A quick key check please?

[DrPhill]

I am still trying to learn tunes by ear.... could some kind soul tell me if I a right playing this on a D whistle starting on A, and spanning first to second e?

Thanks in advance for your help.....

[hans]

I think you are right.
Sort of a pentatonic major scale on A:
A B C# E F# A

[Nanohedron]

My first impulse was to start it on G; it works perfectly in that key because the low note is then D as is the uppermost span, and it would be easier because while you CAN play just fine it in A, you'd have to half-hole that G#. Not that that's a bad idea; just depends on what you're shooting for.

Me, I'm lazy about those things.

[Edited in the wake of Hans' post: I THINK I heard a sharpened seventh in there, anyway. Maybe I was just auto-variationising in my head. ]

[DrPhill]

Thanks to you both. I think I am getting better at matching pitches, and maybe more confident. But I still need some reassurance, so I really appreciate your listening and checking for me.

Hans - I wonder if there is a reason for me liking pentatonics? Perhaps they are just less complex?