Well, completely different amount of air, MUCH less required than the Clarke. I noticed something else right off, the notes are easier to form, but it's pitched slightly differently.
Well, I had a moment of inspiration as I was typing, but didn't feel like deleting it in case I was wrong... I grabbed one of my auto tuners and tried both out, the Clarke hovered just a tad sharp, the Walton was off the chart. A slight adjustment brought it solidly to D, now I'm just not sure how to affix it so it doesn't slide out of tune.
I do have a Dixon Trad on the way, not sure when it'll get here though, yes, it took less than a month to surrender to acquisition disorder. At least these will be playable unlike the collection of violins hanging on my wall
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So that long read gets longer, thanks if you're still with me. What is hte best way for a newbie to gain speed, drills, scales, just dig into some tunes or songs?
I need to go over to the Uilleann forum and thank them, after playing a bunch of youtube clips from the links there and showing her a bunch of pictures, she surrendered and conceded. I figure on waiting till I'm proficient with the whistle before trying my hand there, but that's fine, a $10 whistle is an easy spur of the moment purchase, not so in that case
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Thanks!
Trip