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Just twist the knobs a little. It doesn't take much. I play old-time music and regularly tune it up to AEAE or down to GDGD so it's really no big deal. Use a clip-on tuner and it'll be much easier.
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- Wed Sep 12, 2018 3:02 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Question: Tuning Fiddle Down
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10997
- Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:58 pm
- Forum: Traditional String Instruments
- Topic: Question about shipping a mandolin
- Replies: 4
- Views: 10423
Re: Question about shipping a mandolin
I bought (or rather traded for) a mandolin once and it arrived in a box inside its gig bag completely assembled and ready to play. I've had the same experience with several dulcimers and a ukulele as well.
- Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:44 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Tunes that mimic - Nature, People, Life...
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5451
Re: Tunes that mimic - Nature, People, Life...
Out on the Ocean rolls along, up and down.
- Wed Sep 12, 2018 2:40 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Mopane vs. African Blackwood
- Replies: 27
- Views: 13041
Re: Mopane vs. African Blackwood
I used to have a mopane folk flute. The thing I remember most is that it smelled really nice and the wood was really pretty. I have a boxwood flute now and every time I play it people remark how pretty it sounds. I'm not even a very good flute player.
- Wed May 04, 2016 9:10 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Old Time Irish flute
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6120
Re: Old Time Irish flute
Since I normally play the mandolin in my old-time jam and have learned all the tunes by ear through the mandolin at the jam (not on my own time, only by playing at the jam), I have found that if I bring a flute or whistle that I actually know fewer of the notes than I thought I did. I play melody, n...
- Tue May 03, 2016 5:43 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Old Time Irish flute
- Replies: 29
- Views: 6120
Re: Old Time Irish flute
I play in an old-time (not bluegrass) group in California. Our music tends to have a strong mid-western tendency with a lot of music from Illinois and Missouri. When I first joined the group the leader said only stringed instruments were allowed. Once in a while someone with a whistle shows up and t...
- Mon Nov 23, 2015 1:11 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Total Newbie
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2814
Re: Total Newbie
If your first whistle was too sharp it may be possible to lengthen the whistle and bring it down a little. Either by pulling the plastic fipple out a little or by rubber-banding a small piece of paper that wraps around the end or even a little of both. If the fipple doesn't pull out you may be able ...
- Tue Nov 10, 2015 7:37 am
- Forum: Sold and Old
- Topic: FT: Too many flutes/whistles WITHDRAWN
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1348
Re: FT: Too many flutes/whistles
There seems to be no interest. I retract my offer at this time. Please move to the sold or old forum. Thank you.
- Thu Nov 05, 2015 5:26 pm
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Buying a tin whistle
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5334
Re: Buying a tin whistle
Yeah, what Simon said. And if you're still conflicted, buy one of the $10-$40 ones. Really, it's only a few dollars. I remember when I first got started I ordered an Irish flute and while I was waiting for it, I happened to see $10 pennywhistles by the cash register at the music shop and bought one ...
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:29 pm
- Forum: Sold and Old
- Topic: FT: Too many flutes/whistles WITHDRAWN
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1348
FT: Too many flutes/whistles WITHDRAWN
I have too many flutes that I never play. I am happy to trade one or more of these for something. It does not have to be a wind instrument because as you can see, I have just too many flutes. http://i.imgur.com/opWeWCwl.jpg Bottom to top: 1. Casey Burns small-handed folk flute, mopani. Has a big cra...
- Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:56 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Flat low D
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2439
Re: Flat low D
I bought a new Tipple just last week and played it at the session for the first time on Sunday. Doug makes a good flute. I was able to play in tune so well I couldn't even hear myself. You might want to get a conical wooden flute someday anyway. They are so beautiful to look at, to touch, to play. S...
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:32 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Looking for info on less breathy flutes, Taper/Conical etc
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2416
Re: Looking for info on less breathy flutes, Taper/Conical etc
You can call it "chops" and you can call that thing you're holding a "horn" if you want.
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:30 am
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Boehm taper or Tipple wedge- will they change tuning/spacing
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2060
Re: Boehm taper or Tipple wedge- will they change tuning/spacing
Maybe then when Doug used to offer the wedge as an option he used different hole spacings on the body.
- Tue Nov 03, 2015 10:19 am
- Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
- Topic: Buying a tin whistle
- Replies: 10
- Views: 5334
Re: Buying a tin whistle
Most Irish tunes are going to be in a key that you can play on a D whistle so that is why that is the best one to start with. A D whistle will play key of D naturally, key of G with a special fingering for the C natural, key of A with a half-hole for the G# (but a lot of A tunes use a G natural or d...
- Mon Nov 02, 2015 12:09 pm
- Forum: Flute Forum
- Topic: Keyed Flutes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2876
Re: Keyed Flutes
I think if I could add just 1 key it would either be the F or the G#. I can manage a G# on a good day but I'm just too much of a klutz to manage an F.