Is this fingering chart good enough?

mellowBreez · Post by **mellowBreez** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:25 pm

Hello! I just got my first tin whistle (like, ever), it's a high D one!
And this is, at the time, the only fingering chart I've found out there:

http://whistleahappytune.com/reference/ ... _chart.php
(At least the only one I could understand and actually has two octaves)
I had another link with some pretty old looking web fingering charts from a website called "fullbodyburn" (pretty weird name), they looked pretty neat but seem to not work for me at the moment, the website is down somehow.

So yeah, it's my very first flute-ish instrument and have never used these kind of charts before, so I'd like some feedback or maybe I'll do just fine with the one I found.
Thanks, have a nice day!

plunk111 · Post by **plunk111** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:41 pm

The one you have is way too complicated - try this one instead. You really should limit yourself to tunes written in D or G (and maybe A) anyway...

Pat

P.S. Welcome to a pleasant addiction!

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 9:49 pm

plunk111 wrote:try this one instead.

Hmmm ... The ledger lines are missing for the notes above the staff. But the diagrams are OK.

Anyanka · Post by **Anyanka** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:29 am

The charts are ok to start with. Just bear in mind that some whistles require a different fingering for the C natural - my Shaw and Syn both want an 0xx xx0.

plunk111 · Post by **plunk111** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:50 am

Anyanka wrote:The charts are ok to start with. Just bear in mind that some whistles require a different fingering for the C natural - my Shaw and Syn both want an 0xx xx0.

Too true... Most of my stuff (whistles and flutes) like OXX OOO for the lower C-nat and almost all of them like OXX XXO for the higher C-nat. In fact, one of my flutes (an antique) likes OXO XXO for the high C-nat - go figure!

Denny · Post by **Denny** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:50 am

MTGuru wrote:
plunk111 wrote:try this one instead.
Hmmm ... The ledger lines are missing for the notes above the staff. But the diagrams are OK.

shouldn't be playin' those notes anyhow if they needs the chart

mellowBreez · Post by **mellowBreez** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:00 am

plunk111 wrote:The one you have is way too complicated - try this one instead. You really should limit yourself to tunes written in D or G (and maybe A) anyway...

Pat

P.S. Welcome to a pleasant addiction!

Is it way too complicated because of the fingering or the music/notes score? Because I play violin and I have no trouble reading these notes.
Anyways, thanks for the feedback

(I'll try my best to get some sharps for different kinds of music)

JackCampin · Post by **JackCampin** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:36 am

Most whistles can go higher. Try -2- --- for high C (easier than halfholing if it works), -23 ---or 123 --- for D, 12- --- or 12- 45- for E.

plunk111 · Post by **plunk111** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 11:46 am

mellowBreez wrote:
plunk111 wrote:The one you have is way too complicated - try this one instead. You really should limit yourself to tunes written in D or G (and maybe A) anyway...

Pat

P.S. Welcome to a pleasant addiction!
Is it way too complicated because of the fingering or the music/notes score? Because I play violin and I have no trouble reading these notes.
Anyways, thanks for the feedback

(I'll try my best to get some sharps for different kinds of music)

Sorry - should have explained... The whistle is a diatonic (not chromatic) instrument, so most of the notes outside of the D scale are not easily available, with the exception of C-nat (giving you G-major). Half-holing is possible, but not always accurate and in some cases not even useful. I have a keyless flute that simply doesn't have an F-nat. The G# is the next easiest - ergo my mention of the key of A. Oh yeah, you can get B-minor and E-minor as well (obviously). Most Irish music is in D or G anyway, so you really aren't losing anything.

Again - welcome!

Steve Bliven · Post by **Steve Bliven** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:27 am

Here's another option...

Best wishes.

Steve

BraveCeltic · Post by **BraveCeltic** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 1:21 pm

What about this one

RonKiley · Post by **RonKiley** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:01 pm

Nothing except it is not accurate. The notes shown as F and C should be F# and C#.

JackCampin · Post by **JackCampin** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:05 pm

Nice graphics, shame about the information.

It doesn't mention C natural (which works on almost all whistles) and both the higher D fingerings are wrong.

pipersgrip · Post by **pipersgrip** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:41 pm

I like it mellowbreeze. I find it pretty informative and very simple to follow.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 4:18 pm

BraveCeltic wrote:
What about this one

Multiple problems, as others said. 1. F#'s and C#'s are mislabeled. 2. Required C-nat fingerings are not included. 3. The D fingerings are not wrong, but the vented versions should be included, and alternates for the highest D. 4. The upside-down orientation may seem intuitive from the player's POV, but diagrams are almost always presented heads-up, so it's good to get accustomed to the standard orientation.

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