Couple of related questions
Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2018 4:07 pm
So rather than start a thread for each these, some quick questions perhaps the more experienced can help with:
1) Is there a limit (or should there be) for how many tunes one can learn and retain? I am not sure how many I know now, but I imagine it must be somewhere between 30-40, give or take. Is it possible to learn and retain 100s of tunes played proficiently for example?
2) What is your top tip for "getting good" on low whistle? Obviously that might be subjective and dependent on natural talent, and obviously the main answer is "practice", but any tips for becoming as skilled as pros like Paddy Keenan, Brian Finnegan, Cormac Breatnach, John McSherry, or Fred Morrison?
3) This one is a bit different and technical, but what is it that I am doing wrong here? On my low D (MK Kelpie) I play the second octave proficiently but I sometimes have trouble with the top two notes (A, B) at the second octave. Sometimes they might sound a bit more shrill and loud compared to the lower notes on the second octave, but worse is sometimes I go to hit an A in the second octave and it comes out like a loud blowing sound almost in the fist octave, as though I am not blowing hard enough. What's strange is I am not sure what's causing it because at times I play it perfectly fine, and others these mishaps still happen despite no real variation in my playing.
Feel free to answer any of the above questions rather than having to answer all of them.
1) Is there a limit (or should there be) for how many tunes one can learn and retain? I am not sure how many I know now, but I imagine it must be somewhere between 30-40, give or take. Is it possible to learn and retain 100s of tunes played proficiently for example?
2) What is your top tip for "getting good" on low whistle? Obviously that might be subjective and dependent on natural talent, and obviously the main answer is "practice", but any tips for becoming as skilled as pros like Paddy Keenan, Brian Finnegan, Cormac Breatnach, John McSherry, or Fred Morrison?
3) This one is a bit different and technical, but what is it that I am doing wrong here? On my low D (MK Kelpie) I play the second octave proficiently but I sometimes have trouble with the top two notes (A, B) at the second octave. Sometimes they might sound a bit more shrill and loud compared to the lower notes on the second octave, but worse is sometimes I go to hit an A in the second octave and it comes out like a loud blowing sound almost in the fist octave, as though I am not blowing hard enough. What's strange is I am not sure what's causing it because at times I play it perfectly fine, and others these mishaps still happen despite no real variation in my playing.
Feel free to answer any of the above questions rather than having to answer all of them.