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A meteoralogical music question...Why is it so hard, if not impossible to play the whistle in a strong wind? At least the times I have tried to I get little to no sound. How fast must the wind be to make it hard to play? What are the physics that cause the dissapearing sound?

This site has pennywhitle notation & tabs for THOUSANDS of songs It is the Mudcat database run through some other software to give sheet music for dulcemers, whistles and more, choose from the bottom list, pick A-Z Pick Song, Pick Pennyswistle, Pick Key, If it is not in the right key just find o...

I find each make of whistle calls on me to treat it a bit differently.

I would be interested to know how long you are playing before encountering problems. If it is "Clogging" that is the result of moisture (Spit, Drool, Saliva, not humidity) If if takes several minutes before you have the prob try just shaking it out, hold the bottom of the whistle and swing...

Ok barring info from Picard THE TRIP IS OFF!
PS I was planning to land at night, wait that was the trip to the sun.

Yes, I think I can help you here. You went to a candy store not a music shop. I think that what you have there is very much like "Toot Sweet" the musical candy invented by Dick Van Dyke in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Never go shopping for whistles untill you have had a candy bar at home or yo...

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Guru, funny you should mention graphic skills, as that is what I do for a living, but your conceptualization makes sense to me as you have described it. My ability to put concept into practice however remains dubious, regardless, thanks for the hints, links and your indulgence.

Once located here http://sniff.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/ This site had all the songs from Mudcat's Digital Tradition data base, and there were thousands, this site however had among other things pennywhistle tabs for every song. The site is not affiliated with mudcat and was there just because th...