I didnt know if this was the right place to post videos, or even if there is a right place...anyway.
I have a cheap tin whistle. It aint great but it was spotted at a gift shop in a museum and so I bought it.
https://youtu.be/jlMXrw_fkro
https://youtu.be/jlMXrw_fkro
Amazing Grace on my cheap tin whistle
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Amazing Grace on my cheap tin whistle
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Re: Amazing Grace on my cheap tin whistle
I enjoyed your recording of amazing grace! I'm a newbie whistler so don't feel able to comment much. I've played bagpipes for many years and the saxophone also.
One thing I learned was not to get too hung up on the quality of the instrument, sure it helps a lot; but getting the basics of tone, clean fingering and rhythm is most important; which is what I'm working on!
One thing I learned was not to get too hung up on the quality of the instrument, sure it helps a lot; but getting the basics of tone, clean fingering and rhythm is most important; which is what I'm working on!
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Re: Amazing Grace on my cheap tin whistle
Thanks. Its not a great instrument to be honest. When I play a scale on it its ear piercing! Thankfully I have a better one on the wayandrewgibson wrote:I enjoyed your recording of amazing grace! I'm a newbie whistler so don't feel able to comment much. I've played bagpipes for many years and the saxophone also.
One thing I learned was not to get too hung up on the quality of the instrument, sure it helps a lot; but getting the basics of tone, clean fingering and rhythm is most important; which is what I'm working on!
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Re: Amazing Grace on my cheap tin whistle
And I really enjoyed the beautiful tone on your Aulos 211 tenor recorder. Keep up the good work!
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Thanks!Chifmunk wrote:And I really enjoyed the beautiful tone on your Aulos 211 tenor recorder. Keep up the good work!
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Re: Amazing Grace on my cheap tin whistle
Sorry but as the resident Hymn Pedant I must interject
Amazing Grace is a hymn, and a hymn is a set of words. (Pardon if you know all this stuff, many people aren't aware of it, even musicians sometimes.)
To sing a Hymn you have to pair it with a tune; traditionally any tune with a suitable meter is just as proper as any other tune with said meter.
I became aware of this from doing Church gigs. The choir director would tell me "we're singing such-and-such" (Hymn) and I would then have to ask "what tune?" or I might be ill-prepared for the gig (it happens).
So... Amazing Grace is usually heard sung to the tune NEW BRITAIN (tune titles are traditionally rendered in all-caps) but here is Amazing Grace sung to a different tune, FIDUCIA, my favourite version of all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmFKZmcGAW0
And here's Amazing Grace sung to the tune KINGSFOLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCBrdCK7u9c
About your playing of NEW BRITAIN on the whistle, aren't you overblowing from time to time? People coming from other wind instruments often have a hard time getting used to how little wind many whistles take.
Amazing Grace is a hymn, and a hymn is a set of words. (Pardon if you know all this stuff, many people aren't aware of it, even musicians sometimes.)
To sing a Hymn you have to pair it with a tune; traditionally any tune with a suitable meter is just as proper as any other tune with said meter.
I became aware of this from doing Church gigs. The choir director would tell me "we're singing such-and-such" (Hymn) and I would then have to ask "what tune?" or I might be ill-prepared for the gig (it happens).
So... Amazing Grace is usually heard sung to the tune NEW BRITAIN (tune titles are traditionally rendered in all-caps) but here is Amazing Grace sung to a different tune, FIDUCIA, my favourite version of all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmFKZmcGAW0
And here's Amazing Grace sung to the tune KINGSFOLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCBrdCK7u9c
About your playing of NEW BRITAIN on the whistle, aren't you overblowing from time to time? People coming from other wind instruments often have a hard time getting used to how little wind many whistles take.
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Re: Amazing Grace on my cheap tin whistle
Probably yes, but I'm only a beginner and this was from last year.pancelticpiper wrote:Sorry but as the resident Hymn Pedant I must interject
Amazing Grace is a hymn, and a hymn is a set of words. (Pardon if you know all this stuff, many people aren't aware of it, even musicians sometimes.)
To sing a Hymn you have to pair it with a tune; traditionally any tune with a suitable meter is just as proper as any other tune with said meter.
I became aware of this from doing Church gigs. The choir director would tell me "we're singing such-and-such" (Hymn) and I would then have to ask "what tune?" or I might be ill-prepared for the gig (it happens).
So... Amazing Grace is usually heard sung to the tune NEW BRITAIN (tune titles are traditionally rendered in all-caps) but here is Amazing Grace sung to a different tune, FIDUCIA, my favourite version of all
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmFKZmcGAW0
And here's Amazing Grace sung to the tune KINGSFOLD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCBrdCK7u9c
About your playing of NEW BRITAIN on the whistle, aren't you overblowing from time to time? People coming from other wind instruments often have a hard time getting used to how little wind many whistles take.
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Re: Amazing Grace on my cheap tin whistle
Also people coming from never having played a wind instrument at all... as I can vouch.People coming from other wind instruments often have a hard time getting used to how little wind many whistles take.
Thanks for the info about a 'hymn' being the words only, which can be set to various tunes. Good to know.
Reminds me of how non-musicians tend to refer to all tunes as 'songs' even when the tunes are completely instrumental.
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I will just stick calling the tune Amazing Grace seeing as I dont sing. Not keen on those other versions, although the banjo music itself was nice
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