Chiff and Fipple Forums

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On a whistle, key is reasonably easy - if you play it on a D whistle without accidentals, it's probably in D. The relative minors all sound pretty obviously minor. And so on, I think. The people at your session were probably playing by ear at least as much as thinking consciously of key. My favourit...

that sounds really, really nice. Almost flutey.

I saw that one! I'll be very interested to know how you like it, though I can't comment on the whistles.

not so much intelligent design as genius fruitcake design.

Feadoggie wrote:Thanks, ducks. That all makes sense to me. I'm still trying to figure out what I am doing when I feel the leak on my composite low D.

I can't say I noticed any escaping air, at all.

erm. {picks up whistle to confirm I actually play the way i think I play} Ok, it kind of rests on my bottom lip with my top lip touching it if I'm relaxed; if I'm playing high or leaning in to it much my mouth tightens, hence the squeeze. It's not inside my mouth as such. Does that make any sense? a...

I am fairly sure that as it's pinned in place that I would break it if I did that?

Feadoggie, thank you, that's just what I wanted to know! It's a high D from 09/2007 (I think, that last digit is a little hard to read, but unless it's a very curly 1, it must be a 7). The gap isn't visible as such - it looks like a seam not a gap - but the tip of the fipple is very slightly mobile,...

maki wrote:How cool are whistles?
World class players use $10 instruments and beginners only need spend $200-500 to get a world class instrument.

Which is about where a second-hand, half-way playable, instrument of most other kinds, starts.

buuuuuuttttttt...

all whistles sound a bit different. All whistles play a bit different. And it's about which you like listening to when you play it, best... I was really interested when I went to buy a whistle to try out a wide-ish variety and find what a difference there was between them all.

I recently bought a secondhand Burke composite from a C&F member (and yes, the whistle is better than me; yes, it's very lovely and a real pleasure to play and completely different to my Dixon; and no, I don't regret the £££ :D) but the fipple isn't attached at the top. The base of it is rock so...

mathematically, 36% is a reasonably significant difference. I find loudness a difficult thing to grasp in many ways, though.

I thought chiff was pretty much the second thing you said. The crispness at the beginning of the note.

would it be feasible to use bicarb? It works on many weird odours.

(sorry, I'm only lurking here due to a harmonica-playing daughter. I know it's an old thread, but I'm weirdly fascinated by smell-removal.)