This is why it sucks to live in Cleveland. I posted a few days ago regarding hitting the higher octaves. I just coulnt get them.
So I am sitting here (at work) just whistleing away and chewing on the end of my fipple or chiff or whatever the end is you blow in.
Then it happened! I swear there was an angelic light coming out of the tiled ceiling, the day seemed a little brighter, the birds sang a little louder....I sneezed into my whistle and hit a perfect F# !!!!!
I wasnt blowing hard enough to get over all the squeeks!!! I could have saved DAYS of agonizing irritation and handfuls of paper towels (to clean off the whistle) if their were just someone in my area who would have told me.
Take heed all you new whistle people, accidents sometimes make things oh SO much easier in the whistle world!
Culture Shock: I once told my wife she was a shopaholic and I was going to clean out her closet. So she goes to the mall and buys a $45,000 home security system and a pair of pumps
Actually there's a few of us N.E. Ohioans here on the board. I'm a little too far south to be of any help, just between Akron and Canton. However, if you'll check at your local Hibernians, many of them offer whistle classes. There's more whistlers in Ohio than you'd imagine. Last year at Christmas it seemed as though every other church was having a Celtic Christmas celebration with at least one whistler. Plus there's a local ensemble, the Searchlight Ensemble, that has a whistler. But do check with the Hibernians.
I'd visit you for a few days but I let my passport expire
John
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Tell us something.: Whistle player, aspiring C#/D accordion and flute player, and aspiring tunesmith. Particularly interested in the music of South Sligo and Newfoundland. Inspired by the music of Peter Horan, Fred Finn, Rufus Guinchard, Emile Benoit, and Liz Carroll.
morgan wrote:I'm near Dayton (20 miles eastof it) and always trying to find ITM players in the area. Anybody?
Brock Napierkowski, a fine ITM fiddle player, moved to Dayton last spring. I believe he's been spending a lot of time hanging out with the Cincinnati-area ITM players...
FireFighterLT wrote:This is why it sucks to live in Cleveland. I posted a few days ago regarding hitting the higher octaves. I just coulnt get them.
So I am sitting here (at work) just whistleing away and chewing on the end of my fipple or chiff or whatever the end is you blow in.
Then it happened! I swear there was an angelic light coming out of the tiled ceiling, the day seemed a little brighter, the birds sang a little louder....I sneezed into my whistle and hit a perfect F# !!!!!
I wasnt blowing hard enough to get over all the squeeks!!! I could have saved DAYS of agonizing irritation and handfuls of paper towels (to clean off the whistle) if their were just someone in my area who would have told me.
Take heed all you new whistle people, accidents sometimes make things oh SO much easier in the whistle world!
FFLT,
I think you were on the phone with my teacher when I arrived for my lesson yesterday. Did you sign up? He's a good teacher and a fun guy. He has certainly helped me!
Mike
FFLT,
I think you were on the phone with my teacher when I arrived for my lesson yesterday. Did you sign up? He's a good teacher and a fun guy. He has certainly helped me!
Mike
Yup, seems like a nice guy. I am gonna start right after the holidays
Culture Shock: I once told my wife she was a shopaholic and I was going to clean out her closet. So she goes to the mall and buys a $45,000 home security system and a pair of pumps
Well, I suppose that Youngstown is a little too far away to hear you, but if you blow hard into a Generation G, I think I (as well as all the dogs within
an 80 mile radius) could.
Tell us something.: I used to be a regular then I took up the bassoon. Bassoons don't have a lot of chiff. Not really, I have always been a drummer, and my C&F years were when I was a little tired of the drums. Now I'm back playing drums. I mist the C&F years, though.
FFLT,
I think you were on the phone with my teacher when I arrived for my lesson yesterday. Did you sign up? He's a good teacher and a fun guy. He has certainly helped me!
Mike
Yup, seems like a nice guy. I am gonna start right after the holidays
I take from him too. I learn every time I go there.
Tell us something.: I used to be a regular then I took up the bassoon. Bassoons don't have a lot of chiff. Not really, I have always been a drummer, and my C&F years were when I was a little tired of the drums. Now I'm back playing drums. I mist the C&F years, though.
[quote="colomon"][quote="morgan"]I'm near Dayton (20 miles eastof it) and always trying to find ITM players in the area. Anybody?[/quote]
Brock Napierkowski, a fine ITM fiddle player, moved to Dayton last spring. I believe he's been spending a lot of time hanging out with the Cincinnati-area ITM players...[/quote]
Tell us something.: I used to be a regular then I took up the bassoon. Bassoons don't have a lot of chiff. Not really, I have always been a drummer, and my C&F years were when I was a little tired of the drums. Now I'm back playing drums. I mist the C&F years, though.
Scott
