I'm a beginning player; I've got two Sweetones (a C and D) and whenever I try the C-nat on the D (or the B-flat on the C), it sounds TERRIBLE. As is not correct. I've tried the following fingerings:
OXX OOO (the "recommended" fingering)
OXX OXO
OXO XXX
And nothing sounds right. I know almost everyone has a Sweetone and I'm wondering--is this just a function of the instrument or am I doing something wrong? Any suggestions? I know I could half-hole but I have a really hard time with that and am hoping there's a cross-fingering I can use. Help!
Sweetone C-nat troubles
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I've got the same problems with my Shaw D -- I need to use 0xxxx0 to get a c-natural. On my Sweetone C it isn't so bad, 0xx000 is close enough for government work, although it sounds a little sharp to me. I'm tempted to move towards half-holing for c-nat.
While I was playing I found this great free <a href="http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/16752.html" target="_blank">electronic tuner</a> which you might want to play with. The depressing thing is how far out all of my whistles are...
While I was playing I found this great free <a href="http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/16752.html" target="_blank">electronic tuner</a> which you might want to play with. The depressing thing is how far out all of my whistles are...
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Try putting some scotch tape over about the upper fourth of the highest tone hole on the whistle. This should bring the C-natural down into pitch with the o x x | o o o fingering, without flattening C-sharp too much.
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I have one of the painted ones, and still find that I need the tape to make the "normal" c-natural fingering work.
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--James
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