Highest key whistle

[paddler]

Custom whistles for the tweeters...
http://www.mixedflockorchestra.net/?con ... 20whistles
if you're into that sort of thing.

Interesting! Anyplace to hear some audio samples? I could find any on the website.

This youTube video has some nice samples and background info about these bird song whistles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYXIwri3_gg

[paddler]

This youTube video has some nice samples and background info about these bird song whistles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYXIwri3_gg

And this video shows in detail how they are made. Clearly, a lot of care and attention to detail goes into making one of these beauties. The quality of his work on these, and the depth of his knowledge in their use, are truly inspiring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gB6ejhrTuA

[pancelticpiper]

That's cool Daniel, the Hizaj scale whistle.

("Hijaz" is the name for the scale in Arabic musicology, I don't know if there's a Hebrew name for it. It's a common scale in Bulgarian music too.)

When I've played that scale on whistle I use a different spot, putting tape on the F# hole and B hole to get B flat and F natural, or half-holing those notes:

A
Bb
C#
D
E
F (natural)
G
a

I used to play in a band that did Bulgarian, Macedonian, Israeli, Serbian, etc folk dance music and I played in that scale quite a bit on my keyed Irish flute, and on whistle.