Is there really a 3rd octave?

monkey · Post by **monkey** » Sun May 14, 2006 12:56 pm

How do you play that high? not that I want to, I doubt my ears could take it!!

are there really tunes/songs that go that high??

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Sun May 14, 2006 1:26 pm

The only one I know is an American Civil War-era fife tune, now popular among oldtime fiddle players, called "Quince Dillon's High D Tune". I guess you can guess the high octave note. You don't want to stand near the fifer when this one gets played!

CRC · Post by **CRC** » Sun May 14, 2006 2:47 pm

I have often questioned the existence of the third octave as well. How could one play that high?

! I can hardly take the second octave sometimes.

Tia · Post by **Tia** » Sun May 14, 2006 3:22 pm

I play into the 3rd octave when I play a song an octave higher then written, because i like the sound better, I dont mind the 3rd octave but i think my family doesnt apprecieate it all the time

Jason Paul · Post by **Jason Paul** » Sun May 14, 2006 3:41 pm

There are some tunes in the Bill Ochs tutorial that go into the third octave.

Jason

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Sun May 14, 2006 5:05 pm

I will sometimes play The Girl I Left Behind Me in the 3rd octave for a "fife & drum" kind of sound.

--James

chas · Post by **chas** » Sun May 14, 2006 5:12 pm

There's plenty of O'Carolan that goes into the third octave. The Fairy Queen and Hugh O'Donnell come immediately to mind. The only D whistle I have on which the third octave isn't painful is the Burke Wide-bore Brass. It's clear all the way up to the G.

Whistlin'Dixie · Post by **Whistlin'Dixie** » Sun May 14, 2006 7:19 pm

That hurts me just to think about it.

Better watch out for your ears, is all I have to say.

M

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Sun May 14, 2006 7:49 pm

the correct way to play the 3rd octave if far far away from people that you love.

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Sun May 14, 2006 9:27 pm

I don't particularly care for it. Even if you find a whistle that has a clear 3rd octave, I don't find it pleasing to the ears.... just a personal opinion.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:12 pm

CRC wrote:How could one play that high? !

Earplugs.

CRC · Post by **CRC** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:19 pm

Earplugs! What is it with these musicians earplugs? How can you play music if you have ear plugs on?!

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:21 pm

CRC wrote:Earplugs! What is it with these musicians earplugs? How can you play music if you have ear plugs on?!

You don't need to hear in order to make great music.

Case in point: Ludwig van Beethoven.

CRC · Post by **CRC** » Sun May 14, 2006 10:52 pm

Sounds incredibly frustrating to not be able to hear music. No wonder Beethoven was so angry and eccentric.

William T. Anderson · Sun May 14, 2006 11:27 pm

That was one of the points that really amazed me about my Susatos, the low end of the 3rd octave was VERY tight and easy to hit...