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Concur with Mike J's comments about the whistle and about the playing (since January, really???).
Disagree with his comment about the blue label: I actually like it!

OK. Some great music on all the sites suggested above! Thank you to all. Now, I am particularly interested in slow airs coming from Scotland, and preferably for the Low Whistle...
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance

I am not sure there is such a thing as an "easy" instrument. When I was considering the uillean pipes, most people told me to take up the whistle (much easier instrument they said)... I am not finding it particularly easy, at least to play it properly. This being said, and having played it...

There seem to be more and more indeed. However, it appears the bulk of the playing is being done by Eric Rigler (who is mostly famous for the Uillean Pipes but also plays low whistles). He did Braveheart, Titanic (Hymn to The Sea), Road to Perdition and a couple of TV Shows (including the infamous &...

What color are your kitchen plates? -Yellow What book are you reading now? -Quartered Safe Out Here/George McDonald Fraser What's on your mouse pad? -Blank Favorite board game? -Trivial Pursuit Favorite magazine? -Acoustic Guitar, Saveur, The Atlantic Monthly What's the first thing you think of when...

Hey Phil,
Is this why your website (kerrywhistles.com) has been down for a week or so?
Are the Chieftains still going to be produced now that you've become a full-time musician?

Thank you very much for the recommendation. The classes sound great. Since I live and work in NJ, they may be hard for me to make but I emailed Bill Ochs to see if he might be able to recommend somebody more local.
Thanks again!
Patrick

Is anyone aware of Whistle/Low Whistle instructors
in the Northern New Jersey region? I live in Nutley (yes, of Sopranos fame...) which is by Giants Stadium.

Circuitous route at best. Been a guitar player for years. My brother-in-law taught himself fiddle and introduced me to Alisdair Fraser. I bought records, and fell in love with Uillean Pipes (as played by Eric Rigler). Thought I would learn those, got talked out of it and landed on the low whistle in...

I just started on the whistle a few weeks ago, with a Chieftain Low G. Being extremely new at this, I am looking for tips on how to best clean it, both inside and out. If this is relevant, it is made of aluminium alloy and is the non-tunable version.
Thanks in advance