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by Jeff Guevin
Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:08 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Who to listen to
Replies: 17
Views: 4205

If you have music in mp3 format, you can use a plugin for the winamp player that slow/speed songs without changing the pitch . This may be a great help when learning to play, at least for me it is. The one I use is: http://www.ronimusic.com/winamp.htm Typically with those things you can change the ...
by Jeff Guevin
Mon Apr 17, 2006 10:31 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: whistles and PHP scripting
Replies: 4
Views: 846

I'm interested too, let me know what you're thinking.
by Jeff Guevin
Mon Aug 15, 2005 9:52 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: What CD is in your player right now?
Replies: 120
Views: 12951

On an endless loop:

Lúnasa - The Kinnitty Sessions
Planxty-The Planxty Collection
Planxty-After The Break
Kenny Garrett - Standards of Language (not ITM, but jazz. Smokin'.)

-Jeff
by Jeff Guevin
Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:52 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: You @#$^@^% son of a ^*^#. I oughta $#$#%^%your)(*&^!
Replies: 97
Views: 8105

This is the worst #$@%! excuse for a thread I've ever heard!!! Only someone of acutely deficient intelligence, lack of social grace, suffering from offensive bodily odors, and who probably tortures puppies would ever think of such a thing! Come to think of it, _every_ thread on this #!%^ board is SO...
by Jeff Guevin
Sun Aug 07, 2005 7:59 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: "Flutes and Whistles" on Thistle and Shamrock
Replies: 9
Views: 1291

Thanks, all. I was mostly hoping to hear it "analog", since streaming broadcasts' quality is often (always?) poor. But I'm overdue for another CD spending spree, anyway!
by Jeff Guevin
Sat Aug 06, 2005 6:09 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: "Flutes and Whistles" on Thistle and Shamrock
Replies: 9
Views: 1291

Sigh. My local NPR station (WUOM) is all of a sudden off the air, so no Thistle and Shamrock for me! If anyone ends up with a recording of the program that they'd be willing to share, I'd be much indebted! I wasn't able to find an archive of old T & S shows in my (admittedly brief) search.
by Jeff Guevin
Fri Aug 06, 2004 8:30 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Making the high notes come out properly
Replies: 21
Views: 3780

I'll defer to the more experienced, but FWIW that sounds a lot like a pretty defective Walton's Mellow D I had. I was able to tweak it with the "guitar pick tweak" and make it sound quite nice, but at first it was basically unplayable.
by Jeff Guevin
Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:49 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Dead Space
Replies: 17
Views: 4434

NorCalMusician wrote:So Jeff, how did you find yourself in THAT position??? :twisted:
dubhlinn wrote:I've been there once or twice.
Usually singing Danny Boy.
NorCal, looks like dubhlinn already figured out the answer!
by Jeff Guevin
Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:20 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: Dead Space
Replies: 17
Views: 4434

Bathroom, lying on the floor next to the toilet.
by Jeff Guevin
Thu Aug 05, 2004 2:19 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: two keys on one whistle?
Replies: 21
Views: 5707

Yeah, I guess the "modal" sound is part of the appeal of ITM. I did generalize inaccurately, though we should probably include nassssty rock music in there with the artsy stuff.
by Jeff Guevin
Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:31 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: two keys on one whistle?
Replies: 21
Views: 5707

There are some B minor tunes that can be played on a D whistle as well, although it's not exactly B minor (what would it be called, if the A is natural instead of sharp?) Does anybody know a few ITM tunes that are in B minor? We were trying to think of these a few days ago, but we couldn't come up ...
by Jeff Guevin
Wed Aug 04, 2004 11:05 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: WTT: When is a D NOT a D?
Replies: 60
Views: 9185

Mixolydian is something that you see in older tunes, especially pipe tunes. Mixolydian tunes have the "feel" of a minor seventh chord, if you know what i'm talking about (e.g.: D7). One example: Banish Misfortune. glauber, I think we'd say that it has the "feel" of a dominant se...
by Jeff Guevin
Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:02 pm
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Whistle Forum
Topic: OT - Embarrassing typos
Replies: 21
Views: 4348

Ooh, that's a good one... It reminds me of the Toronto subway poster I saw once about famous songs that nobody ever gets the right words to. My favorite was "Blinded by the light, ripped up like a loofah by the foreman in the night..." which is hilarious if you really think those are the ...
by Jeff Guevin
Mon Aug 02, 2004 10:25 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: most beautiful word (German)
Replies: 22
Views: 5986

... so popular in the US. Popular in the US? ... Just limiting my comment to the realm of my familiarity. I am, unfortunately, not widely traveled. :( John I didn't mean to correct what you said, but rather to add to it--I was both pleased and dismayed, in my very limited travel experience, to find...
by Jeff Guevin
Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:22 am
Forum: The Chiff and Fipple Poststructural Pub
Topic: most beautiful word (German)
Replies: 22
Views: 5986

I like " schadenfreude " (a malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others). That one word explains why all the "reality TV" crap (among other things) is so popular in the US. Cheers, John Popular in the US? When I was recently in the UK, the latest "Big Brother" ...