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My all time favorite hymn is "Fairest Lord Jesus".

I've recorded it twice: on slack-key guitar, and double ocarina with slack-key guitar. You can hear the slack-key version at the "mp3.com/AldonSanders link. The double ocarina version is at the nowhere radio/One Man Band link.

Beer is your friend. It comes in peace.

Although I play musical instruments 'right-handed', I am a lefty when it comes to skills requiring visual aim. My left eye is dominant, so when I shoot rifles or a bow and arrow I'm much more accurate with the left. While in the US Army I qualified on the M16 shooting both left and right handed, wit...

I got the plastic version a couple of weeks ago. It's been over 10 years since I played sax in the US Army Band (95th Division!), so getting my chops back is taking some time. I went out and got a 1 1/2 and 2 reed to use while I was getting my embochure back. I also added one of those rubber stick-o...

Definitely, my Susato. I have more expensive whistles, but the Susato is the only one I play on stage. It's a wonderful instrument, and durable.....

My theory is that musical ornaments originated at the same time musical awareness did. There has always been a spirit of inventiveness that naturally comes with facility on an instrument. The 'plain stuff' gets boring, and the urge to spice it up would come quite naturally. Ornaments came from music...

Thanks, to all who replied! I am about to go and try the 'rolling the whistle' technique. I've never heard of doing it that way, so it intrigues me. I've found that how I half hole depends on what comes before and after the note. (It's not a consistent thing, just whatever feels right and gets the r...

I was wondering how other whistle players out there 'half hole'. For instance, you can cover the bottom half or top half of the hole. You could also cover half of the hole vertically. I've found all 3 approaches useful, but would like to know what other players are doing. Thanks! _________________ >...