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eeee by gum I love an ornament! If I chop some into different sizes tie them together put them by the breezy window I can get a whistley chimey thingy

So if I chop a bit off an Eb whistle will I get an E?

I am obviously not condoning a blatantly out of tune note but would just like to make a point... I seem to remember that a whistle player playing a Sindt D whistle (it might have been Mary Bergin) used a piece of tape to partially cover a hole to keep the whistle in tune, on the top end I think. My ...

Yes sorry about that dunno why I thought it was that...must have been a freudian slip! and I should have known because Cormac Breatnach did a lovely rendering.

'Autumn Child' by Brendan O Regan. Lunasa play it followed by a reel called 'Heatons Chapel'. The CD is 'Lunasa' Dont know where you can find the ABC but it is easy enough to learn by listening. The dots can be found here http://www.whistleworkshop.co.uk/autumn ... utumnchild

Devondancer, More praise...steady on!! Cheers though. I also can't justify having the Burke. I originally got it because it is louder than my Sindt and thought it would be better for gigs. I discovered that even with the extra volume and the good tone I still prefer my Sindt. Maybe because it is a g...

Silvano,

Thank you very much!

Dave.

Hope I am allowed to do this? I just need to offload a couple of whistles...so I can go out and buy MORE! I have just listed a Burke D Brass Session Whistle on Ebay UK. I don't know how to do a clicky link but a search on Ebay UK should do it. I will also be selling my Overton (Colin Goldie) Low F i...

Zax,

Cheers for that.

Dave.

Mary said that I said...

DaveAuty wrote:
The further away you live from that culture the more freedom in the music.

and I didn't it was Arnie, honest guv!

Rules and Styles seem to be getting in the way here. What do they actually mean? Surely if someone plays a tune that he/she has heard or seen and plays that tune with some fluidity ie with decent rhythmn and articulation, that persons own style will have to come through. If they are interested enoug...

Stormalong, Why not play the way that you are comfortable with, that would be acceptable. Don't get bogged down by what style to play, what tonguing to use etc as long as the tune you are playing has some musical fluidity and moves along with what everyone else is doing. I would suggest not too much...

A poem which many whistle players may identify with.

The Penny Whistle

Dave.

Very strange discussion, this. Most peculiar.

Carry on.

Best wishes,
Jerry

Not peculiar at all and totally par for the course with everyone playing their parts wonderfully.

Cheers and good luck to you all.

Dave.

wooosh it's gone!