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jim stone wrote:I've recently acquired a very positive opinion
of the Burke delrin tipped thin bore aluminum
whistle, which goes for 150.

$170.

Not mentioned above and perhaps obvious, but important: In nearly all cases, the #1 factor behind the sound produced is the performer. This is most obvious when you listen to a recording with the same performer playing both cheap and "high-end" whistles. They sound different, yes, but both...

Accompaniment is kind of like nude photography: When it's done really, really well, people call it "tasteful." (In order to distinguish it from the other kind....)

-Craig

kenny wrote:“Wikipedia” states “the piping tune dates back several centuries”. You don’t know who wrote that or what their source was for that information.

Not anymore.

Thanks,

-Craig

Here's the GHB ornamentation for the tune. [PDF]

-Craig

TonyHiggins wrote:Hey, I'm still trying to figure out the difference between a concertina and an accordion.

To the general public, concertinas are unknown, whereas accordions are actively disliked.

-Craig
Unfairly in both counts, in my opinion...

There's a similar story about Frankie Kennedy using a car horn as impromptu regulators to accompany a tune on the radio.

-Craig

LoLo wrote:eBay....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Tin-Whistle-Irish ... dZViewItem

Good choice, since the seller here is David Le Bas, the guy who makes the Clare whistles.

-Craig

#3 - So you start playing a tune at a slow or medium tempo and someone jumps in and tries to bring the tune at 2-3 times the speed at which you started it. Please folks, if you have bad rhythm, don't bring people down to Hell with you... While it's true that this sort of thing is generally done by ...

I haven't heard Cooney's version, but Cherish the Ladies have a nice version of a song by that name on <i>Woman of the House</i>. You can hear a clip of the song at Amazon, but mind your keyboards; Heidi Talbot's voice may make you drool.

-Craig

Anybody who has one care to comment? Have you enjoyed it? Are you still playing it? Was it easy to play? Did it help you learn being ergonomic and all that? Do you think you sound nice playing it? Do you play it alone or with or for other people? Do you play only fast/ornamenty stuff or do you play...

That's the problem I have with the internet, nobody knows you're a dog. I'm pretty certain that when I post recordings people pretty much figure out that I'm a (musical) pup. Of course, I don't claim to be an authority, but even if I did I think people would figure out that it was hot air. We can a...

Here's what's worked for me. You can take it if it suits your personality or leave it if not. Pick one place in one tune to try an ornament. If you have a teacher, (s)he can help; if not, listen to a recording and pick something which sounds nice. Work on the ornament in the context of the tune unti...

Ro3b wrote:And I do spot-checks with a metronome to make sure our tempos never fall below 110 bpm. Anyone playing too slow gets roundly hooted down.

What, did your drum machine break?

-Craig

vintagekits wrote:Guys, I have been working of this page [...]

Hmmm... are you the same person as BeaumontProject, then?

Just curious.