Canon

doubleg · Post by **doubleg** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:25 am

Hey there..

has anyone here tried playing canon with the d whistle? do u think it's possible or is the range very limited? Please comment on this.. Thanks

Cayden · Post by **Cayden** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:46 am

For a moment I thought there was another camera for sale

Bretton · Post by **Bretton** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:54 am

Which Canon?

Pachelbel's ?

It should mostly work...maybe a low B now and then you'd have to move up an octave or replace with a different note.

-Brett

shadeclan · Post by **shadeclan** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:24 pm

doubleg wrote:Hey there..

has anyone here tried playing canon with the d whistle? do u think it's possible or is the range very limited? Please comment on this.. Thanks

I would think that the range would be limited, seeing that all the holes in the whistle would allow the expanding gases from the charge to escape and the thin walls would have a tendency to explode . . .

Scott McCallister · Post by **Scott McCallister** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:48 pm

I haven't played canon with a D, but I have played mumbley-peg with a high G. The smaller bore makes it easy to penetrate the ground.

real helpful lot aint we

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:30 pm

I've played it before, there's a good recording by a fiddle player (who's name escapes me at the moment) who plays it wonderfully and turns it into a reel at some points... very interesting composition she came up with.

I.D.10-t · Post by **I.D.10-t** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:46 pm

Seems that there are several versions on YouTube.
Canon in D

Tony McGinley · Post by **Tony McGinley** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 5:13 pm

Yep - Big whistle Canon

chas · Post by **chas** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:21 pm

LOL! So, Tony, how does it play? Must take awhile to adjust to the embouchure requirements.

markbell · Post by **markbell** » Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:07 pm

To our esteemed doubleg's question, it does cover quite a range, so it would have to be adapted. Also, part of the interesting composition of the piece is the counterpoint between the different part, which the whistle won't capture.

I'm gonna work on editing a whistle version of it. Dangit, I managed to adapt Purcell to the whistle, why not Paco Bell? We're practically relatives!

Mark Bell

Tony McGinley · Post by **Tony McGinley** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:55 am

chas wrote:LOL! So, Tony, how does it play? Must take awhile to adjust to the embouchure requirements.

Big Whistle Canon Characteristics:

Playability: Correct Pitch + Yaw difficult to adjust and hold.
Range: Up to 3 Miles
Handling: Heavy
Tone: A Blast, Loud and Harsh
Back Pressure: Massive
Workmanship and Finish: Solid
Breath Requiremants: Better use a compressor.

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:51 am

Rob Paravonian hates Pachebel's Canon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM

springrobin · Post by **springrobin** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 9:02 am

I've played it with 3 D flutes and with flute & guitar and it was very nice. If I remember correctly, the guitar part was arranged so it would cover the interesting parts for the second & third players. It's been done nicely with hammered dulcimer & guitar also. Without all three parts covered it's like singing a round solo.

I believe there is a link version somewhere on this site to a version that has been arranged so it doesn't go below D.

straycat82 · Post by **straycat82** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 2:53 pm

straycat82 wrote:...there's a good recording by a fiddle player (who's name escapes me at the moment) who plays it...

Eileen Ivers is the one I was thinking of.

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:12 pm

The Pachelbel works perfectly well with three D's. Even better with three good low D's with a guitar playing the ground.

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