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whistlecollector wrote:I'm certainly happy to hear you found the long elusive second octave!

But, just between you and me, it was hiding inside those whistles all along, wasn't it?

It was hiding....the little minx

It was hiding so well I was convinced my whistles just didn't have it

Yeah! Congratulations. I wonder if the difference between the too and the hoo is the involvement of the diaphragm. If we breathe from the top of our lungs we can't get those high notes. I've posted this before, so forgive me if you already know this, but an exercise I used when I first learned was ...

fatmac wrote:Congrats - it's always a joy when you finally crack something you've been trying for, for a while.

(Now you won't have to hide in your van anymore..... )

Just that one simple thing did it. I can't believe it gook me so long

Tyler DelGregg wrote:Good thing you weren't using a Susato. Your van windows would have blown out.

Lol...it's a wonder my van hasn't driven itself to the scrapyard to commit van suicide

There was some awesome noises coming out of the Feadog, none of them anything recognisable.

I can assure you both that if my lower octave had been any lower it would have been coming out of a low whistle. I did look at whether I was in the second already, and there's no way I could have been. There was nothing lower that what I was playing and both whistles happily played along in the same...

For the last two months I've been on a quest to find the elusive second octave. This quest has turned into my own 'hunt for the Holy Grail' which at times has left me thinking the only place for me in the whistle world is in the first octave. I have pursued those higher notes with the grim determina...

Benaiahianmonk wrote:Music isn’t new to me but it’s been a lifetime ago . In school band

If you've played before then that's a good base for you to start playing again. Maybe a low whistle?

Yes I agree, think it will be the Sweetone

If I'm going to be holed up in a cabin with time to play tunes, would bring all the keys I own. Take all your whistles; they don't take up too much room. I do envy you being somewhere you can play without worrying about the noise. I'll be leaving my van at home and travelling by train...it makes a ...

Hello....after getting sidetracked and not visiting the forum for what seems like ages. I'm still whistling every day, unfortunately the same sequence of tunes as I've not had time to sit for long enough to learn something new. I'm due to be at the coast again soon, my last roam around of this year,...

I've had my first whistle about 3 weeks now, so I can confidently say I'm a learner too :thumbsup: I play a lot by ear, listen to a tune then play it. But many tunes I see written down cause me the same problems you have...what is the beat, where are the rests, where are the places to take a breath....

I'd say OXXOOO works on whistles that are designed for it, whether thick- or thin-walled. It's a design compromise, typically resulting in a flatter C# (which you can test on a whistle normally preferring OXXXOO or OXXXOX by taping or shading the top hole for OXXOOO), which is why some players don'...

Just one additional thought on the C-nat-question. Cross-fingerings work better on whistles with a thicker tubing. Like plastic or wood (or the Dixon heavy brass model). On a whistle with thick walls the oxxooo works just fine. On whistles with thin walls I mostly use oxxxox which also makes transi...

One of the reasons I eventually decided to buy a house and not an apartment (the price difference wasn't much) was in order to not have to worry about the neighbours. Among other factors, but in the end the two points that tipped it: A little more space, and being able to practice or play whenever ...

I primarily practice in my garage. It has really good acoustics for some reason and if the door is shut then it's fairly sound proof. On the other hand, if the bay door is open it acts like an amphitheater. So far my neighbors are cool with it. Otherwise I play in the car. I keep a whistle in every...