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You may already know of Brother Steve's Tin Whistle Page Thanks: I'd come across it on Google, but I found it hard to find a structure to go through the resources. Perhaps I just didn't look hard enough. I'll take another peek and see. Which tutorial book did you use? This one: https://www.amazon.c...

After 3 months of daily practice from a tutorial book, I think I've reached the end of the beginning. I can play a few tunes note-perfect, double-tongue (the t and k sound for quick notes), slur and pick out grace notes. One thing I haven't managed to pick up yet is music notation. I've been playing...

I've been learning the whistle for maybe 3 months now, mainly from a book I got along with my instrument. I found the hardest note to be C, which the book instructed me to play with four fingers, covering holes 2,3,4 and 6 (counting from the top). While failing to get this note correct, I discovered...

Thanks for the advice. Why are you playing whistle if you want to learn pipes? :wink: Get your set already and get started. Three reasons: 1 - I have nowhere to practice. My house is small and my wife and children are not as enamored of professional pipe players like I am. I doubt they would take ki...

I recently took up the tin whistle as a tiny step toward a long-held and likely forlorn hope of one day learning the uilleann pipes. I haven't even learned how to spell that properly yet, and I'm already in my 40's, so it's a long road ahead. Anyway, picking up the whistle and looking at fingering c...