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Beautifully stated. But now you've done it. You've made everyone who has never played in a session want to join one, so they can experience that grand feeling at least once in their lifetimes. The idea of an audience for my music really doesn't appeal. I don't know why, because I've done public spe...

My music goals, are to learn a few tunes on ALL my instruments (6 string, and another on the way, 4 wind, and 2 keyed) by the time I'm 50, which is late 2023. ... With that variety of instruments, you probably play a number of different styles. What musical genres do you play on whistle? Correct, I...

1. What did you accomplish on whistle in 2019? I got started. After abandoning any hope of being musical over three decades ago, I decided to have another go, and got a swathe of different instruments, the whistle being one of them. Maybe I should specify limiting myself to two whistles as an achie...

Here's a vid I found on YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=547y5by94XA

I took a gamble on one of these recently, and am really glad I did. It's a fun little instrument. For those who aren't familiar, a baglamas (NOT plural of baglama) is a miniature three course bouzouki type instrument. It's tuned similarly to the higher three courses on a mandolin. The lowest pitched...

I bought two Dixon brass trad whistles last year, my first and only whistles, and I've been quite content. The itch is scratched.

Self-discipline to not buy an altogether different type of instrument that I don't own yet, is a whole different challenge.

I'm going to say that pitch accuracy and breath control go hand in hand, and muting your instrument and/or restricting your blowing in a way that affects intonation will be counter-productive in impeding the development of the essential unconscious association you need between the two right from th...

I'm a newcomer to the whistle myself, and also don't want to be subjecting others to my dismal playing, so I understand your shyness, and wish to be muted. I have blocked off half the window with Blu-tack (what some here call poster putty) to tone it down a little. I'm less concerned about pitch acc...

Thanks Steve. I'm still very new to this.

Impressive comparison. Thanks for that.

Congratulations!

Is it my eyes, or does the tube extend into the window...? Tell us more, please.

You probably don't mean rosewood :) Wooden carved Xiao have become cheaper (not better btw) than the extensive challenges of bamboo grown Xiao flutes. The CNC toy and 3d printing boom has made them a dime a dozen. Unless you know of a good maker, who uses his voicing expertise to hand cut the embou...

Thanks again. I'm in the UK, so I'd most likely be buying online and importing, unless I decide to try one of the real cheap ones. I'm not considering one of the real elaborate ones anyway. I've seen some rosewood xiao, but they're well beyond what I'd be looking at paying.

Thanks for great insights, Tonehole. £8!!! Wow! I have seen a few listed around that price on the bay, but didn't think they'd be worth the gamble. The other very cheap ones I've seen, are branded Atlas. I think they're usually around the £15 mark. I get the impression they're a lottery though, and ...

Had fun today, playing tunes out of a clarinet songbook, on a Bb whistle with C fingering. I really like the "capo" approach to this instrument.