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Thanks for the advice Blaydo.
Interesting effect with that twofinger cut, takes a bit of prakticing though. Well I've just been sacked for the winter (working as a gartner) so I've got a lot of time to practise at the moment.

Peter

Hi. Thanks for the advices everyone :) . I,ve done a litle experimenting and find that the one that sounds most natural (to me) and on the same time the easyest to play is Blaydos advise with all holes covered and cutting with the E finger. the most difficult about it is to remember to blose the top...

Hi All. I've now been playing the whistle for a year, that I've spend learning the whistle to know, trying out different whistles. I'm now at the point where I'm cumfterbal :oops: (sorry about the spelling, hope you get the meaning) with the whistle so I'm beginning to take up ornamentations. For no...

Thanks for the link.

I'm not that good on musical teory. How do I transpose it to D-whistle.

Peter

I know that this is not the usual music played here but I would like to learne this tune (El Condor Pasa).

So does anybody here have the dots or a midi-file of this tune, or does anybody know where to find a midi-file, I would be very glad.

Thanks.

Peter Juul

Hi Eivind. Thanks for your advice, but the flute is for some time ago past on :sniffle: to the next person on the tourlist. I got a PM from Jon C. and a very nice PM from Berti66 (Actually two :lol: , the first one in Duch, whitch I don't understand.) with surgestions on how to deal with the Cnat an...

Year, what book?????


Peter Juul

ps.never clean a whistle...they don't like it. I disagrie with you Phil. Two weeks ago I won a bid on Ebay on one of your Kerry Low D Plastic Head, when it arrived it was just filthy. The outside of the tube was all black and the inside was almost furry from old meals and nicotine. The windway was ...

Hi Nighthawke. Welcome to this forum, this is a wierd :boggle: , fun :D , careing :cry: and very informative place :o and I'm sure that you will like it here. :P Just like you I started (4 months ago) on a Clare, a nice litle whistle. I too have had my battles with C nat and is now mostly playing OX...

Hi Emrys. Sad to hear about you finger, but glad to hear that you at least can play one instrument :) . Not beeing able to play any instrument that would be a disaster. About your finger I'm sure that something can be done. My whife had a triggerfinger (the thumb, too), when she was a young girl (lo...

What about the european tour?

Is it going ok?

Peter

Ok, I see, Pinkyextentions.

Peter Juul

Hi. An hour ago the postwoman brougth me the flute . :D After unpacking it the first impression was, so many parts! :o how do I put it together?!? :boggle: (Well, first time I've got one of these babyes in my hands). I managed to solve the puzzle :lol: and I must say this is a beauty, beautyfull red...

Thanks for the responce. Your confirming my suspision. :D Not that I'm realy looking for a wooden flute in the moment. I'm busy with the Böehm flute, that I've been playing for many years now. And my new passion, the whistle, that I've played since christmas. On the other hand, I'm waiting for John ...

Hi All I've been on Ebay and came across a compani named Cane Traders, Who offers an Irish Flute in Rosewood for a Buy Now Prise of 49 $. http://stores.ebay.com/Cain-Trader_Flutes-Wood-Wind-Other_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ2QQftidZ2QQtZkm Does anybody have any experiences with these flutes? :-? Are they...