Hi everyone, I picked up my first whistle at the end of last year and have been playing it on and off ever since.
Over that last couple of weeks, however, I've REALLY to into this whistling lark. But I just noticed today that I've been holding it wrong (right hand at the top!) please tell me it doesn't matter! I really don't want to retrain my fingers at this stage.
No problem Gerry. I have seen many left handed people play right over left and they had no problems.
Some of the worlds greatest Musicians are/were left handed and played in unconventional positions.
Jimi Hendrix was a lefty and he seemed to manage .
Paul Simon,Albert King and Glen Cambell (a formidable guitarist,believe me.) are some others that spring to mind.
Mmmm, maybe you're not lefthanded......
Slan,
D.
And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
Gerry wrote:Hi everyone, I picked up my first whistle at the end of last year and have been playing it on and off ever since.
Over that last couple of weeks, however, I've REALLY to into this whistling lark. But I just noticed today that I've been holding it wrong (right hand at the top!) please tell me it doesn't matter! I really don't want to retrain my fingers at this stage.
That's the way I hold one too. But then again, I'm not necessarily the poster child of what you 'should' do
Don't believe them. They are just setting you up. Playing that was is totally wrong and you will be teased for years to come just for mentioning it here. You will need to IMMEDIATELY change your playing style or ....
Wait a minute ....
Oh, nevermind.
Steven - IDAwHOa - Wood Rocks
"If you keep asking questions.... You keep getting answers." - Miss Frizzle - The Magic School Bus
Gerry,
It should pose no problem as long as you don't get the new strain of WhOA that causes folks to pursue flutes. You will either have to get a left hand flute or readjust your fingering at that point.
If you decide, after a while, to play the simple system flute, you will have to order one made for left-handed players (the embouchure hole will be cut differently). It will be hard to resell. You will not be able to switch to Boehm flute, because they are made for right-handed players.
I saw Seamus Egan playing whistle "wrong hand 'round" and flute in the conventional position and I'll be d*mned if I can fathom how he knows which fingers to lift.
If I had gotten to you earlier, I would have suggested that left hand on top will make it easier to move on to a side-blown flute....but if you get and Irish keyless flute, you can play it lefty too. (A Boehm flute would present more of a challenge.)
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Tell us something.: I love Irish music! I am mostly a whistle player but would like to learn more about flutes. I also have a couple older whistles I'd like to sell and maybe pick up a bamboo flute to practice with.
Tell us something.: I love Irish music! I am mostly a whistle player but would like to learn more about flutes. I also have a couple older whistles I'd like to sell and maybe pick up a bamboo flute to practice with.
Gerry wrote:Hi everyone, I picked up my first whistle at the end of last year and have been playing it on and off ever since.
Over that last couple of weeks, however, I've REALLY to into this whistling lark. But I just noticed today that I've been holding it wrong (right hand at the top!) please tell me it doesn't matter! I really don't want to retrain my fingers at this stage.
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.
I hadn't thought of doing it that way! Good, now my feet won't get cold anymore! 