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Dear Whistlin' Buddies,

A few months ago I acquired a MK Whistles Kelpie low D, and my friends and family immediately christened it my best whistle. I also fell in love with its husky, deep sound. I can play it forever even with my sensitive ears!
However, a couple of friends made comments like "...sounds like India!" :shock: These were meant as compliments (and meaning absolutely no disrespect for the Indian people) but I want to sound Irish, not Indian!

Has this happened to you?

Do I have to go back to higher whistles to "sound" Irish?
Somebody help me!

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riverman wrote:Has this happened to you?
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Are you playing Irish tunes?
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I don't think I would even give that comment a second thought. Just keep playing and enjoying your whistle.
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I agree with Greg.
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In fact get yourself RiyazStudio, I often play the low D with a tabla/tanpura backing. It sounds good.
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riverman wrote:However, a couple of friends made comments like "...sounds like India!"
Are you sure they don't mean "Indian" as in Native American?
That seems like it would make more sense coming from an
American listener.
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a couple of friends made comments like "...sounds like India!" :shock: These were meant as compliments (and meaning absolutely no disrespect for the Indian people) but I want to sound Irish, not Indian!

Has this happened to you?
I want to sound like Flutio McCoy too but guess what.....

No this has not happened to me. One neighbor loves my playing but says my MK low D sounds "zenlike". My wife thinks I sound better on the Burke composite than the MK but she also thinks I sound like I'm trying too hard. My friend, who accompanies me on fiddle, thinks I'm getting close to sounding the way I need to sound but prefers that I stick with high or alto whistles (nothing lower than F) for now.

So I do what I enjoy and play them all.

So should you. Play them all. It's the only way you'll get to what YOU want to sound like.

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I've had many people say that when I play a Low D it sounds like a Native American flute.

I was visiting my Grandfather back in West Virginia, at the cabin he built in the 1920s on the banks of the Greenbriar River, and when I played an Irish air on by Burke Low D he said "that sounds Injun".
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Stop using the Sitar as your backing instrument?
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Are your friends thinking of the "filmi" music played in some Indian restaurants? It may be the only time they hear a flute outside of a classical context.
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fearfaoin wrote:
riverman wrote:However, a couple of friends made comments like "...sounds like India!"
Are you sure they don't mean "Indian" as in Native American?
That seems like it would make more sense coming from an
American listener.
Actually, no, they meant India! I was playing Irish slow airs. Of course, the snake coming out of the basket might have been a factor... :lol:

Sorry about the long original post...I didn't know that "9" was there!
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maki wrote:Stop using the Sitar as your backing instrument?
Ohhhh, THAT'S what I'm doing wrong! I'll tell my friend with the sitar to go home!
:lol: :lol:
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riverman wrote:Sorry about the long original post...I didn't know that "9" was there!
I thought it was supposed to be a ... low g. :-)
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riverman wrote:Dear Whistlin' Buddies,

A few months ago I acquired a MK Whistles Kelpie low D, and my friends and family immediately christened it my best whistle. I also fell in love with its husky, deep sound. I can play it forever even with my sensitive ears!
However, a couple of friends made comments like "...sounds like India!" :shock: These were meant as compliments (and meaning absolutely no disrespect for the Indian people) but I want to sound Irish, not Indian!

Has this happened to you?

Do I have to go back to higher whistles to "sound" Irish?
Somebody help me!

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9 is 900D :thumbsup:
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