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Ok, keeping things in the kwela thread. This is a bit of a long read - sorry. I wrote it a year or two back as a personal memory, but thought someone may find it interesting. A meeting with Elias Ngidi. In 2005 I was invited to the Blue Note Jazz Club at the Durban Playhouse to meet and listen to so...

I suppose from your perspective, that of a maker, you'd say that Hans and that's fair enough. From a player's perspective though I think it's not unfair to say way too many people have jumped on the whistle bandwagon and are producing instruments they charge an arm and a leg for. Instruments, if so...

ecohawk wrote:Wow nice find. How does it sound?

ecohawk

No not lead at all.
It sounds fantastic actually. It needed a bit of tweeking and is probably the quietest whistle I have heard in G but a surprisingly solid bottom note and a very sweet upper register.

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5153/ma9v.jpg Well a friend gave me a heads up that a local second hand shop had an old whistle for sale but was unplayable and knowing I am interested in all things whistle related gave me a call. Well I wasted no time and was at the shop within the hour looking at...

Well, no heat/cold method that I tried worked, so I emailed Ian and we'll see if he has any suggestions for me. Man, that thing is in there but good! Seems like you have tried all the usual things - have sent you an email. Definitely on back to front, sorry I have only picked up on this now, but fu...

If you are attempting your own, have a look at this site http://www.echanter.com/ for some ideas.

Feadoggie wrote:
Should I or shouldn't I?

Feadoggie

Yes - do it, I did

Colin Goldie may be interested

thanks for the push I have...

been thinking about this myself as I have a lot of fun with my Deger electronic GHB. have a look at this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EWI you can adjust the fingerering to the instrument of choice (flute, sax, clarinet etc) and what I like about it is that you use breath control for the dynamics. Yo...

It is definitely a Burke and welcome to the forum

As always, Mack posts a good thread! It is the season be thankful and grateful and for this I truly am. I have met wonderful people through this board and have received numerous tips and advice that have helped me play better and work smarter and strive for the perfect whistle. I cringe sometimes wh...

Well this was fun...my results are: Enthusiasm for music 92% Musical perception 99% Emotional connection 64% Social creativity 70% Musical curiosity 90% I too did terribly in the first test with the 1 second clips: hip-hop hip-hop jazz jazz rock hip-hop rock rock pop hip-hop pop pop pop jazz jazz ro...

Very good. Thanks for the link

Found this link on youtube for a documentary of Big Voice Jacks tour with the Dave Matthews band in 1998 - worth a look if you like BVJ's style and humour. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-lWDDxw ... sponse_rev