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Greetings!
I've been playing whistle for 1 day now and my neighbors are now utterly provoked.
On a whim, I picked up an Oak whistle and a Mel Bay songbook and began to practice I'll Tell Me Ma (cause I love Brak AND Paddy) for hours on end. A trombonist by training, I'm not at all used to controlling my airflow.
I like the whistle. I hope the comm here can teach me a bit 'bout whistling.
thanks.
I've been playing whistle for 1 day now and my neighbors are now utterly provoked.
On a whim, I picked up an Oak whistle and a Mel Bay songbook and began to practice I'll Tell Me Ma (cause I love Brak AND Paddy) for hours on end. A trombonist by training, I'm not at all used to controlling my airflow.
I like the whistle. I hope the comm here can teach me a bit 'bout whistling.
thanks.
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Greetings! And may we become water brothers in the pool of WhOA. A few more weeks of squeeking and squaking and waiting shall be filled. You will know utter happiness once you Grok whistle playing.
I hope your username is a reference to "Stranger in a Strange Land" otherwise I'm just looking stupid here....lol
I hope your username is a reference to "Stranger in a Strange Land" otherwise I'm just looking stupid here....lol
- OnlyAnEgg
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It is, indeed, from Stranger! Thanks for knowing! You are, officially, the first ever to grok the nick. I've used this for...oh, two years now and no one has caught it without explanation.
As for squeeking and squawking, my first tune, Tell Me Ma, is starting to sound fair, if slow. In fact, I have even put an ornament or two in it as of last night
As for squeeking and squawking, my first tune, Tell Me Ma, is starting to sound fair, if slow. In fact, I have even put an ornament or two in it as of last night
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Welcome to the forum, OnlyAnEgg. I thought a trombone player would have to control his or her breath. Maybe you just have to blow hard all the time. I don't know. I've not gotten far on the whistle, but controlling the airflow was definitely a new thing for me. It sounds as though if you have a tune sounding even fair at this point that you are doing very well.
I looked up the motto in your avatar. I like it!
I looked up the motto in your avatar. I like it!
Diligentia maximum etiam mediocris ingeni subsidium. ~ Diligence is a very great help even to a mediocre intelligence.----Seneca
- OnlyAnEgg
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Well, yes and no, Cynth. While I did control my breathing, it was over the range of loud to very very loud. It takes considerably more to wind a horn than a whistle So, I suppose I meant contolling my breath at a low level. Today was an improvement over yesterday as I seemed to keep the bottom in me whistle after warming it up.Cynth wrote:Welcome to the forum, OnlyAnEgg. I thought a trombone player would have to control his or her breath. Maybe you just have to blow hard all the time. I don't know. I've not gotten far on the whistle, but controlling the airflow was definitely a new thing for me. It sounds as though if you have a tune sounding even fair at this point that you are doing very well.
I looked up the motto in your avatar. I like it!
As for our motto...heh, I really did mean to start playing sooner.
Edit: And, I almost forgot...I ordered 2 Clarkes today! A Celtic D and a Trad in C Now, if I only had two more mouths...umm, and four more hands, too, I guess.
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And so it begins....OnlyAnEgg wrote:
Edit: And, I almost forgot...I ordered 2 Clarkes today! A Celtic D and a Trad in C Now, if I only had two more mouths...umm, and four more hands, too, I guess.
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oh man, you already on the beginning of the slippery slope that starts with an innocent pennywhistle and leads to the dark realm of uilleanns, flutes and *shudder* GHBs.... "if we're gonna go to H*** we might as well enjoy the ride" (Alice Cooper). I would assume the practice chanter is for the GHBs, cause the best practice chanter for uilleanns is a D whistle.OnlyAnEgg wrote:I'm not THAT bad...I only ordered a practice chanter, tooDoc Jones wrote:Early treatment of Whistle obsessive Aquistion Disorder (WhOA!) can prevent taking up Irish flute and Uilleann pipes. Seek assistance from a qualified professional.
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Yes...it's for GHB. I am, after all, Scottish after a couple generations. I have a great affinity for the Irish, though...same oppressors and all.
The chanter is only a tentative step. The whistle is fun and whimsical. The pipes...well, they're formidable and frightening. Since I live in an apartment at the moment, I will not likely get more than the chanter
The chanter is only a tentative step. The whistle is fun and whimsical. The pipes...well, they're formidable and frightening. Since I live in an apartment at the moment, I will not likely get more than the chanter
Helloooooo, Chieftans!
Helloooooo, Brak!
Helloooooo, Brak!
Have you considered something like this?OnlyAnEgg wrote:Yes...it's for GHB. I am, after all, Scottish after a couple generations. I have a great affinity for the Irish, though...same oppressors and all.
The chanter is only a tentative step. The whistle is fun and whimsical. The pipes...well, they're formidable and frightening. Since I live in an apartment at the moment, I will not likely get more than the chanter
http://www.songsea.com/electronic.html
http://electronicbagpipes.united.net.kg/
I'd love to actually hear from someone who's played one of these - I find the whole concept a bit weird. But then again, I'm a flute and whistle player - I can practice quietly enough not to goad the neighbors to a killing rage.