistles
Posted: Sunday February 9 2020, 5:26 PM
By: @Wayne
By: @Wayne
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By: @Keith
How to clean your whistle
Posted: Monday October 21 2019, 4:24 AM
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By: @Keith
Other useful forums
Posted: Saturday October 5 2019, 1:39 PM
By: @Keith
By: @Keith
Little improv
Posted: Wednesday April 10 2019, 12:38 PM
By: @LarryS
By: @LarryS
Langspil
Posted: Friday March 1 2019, 6:06 PM
By: @Strumelia
By: @Strumelia
F is for fun
Posted: Thursday February 7 2019, 10:09 AM
By: @Keith
By: @Keith
New Year Resolution
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By: @Keith
By: @Keith
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