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by Cyberknight
Mon Jan 08, 2024 8:04 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Double hole whistles?
Replies: 181
Views: 17031

Re: Double hole whistles?

Fully keyed whistles were always extremely rare. I’m not aware of more than ... point was that very, very few makers have constructed actual tin whistles - the preferred instrument for ITM - with keys. These ...
by Cyberknight
Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:16 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Double hole whistles?
Replies: 181
Views: 17031

Re: Double hole whistles?

... claim that "adding additional holes to a whistle does not make it harder to play" went ... perfectly relevant if you want to play in any key on a single whistle. I often go to sessions, ... common for Scottish tunes). If you're ok sitting out of a lot of tunes, then sure, playing chromatically ...
by Cyberknight
Fri Jan 05, 2024 4:01 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Double hole whistles?
Replies: 181
Views: 17031

Re: Double hole whistles?

... rather have an instrument that can play in any key than 5 different instruments with different ... thanks. So why do you want to play the whistle? What kind of question is this? I want to ... go back to wooden blocks and heavily tapered tin bodies, as whistles started out. And if you ...
by Terry McGee
Fri Sep 01, 2023 3:19 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Tweaking a whistle with a dirty/harsh sound
Replies: 148
Views: 67596

Re: Tweaking a whistle with a dirty/harsh sound

... potential suppliers? Is this an example? Irish Whistle Flute C/D key Ireland Flute Tin Penny Whistle 6 Hole Flute Musical Instrument https://s.alicdn.com/@sc04/kf/H50d18d1306054064a8a9a52791310f7cD.jpg_960x960.jpg ...
by RZRBK WHSTLR
Wed Aug 23, 2023 6:05 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Suggestions - Low D or Low G?
Replies: 6
Views: 1715

Suggestions - Low D or Low G?

I recently decided to take up the Irish/tin whistle. I play a few instruments to varying degrees - fiddle, ... looking for specific whistle suggestions, just which key would be the most versatile for a guy who's probably ...
by grajohnt
Mon May 08, 2023 11:35 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Help ID'ing Mystery Tin Whistle
Replies: 3
Views: 1758

Help ID'ing Mystery Tin Whistle

... what felt like a lot of money at the time on a tin whistle (it was probably 50-100 Euros) in a local music ... only marking is the engraved "D" showing the key. I have very vague memories of it being in a case with ...
by gbyrne
Tue Mar 28, 2023 11:45 pm
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: Whistle and flute
Replies: 28
Views: 5405

Re: Whistle and flute

... worry about this. The basic principles of the key ornaments remains similar from whistle to flute (cuts, taps, long/short rolls and crans) ... musician in my 20s so my ear isn't completely tin (though I'm quite pitch-y but that might be besides ...
by Alaskamike
Mon Nov 28, 2022 1:18 pm
Forum: World/Folk Winds
Topic: Mountain Ocarinas in G
Replies: 0
Views: 6575

Mountain Ocarinas in G

... small (pocket-sized) inline ocarinas in the key of G. The fingering is similar to a tin whistle in the lower octave. What I really like about them, other ...
by eskin
Thu Oct 27, 2022 3:56 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: CP: Celtic Sounds 3.0 for iOS released
Replies: 1
Views: 2808

CP: Celtic Sounds 3.0 for iOS released

... additional sounds and a UI refresh): Demo of whistle sound with the WARBL (Pandemic edition): ... Irish and Scottish musical instruments: High-D Tin Whistle Wooden Flute Uilleann Pipes Chanter, ... may also play the sounds using a hardware MIDI keyboard or other MIDI controller attached to the ...
by oleorezinator
Sat Sep 24, 2022 9:00 pm
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: Innovations
Replies: 23
Views: 5272

Re: Innovations

Damien Rogeau wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:54 am Making a "Glissando" type of headjoint.
Making a dizi type of headjoint that could be activated or deactivated by a key.
Making a keyed tin whistle
3D printing flute
Making a bass Irish flute
These have been covered. Old hat
The google machine works wonders.
Wooden keys? Why
by Damien Rogeau
Sun Sep 18, 2022 8:54 am
Forum: Flute Forum
Topic: Innovations
Replies: 23
Views: 5272

Re: Innovations

... I got so far: - Adding a roller the short F key so that it's easier to play Fnat ->D - Making ... or deactivated by a key. - Making a keyed tin whistle - 3D printing flute - Finding a way to implement ...
by stringbed
Mon Aug 22, 2022 1:47 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: C Whistle - Transpose or Not
Replies: 50
Views: 8264

Re: C Whistle - Transpose or Not

... The clarinet differs from the flute and tin whistle by the first overblown register being a twelfth ... born into the classical orchestra and its initial four-key system was rapidly expanded to a two-digit number to ...
by stringbed
Sat Aug 20, 2022 1:49 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: C Whistle - Transpose or Not
Replies: 50
Views: 8264

Re: C Whistle - Transpose or Not

... a D!" and mean XXX XXX (for the whistle) rather than "play all fingers down!" ... D major, so if you’re playing a D whistle the key note is your six-finger note. If you’re playing an G whistle, it’s the two-finger note.” Tin whistlers also commonly read tablature and many ...
by stringbed
Thu Aug 18, 2022 11:22 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: C Whistle - Transpose or Not
Replies: 50
Views: 8264

Re: C Whistle - Transpose or Not

... or whatever. When someone plays a C on a D whistle it sounds a C — it is not a transposing ... sounds a Bb — it is a transposing instrument. Tin whistles are designated by their six-finger ... conceptualization, by their primary major key. This does not alter the definition of a transposing ...
by stringbed
Sat Aug 06, 2022 9:15 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: tin whistle recordings from 1945 and 1929
Replies: 6
Views: 1777

Re: tin whistle recordings from 1945 and 1929

... obvious protocols (and looks forward to getting used to them :) ). At what point did the tin whistle in jazz become a less reasonable topic of discussion ... tin whistle was an April Fool’s Day joke (perhaps the key to my puzzlement), Les Lieber’s was not, and where does ...