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I was switching between guitar and whistle in a session this weekend, and my right hand was starting to get numb, so I couldn't cover my SweeTone's lower 3 holes reliably, so I used a piper's grip w/ my right hand. I then switched to a cylindrical whistle (Susato, I think) and realized that this was...

Excellent! Thank you so much for such swift detective work!

Here's a nifty jig I learned when I was first taking whistle classes in Baltimore, MD. My teacher may have given it a name, but darned if I remember it. I have put it in abc format in the hopes that someone may be able to play it and tell me what the name is *crosses fingers*, so I can call it out i...

Whatever they were doing, it appears to be back up!

Forgive a Flute Newbie(TM) question, but I've noticed many of these keyless flutes pictured have eight holes. How in the world does one reach the 7th and 8th holes on these flutes? The only thing I could come up with was using a small child to cover the 7th hole when you press down on her left foot ...