I honestly wasn't sure you meant a Meg whistle at that point. It was "vanilla" that threw me. We use the same word as slang in the States, but while it means "standard" for us too, it more implies "unimaginative", "boring", and "safe". So, I thought you must instead be referring to something edible!
Apparently I need more coffee.
"If you take music out of this world, you will have nothing but a ball of fire." - Balochi musician
Tell us something.: I'm a fiddler and, latterly, a fluter. I love the flute. I wish I'd always played it. I love the whistle as well. I'm blessed in having really lovely instruments for all of my musical interests.
Location: Unimportant island off the great mainland of Europe
Tell us something.: I'm a fiddler and, latterly, a fluter. I love the flute. I wish I'd always played it. I love the whistle as well. I'm blessed in having really lovely instruments for all of my musical interests.
Location: Unimportant island off the great mainland of Europe
Tell us something.: I have a fascination for musical instruments of all kinds, and though I'm not a very good player I have a small collection of acoustic instruments including 5 recorders, 3 tin whistles , 3 guitars and 2 ukuleles.
Hmm. "Vanilla" is usually a disparaging assessment where I live (E.g., "Nano's so vanilla, he signals his turns even when there's no one around."), so it might just be a local thing, then. I don't get out much.
"If you take music out of this world, you will have nothing but a ball of fire." - Balochi musician
FWIW 'vanilla' in a social context in my world conveyed 'unexciting'. Probably more disparaging would be to be described as 'COT', that is 'colorless, odorless, and tasteless'.
Bob
Not everything you can count, counts. And not everything that counts, can be counted
The Expert's Mind has few possibilities.
The Beginner's mind has endless possibilities.
Shunryu Suzuki, Roshi
I've always had a fondness for Inner Light, even if it's not trad. Apparently Patrick Stewart wanted to get the playing part right by learning a bit of whistle to mimic the motions and give it a more authentic look during the filming of the episode.
True story: earlier this year I was at an Irish trad Festival, but before going there I had attended a comic convention dressed up as Captain Picard and turned my Sindt whistle into a Reissikan flute. The costume doubled as pajamas for the Irish week. Anyways, one of the organizers wanted me to review a tune that I had taught at our morning tune learning session about 10 minutes before it started, while I was still in Star Trek Pajamas. What else was I suppose to do than show up, Ressikan flute in hand, to teach "Ornette's Trip to Belfast"... I guess there's a first for everything!
Tell us something.: I have a fascination for musical instruments of all kinds, and though I'm not a very good player I have a small collection of acoustic instruments including 5 recorders, 3 tin whistles , 3 guitars and 2 ukuleles.