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I was recently reminded of Jambalay by The Carpenters.

The flute produces a lovely lively solo (about 1:10) - has anyone here managed that on a whistle? Is it even possible?
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DrPhill wrote:I was recently reminded of Jambalay by The Carpenters.

The flute produces a lovely lively solo (about 1:10) - has anyone here managed that on a whistle? Is it even possible?
The flutist is Bob Messenger...great bassist (!) and tenor player too! Not to mention all round good-guy. :thumbsup:

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piperjoe wrote:
DrPhill wrote:I was recently reminded of Jambalay by The Carpenters.

The flute produces a lovely lively solo (about 1:10) - has anyone here managed that on a whistle? Is it even possible?
The flutist is Bob Messenger...great bassist (!) and tenor player too! Not to mention all round good-guy. :thumbsup:

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Blower wrote:I'm having trouble believing that the tune he's fingering is the same as the one he's playing!
Good eye, because it ain't. It's an over-dub. I didn't bother reading the fingers (and Boehm fingering makes it even more difficult for me), so I can't tell you what he IS playing, but look closely enough and you can tell there's no relationship whatsoever between what you hear and what you see.
DrPhill wrote: - has anyone here managed that on a whistle? Is it even possible?
You'd have to have mad skillz at half-holing. I've known a couple of pretty amazing whistlers who could probably do it with a little woodshedding, so practice up!
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Nanohedron wrote:You'd have to have mad skillz at half-holing. I've known a couple of pretty amazing whistlers who could probably do it with a little woodshedding, so practice up!
Thanks for confirming the difficulty.... I will save that one for a winter day when I have the house to myself......
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Not a big deal - G major, i hear just one F before F# - easy to play with half hole - and high E,D, and C#, should be no problem with a good whistle
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If my memory serves correctly, a transcription of the solo appeared in Down Beat magazine not long after the album came out. Also, it seems like Tom Scott played the solo on the recording - on an E-flat soprano (Boehm) flute. There was a sort of fad among West Coast studio musicians for the E-flat flute back in the 1970’s.
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