And might I add that, for fans of classic Jem prose, his “Simple Piccolo blurb sheet” is a particularly fine example?
Thanks for the advice, I’ve been practicing a bit over the weekend and it seems to be getting better. I realized I needed to really tighten my embouchure to get a more consistent sound, and I’m getting there…
Here’s a rough (and I mean rough) recording of me doing the Rights of Man, one of the hornpipes off of At the Feis:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14017804/Untitled.mp3
Getting really into the sound of the piccolo, I feel like it has a bit more character or something than the whistle (don’t tell the other forum I said that…).