DaveVisi wrote:
What's trick to getting high 2nd octave tones out of a whistle. I have a Clarke D, and now a Freeman Mellow Dog in D, and I can get the lower half of the 2nd octave, but it fizzles out around the high B or A. Even the next note down requires some really hard blowing, and the resulting tone sends my dog howling. Should it really that painfully loud? Or is there a trick to it that I'm not getting?
If the above suggestions don't work you may wish to look at a different angle.
One thing to consider is that your perception of the octaves may be skewed. What you think is the 2nd octave may actually be the third.. I have a Freeman Mellow Dog in D and that thing drives like a cadillac. It really is a smooth comfortable experience. Transitioning on the the octave on that whistle is a snap. There really should be no hard blowing required at all.
You may want to experiment by attempting to pull back the amount of air your pushing through the whistle. You may find that you have yet to discover the first octave.