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A C whistle will play with similar fingering to tenor and soprano sax (Bb instruments). So if you want to play the same tunes and licks that you play on tenor or soprano sax get a C whistle. All saxes are the same because the music is transposed. My Eb alto is interchangeable with my Bb Soprano and...

What do I want to play? The door is wide open. Example: I took up clarinet 8 years ago when I retired with the idea of playing chamber music with my wife on piano. I ended up switching to sax and playing in community bands. As for the whistle. I might sneak it into our sax trio for variety, but at t...

Traditional irish musicians would refer to the fingerings ("notes") of each whistle as if it were a D whistle, regardless of pitch. Much like different keyed saxophones. Whistles aren't as common in orchestral / classical / written (etc) music, but if they were, you would want the music w...

The OP question is (I believe): Are whistle parts written out transposed for all the various whistles (different as in D, or C, or Bb or ...) or do whistle players transpose/learn different fingerings for each whistle key? And the answer is - drum roll - YES That's the question. So far I only have ...

This is a tough question to search the archives for, so I'll just ask. I'm a sax player, so I'm used to the idea of written music being transposed to match the key of the instrument. Is that done with whistles or do you just learn as many fingerings as you have different keyed whistles, like recorde...

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2. Uncloudy Day
3. Will the Circle Be Unbroken

-- Al

Been taking 5-string lessons for just over a year now - love it!! We covered the full range of styles. Up-picking (i.e., 2-finger and 3-finger) works best for me. I found clawhammer really difficult.