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Yeah yeah here I go again but with my usual stupidity I overlooked a fine example right on this forum. Jazz you say? Educci is yer man! Serious playing. No noodling no bull$hit. http://forums.chiffandfipple.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=98159 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXMtOYqnN9s&feature=you...

The version I'm using I got from the Wandering Whistler site. Also the cross-fingering XOXXXX for A# is the closest to being in tune on my whistle (a WD Sweet). I do a fair amount of half-holing (F nat. for example) but in this case the cross-fingered A# is the easiest for me.

I've been working on a jig, the Blue Angel (AKA the Kings Favourite), and it has a first octave A# in the second section. I've been using a cross-fingering for this note (XOXXXX) that seems to work pretty well. I tried half-holing but it feels awkward and unreliable, especially the sequence C#-A#-F#...

One potential problem I could see with a thumb hole is that once you really get used to it on your D whistle, you might have a hard time playing whistles that don't have the hole. It's a potential problem, but a pretty small one. If I prefer whistles with thumb holes, those are the whistles I'll te...

I like the thumbhole. But then I'm not a hardcore traditionalist. ITM makes up probably about half of what I like to play on the whistle. The rest is old-timey, appalachian, bluegrass, etc. Also some jazz and blues. The thumbhole really comes in handy in some of these other styles of music.

What is the whistle with the keywork? Is it fully chromatic?

Very nice. Excellent playing.

Very interesting.

My Bracker soprano D has a strong low D note. On a par with my Burke session bore D.

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.

I've been working on these tunes too. I try to articulate the notes mentioned by lightly tonguing the notes. Using something like "dee-doo" to make all of the notes speak. I don't know if this would be considered proper technique but it seems to work pretty well. All of the notes come out ...

Interesting instrument. I wonder how it would work with ITM.

Some easy hornpipes would be Wicklow, Off to California, and Little Beggarman. Couple of easy slides would be Weaver's and Dan Okeeffe's. Esay jigs: Saddle the Pony and Tobin's. Hard to think of an easy reel since they're usually played pretty fast but a couple that might make good starters are Drow...

My favorite slip jig, the Kid on the Mountain, has five parts.

I'm a woodwind player (sax and clarinet) and am used to pushing quite a bit of air through a tube. I can't play light blowing whistles at all. They just overblow right off the bat. So I play whistles that will take a little air pressure without overblowing: Susatos, WD Sweet, Bracker, Burke session ...