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Yep, the Walton's a different beast. I think I made a thread like this when I started and Peter (rightfully) pointed out that it was the whistler, not the whistle. Keep at it. You can shout into the Sweetone and it will still sound about right, need to be a little more careful with the Walton IMHO....

How long did it take you all to get to the point where you can do this octave skipping? weeks? months? years!!? what does it mean to 'tongue the high note?' Push your tongue against the soundhole? Also is there any way to play the higher notes without playing them really loud? the shrillness really ...

I can play the first octave reasonably well now, but i bought a new whistle today and it came with some songs that jump from say something like... XXXXXX to X00000, 0XX000, 0XXXXX+ XXXXX0+....which i haven't come across much in the 'Baa Baa black sheep' level I have been playing upto now. And it sou...

It's getting to me!

I think it must be my blowing, as its fine for a moment, the note sounds lovely, then SHREEK!!! it jumps again.....

It seems to skip to the upper octave way too easily, even when i am playing a scale!

Could this be just down to the fact i was playing a sweetone before, which had to be blown much harder? or is this a common thing with this make ?

thx

What is a GHB? ? Great Highland Bagpipes - abbreviated to GHB to avoid confusion with the Uillean Pipes. (The latter, since bellows-driven, probably doesn't do much for lung capacity. But it can be played indoors without breaking windows and glassware or deafening the listeners.) 8) aha! I love the...

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that spirometer thing looks like a potheads bong

What is a GHB? ?

and I did play harmonica for a while, but i'm not a great fan of its sound when i play it..

Actually, I've heard one since this topic originally was posted. In the words of Newfoundland flute and whistle player Gerry Strong... (Patsy Judge, an old Newfoundland whistle player) also had his own tune that he called the Fairy Tune. He claims that it was taught to him by the fairies one night....

"Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" by M. R. James. The speech served to remind Parkins of his little discovery of that afternoon. It was with some considerable curiosity that he turned it over by the light of his candles. It was of bronze, he now saw, and was shaped very much afte...

Can playing whistle increase or improve our lungs capacity ? I quit smoking Dec 2004 after 20 years of it and I was just wondering if there is anything in this idea?? I do run out of 'puff' a bit as I play, but I need to learn better technique and as I have only been playing a very small amount of t...

Last year sometime somebody listed a site called "Yet Another Digital Tradition Page" at http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/ . This has tons of songs, and MOST have the music - and the dots for the whistle. It's pretty easy to use - click on the first letter of the song you want, th...

Also just to be awkward I am no good at music reading.

Theo wrote:It's easy enough. Try something along the lines of (on a D whistle):

B BBB BB E G B
A AAA AA D F# A
B BBB BB C# d e d B A F# E E

Mine is a key of C whistle do i still play the same notes ?

Hi, i was wondering can anyone give me some hints on how to play this tune ?? is it easy to play for a beginner??

i've looked for a whistle tab all over google but found nothing

thx

thanks for all the replies :), after reading them i now do think it is my technique that's at fault. i'm getting a lovely note when i play the C with all fingers covered (lower octave) i really do like the sound of that note. but by the time i get to the B.....it sounds like a cat who got his tail t...