It's Sickening

Graphics Guy · Post by **Graphics Guy** » Thu Feb 21, 2002 5:56 pm

On 2002-02-21 18:35, mamakash wrote:
I have no idea how this relates to skinny Corr women.

Its cause maybe she looks like a whistle ?

Dan

Cees · Post by **Cees** » Thu Feb 21, 2002 5:57 pm

On 2002-02-21 13:08, Glengary wrote:
New topic!
Why is D the most popular whistle key?

Probably because most Irish music is in the key of D (or G, which can also be played on a D whistle).

Edit: Page 18!!! Cool!!

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Glengary · Post by **Glengary** » Thu Feb 21, 2002 9:20 pm

To: mamakash and Cees

Thanks for the input. No trick question here.
You wounldn't learn piano in the key of D first so I was wondering why the difference in a whistle.

Any predictions on what page number we'll be at by March 1st?

jim_mc · Post by **jim_mc** » Thu Feb 21, 2002 10:42 pm

Someone recently posted that the actual name of the "Bumblebee" tune (were those quotation marks appropriate, Bloomfield? Are you from Bloomfield, NJ?) is The Arkansas Traveler. For those of you who would like the sheet music:

http://www.fifedrum.org/resources/music ... 0026.shtml

Lots of other great old Irish and American folk tunes on that site, by the way.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Fri Feb 22, 2002 8:35 am

On 2002-02-21 22:20, Glengary wrote:
To: mamakash and Cees

Thanks for the input. No trick question here.
You wouldn't learn piano in the key of D first so I was wondering why the difference in a whistle.

Pianos have a whole bunch of black keys so you can play in any key! If pianos only had white keys, you could only play in the key of C (no sharps or flats).

Whistles only have 6 holes, so you can play in one key truly, two with a natty bit of fingering.

The standard whistle for Irish music is D, (i.e. C and F built into the whistle as sharps) because most Irish music is in the Key of D, about 55%. Another 40% is in the Key of G, which you can get by playing C natural rather than C sharp. Only about 5% of Traditional Irish music appears in other keys, and most of that is A.

Now which came first, the whistle or the tune?

aderyn_du · Post by **aderyn_du** » Fri Feb 22, 2002 9:25 am

For Angie:

http://pub33.bravenet.com/photocenter/v ... 2768296866

A day overdue, but worth waiting for I think! <G>

Only 130 views left on this thread before we hit 12,000!!!

Andrea ~*~

Lady Whistler · Post by **Lady Whistler** » Fri Feb 22, 2002 10:05 am

Andrea,

Thanks, he is so sweet he hurts my sweet tooth!

Nice! very nice!

Angie

mamakash · Post by **mamakash** » Fri Feb 22, 2002 5:05 pm

on 2002-02-22 Martin Milner wrote . . .
"Now which came first, the whistle or the tune?"

Well, the tune came first, if your talking about airs. Those tunes were sung orginally, and then written down in musical notation for instrument. Which is why they're so hard to play from notation alone, since there are lenthening and shortening of notes at the player/singer discretion.

I lenthen and shorten Andrea Corr at my own discretion.

Don't try to find meaning in the above.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sat Feb 23, 2002 9:34 pm

I'm really saddened that 'sickening' will probably be eclipsed by 'day job'

mimi · Post by **mimi** » Sun Feb 24, 2002 7:15 pm

Wow! I just spent the last hour reading this thread. Very interesting topics. I must say that the most recent conversations on the last few pages here gave me a few laughs.
I can't believe that it is this long. Let's keep it going.
I also wondered why D is the main key for whistles. Nice answers made for that question.
~Mimi

dakotamouse · Post by **dakotamouse** » Sun Feb 24, 2002 9:55 pm

Nah, "sickening" won't be eclipesed by day job. Day job doesn't have the mutant power sickening does. The title of "sickening" ought to be ammend to "Silly" or something if possible.

Mary

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Feb 24, 2002 10:10 pm

Mary, if you look at the numbers 'day job' has a higher ratio of posts to views than 'sickening' just for the fact that it's been around longer. But the growth seems faster. An average thread may get 30-50 views per posting before it starts to die out. It's really too soon to call it from here. I suppose if Loren comes back from hiatus or Phil adds more to this thread we'll see some life to this one.

Martin Milner · Post by **Martin Milner** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 6:48 am

On 2002-02-22 18:05, mamakash wrote:

on 2002-02-22 Martin Milner wrote . . .
"Now which came first, the whistle or the tune?"

Well, the tune came first, if your talking about airs. Those tunes were sung originally, and then written down in musical notation for instrument. Which is why they're so hard to play from notation alone, since there are lenthening and shortening of notes at the player/singer discretion.

What I really meant was, why are so many dance tunes in D or G?

When singing, I don't know what key I'm in unless I ask. In our weekly singing class, we switch around until we find a key which suits the most people's voices, and the teacher uses a capo as often as not on his guitar - we rarely end up in D or G.

Yet jigs, reels and other dance tunes are 95% in D or G. Is this because the whistle is in D? Or is this only since they have been recorded as sheetmusic? A fiddle can play in any key, so why favour D & G?

So to rephrase - Is the favoured whistle D because that's what key the tunes are written in, or are the tunes written in D because that's the key the whistle can play?

But thanks for your answer mamakesh, I agree that most slow airs can't be learnt straight from the page!

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garycrosby · Post by **garycrosby** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 1:26 pm

Here's another picture of the lovely Andrea Corr sporting a classic little black dress... err, I mean whistle:

<img src = "http://www.efanguide.com/~thecorrs/pict ... nd123l.jpg">

(Note: In case you were wondering, this is nothing more than a blatant attempt to keep this thread alive.)

[ This Message was edited by: garycrosby on 2002-02-25 14:27 ]

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Mon Feb 25, 2002 5:45 pm

Aye Aye Captain... we'll swing past Targus four for a fresh batch of dilithium crystals!