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- Mon Feb 23, 2009 7:18 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Welsh Tunes for St David's Day
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3761
Re: Welsh Tunes for St David's Day
I don't know the Welsh titles, but two tunes well known in the United States are The Ash Grove and All Through the Night. Another known by the New England contradance crowd is Sweet Jenny Jones. I've heard English words put to them, but I'd love to hear them in their original Welsh (perhaps with acc...
- Mon Nov 17, 2008 8:37 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: True story Of "Feadan" the first Irish made whistl
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1875
The Irish shop in Newport, RI
Ron, that Irish shop is where I bought my Walton's. Great little place, and every time I've been in there they have different stock of stuff. I once bought a book by Paddy Twomey (an autobiography with a ton of unusual tunes and songs in it); and last time I bought a pennywhistle book called The Pip...
- Tue Oct 14, 2008 1:27 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Whistlesmith low D ?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1512
whistlesmith low D
I like mine.
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 4:22 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Twisting its head off
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1740
Twisting its head off
thank you all, gentlemen. I should be OK.
Azw, the Tipple is a PVC flute. No fancy doodads, and the head slides into the body with a bit of twisting. Amazing sound.
Azw, the Tipple is a PVC flute. No fancy doodads, and the head slides into the body with a bit of twisting. Amazing sound.
- Mon Oct 06, 2008 6:19 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Twisting its head off
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1740
Twisting its head off
I have a few bamboo flutes, and they are all one piece. I also have a Tipple, which is in two pieces. I notice that a number of flutes have cases that require that the flute be dismantled. Some folks suggest that the head be carried with one throughout the day in order to snatch minutes to work on e...
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 6:04 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Old-time music on Irish flute? Is it done?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3792
old time music on irish flute, is it done?
My band (shameless plug) does OT music from the 19th century and beyond, and we have always had a pennywhistler. Our "Campfire" CD (http://www.heritagestringband.com/music.htm) features pennywhistle on nearly every cut. The musically inclined of the period played whatever instruments they ...
- Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:20 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: beginner's question: $100 for Tipple or $200 for Tony Dixon?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2844
- Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:18 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: A cheap, decent A whistle?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2151
Cheap, decent whistle in A
Doc, check your PM
- Sun Mar 16, 2008 7:16 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Natalie MacMaster
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1581
Natalie MacMaster
Adrian W., check your PM.
- Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:04 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: whistles tricks?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 2718
- Mon Mar 03, 2008 7:21 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Teacher vs selfteaching
- Replies: 30
- Views: 6508
Enclose, first you MUST set goals. You might become a passable technician without goals, but never a musician. As far as a teacher is concerned, I began playing traditional music in the late '50s. I did not learn from a teacher because there were none where I live. I learned by listening to recordin...
- Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:10 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Details on Freeman-Tweaked whistles...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4420
- Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:09 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Details on Freeman-Tweaked whistles...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4420
On the subject of tweaking, I have noticed that every tweaked whistle I have has had the open space below the windway filled in. I filled in the space of a kind of rough-sounding Feadog with poster putty as an experiment, and the improvement was remarkable. So this causes me to wonder: if a filled-i...
- Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:09 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Details on Freeman-Tweaked whistles...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4420
On the subject of tweaking, I have noticed that every tweaked whistle I have has had the open space below the windway filled in. I filled in the space of a kind of rough-sounding Feadog with poster putty as an experiment, and the improvement was remarkable. So this causes me to wonder: if a filled-i...
- Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:55 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Details on Freeman-Tweaked whistles...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4420
My set of tweaked blue Generations arrived, I've given sthem a week's worth of use, and I love them. As you might expect, the Bb has a very different feel and air requirement than the high G, but use makes them all comfortable. So I can vouch for Jerry's work on Generations and the Sweetone D. I hav...