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heee, a dutchman


and the translation is pretty crap

I got a plastic high D tunable and I'm verry happy with it. It's definately softer than a susato and plays pretty good. Onely downfall is the tendency to overblow it

Feadog Stain

listen to Flook. You'll hear the breathing all the time. Just like with a lot of CD recordings.

I have a D lying around. That's why I asked. But if I can get a C for cheap I'll sure give it a try

A bit offtopic. But does a Meg Head fit a Gen Bb whistle? Whitout having to destroy both WHISTLES TRYING?

Here is a proven tip for learning the names of the notes and connecting what you see with what your fingers do. Hold your whistle but instead of playing the notes you speak out aloud the name of the note while fingering the note on your instrument. Go through some music like this note by note and y...

Star of county down And Foggy Dew

I can play some songs from my head now and some more from tabs. But I want off those tabs! Mostely beacause I won't have to translate the music to tabs annymore before playing.
Anny hints/tips?


And how long did you guys take to learn and play from written music?

Ok, I'll gues I'll order somne there next time Celticshop doesn't have that much compared to big whistle

After reading your replies and some other things here on the web I think I'm gonna go for the Dixon (most likely the trad). The o'brien and the sweetone are still a bit above the "whistle budget" because I also still have my "guitar budget" in my "music portfolio". @ B...

The susato is pretty good. It's really lound and indeed can be a bit harder to switch actaves. I'm getting my Dixon this week so I'll be able to compare. Misschien geinteresseerd in een Clarke C. Ik vind clarke's toch niet zo vreselijk leuk klinken. Te "breathy" verder goede fluiten maar n...

Pretty damn awsome. Got anny vinds on how it sounds?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPrdTKOr-Qg

pretty cool

i'm gonna give it a try