Earlier I made a short comparison video showing the 2 methods of reaching High D on my Feadóg D (○●●●●● versus ●●●●●● overblown》). It seems both approaches give a clean note and it would be interesting to see how this works with other members’ whistles.
(I wont post the video unless asked)
Now try going to the d’ from alternating higher notes : edfdgdadbd. Do this at speed.
Use both ways of playing the d’, then re-evaluate which gives a clean note each time.
I’m not that good yet. ..
I’m not that good yet. ..
That should tell you something about the potential value of your video, shoudln’t it?
Also try cutting both of them with various fingers and see what the results are.
My videos serve as a reference point for me. I can look back at my older videos and see where I’ve improved and where I need to improve (same with my piano). It also helps my confidence.
They’re both overblown. It’s just that venting T1 helps create the node for the same second harmonic. OXXXXX is standard but, as Mr.Gumby suggests, they’re both useful in different contexts. For example, try cutting the note with T3, B1 or B2, where the ‘cut’ sounds below the D with OXXXXX and above with XXXXXX.
[Edit: just saw this after posting!]
Depending on the whistle,
oxx ooo or oxx xox might
work too.Overblown.
My videos serve as a reference point for me. I can look back at my older videos and see where I’ve improved and where I need to improve (same with my piano). It also helps my confidence.
But why plaster them all over the internet for all to see? They are a good reference for yourself while sitting on your hard drive.
What are you saying with this particular video? That the two ways of playing are the same? Because really, they’re not. There’s a reason why the vented way is recommended, even if you’re not able to see or test that. But you’re telling other beginners that it doesn’t matter. And that is not particularly helpful in the long run.
We’re talking about second D… are you talking about third? In which case, yes, I treat OXXOOO as standard and other options as fine tuning for whistles that need it.
Leave him alone. He’s learning and he’s having fun. If what he’s posting is beneath you, don’t read it. We were all beginners once.
In the age of social media, Youtube is woodsheddin’. Being cranky at newbies is an easy way to depopulate this board.
Because I like to ! Like I said above it helps with my confidence. I’m a very nervous person.
Oops! My mistake! In my flute way of thinking
d3 is the high one.
Same here, but managed to mentally translate. 
“Woodsheddin’” is, by definition, private. It seems to me that that is not what AuLoS303 is doing.
In the age of social media, nothing is private. In days of yore, folks resorted to the woodshed to avoid imposing themselves on the other denisons of a 4 room cottage. No one these days lives so close. A Youtube video you can click on, or not, is no kind of imposition on anyone, and it’s stupid to pretend otherwise. Leave the man alone. He’s doing no one any harm.
Thank you Simon. I am just trying to learn an instrument and am enjoying it. Tho I am finding myself less inclined to post on here.
Well, that’s clearly not true, but we can leave it.
Bit of a straw man there, s1m0n. No-one has suggested this.
Ah, newbie mistake! I assumed the whistle had a 2 octave range! So there’s a third D? 
In the age of social media, nothing is private
True, oversharing, pretending the banal and commonplace is special and of interest to the world is the order of the day.
As you said, we were all beginners once. There’s no shame in it, but there is most certainly no reason whatsoever to bother people telling them about it thread after thread. If you need validation, placing videos of yourself being clueless in the public domain is not going to do anything for you. Buying a whistle for a fiver and blowing into it is not an achievement. When you film yourself doing something you don’t have developed the skills for, your videos are only going to show you being inept and clueless. Grow up, do the work and and one day you may have something worthwhile to show. That is what I think.
I am all for encouraging beginners and sometimes clips can be helpful if the poster is looking for help and feedback. I can also understand the occasional need for validation. But you have to ask yourself, why do you play music(look up the story of Henry Bohannon, it quite nicely sums up a few things)? Perhaps part of the learning process is to learn a bit of self appreciation and appreciation for the music you’re playing. Take away the ego that needs feeding, all that sort of stuff. Do your thing and enjoy it for what it is. But keep the neediness in check, please.
And, yes, this sort of thing does do damage.
[edited for coherence and a typo or two]