Straight or inclinated position?
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Straight or inclinated position?
Do you know why whistle players inclinate their whistle?
Like this:
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even more...
Is it a question of volume or better position...???
Thanks and have good days,
Like this:
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even more...
Is it a question of volume or better position...???
Thanks and have good days,
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i do it like this:
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see, i think the is, is that when you are seated it is hard to hold the lowD/C/Bb...straight down and, when you hold it at an angle you hear your playing differently, somewhat more intense. try it out!
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see, i think the is, is that when you are seated it is hard to hold the lowD/C/Bb...straight down and, when you hold it at an angle you hear your playing differently, somewhat more intense. try it out!
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I saw some players like this..no idea??
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- Tell us something.: I play whistles. I sell whistles. This seems just a BIT excessive to the cause. A sentence or two is WAY less than 100 characters.
Sometimes it has to do with the embrochure that the whistle wants. I have played whistles that just plain sounded better when pointed more straight out from the body and some that wanted to be pointed more towards my feet.
added: Oh, you meant to the side. Could still be embrochure, but I guess it would be convenience mostly.
added: Oh, you meant to the side. Could still be embrochure, but I guess it would be convenience mostly.
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I primarily play low air, quiet whistles, and I have found that I need to tilt them to the side for two main reasons:
1) it's easier to hear it closer to your ear, especially in session.
2) for low-air whistles, you will end up with more air in your lungs than you can get through your whistle before the oxygen is used up, so you need to exhale through your nose while playing. If you do this on a laughing whistle with the whistle straight in front of you, you will disrupt the flow of air coming across the blade. That negatively affects the sound.
Thus, tilted.
1) it's easier to hear it closer to your ear, especially in session.
2) for low-air whistles, you will end up with more air in your lungs than you can get through your whistle before the oxygen is used up, so you need to exhale through your nose while playing. If you do this on a laughing whistle with the whistle straight in front of you, you will disrupt the flow of air coming across the blade. That negatively affects the sound.
Thus, tilted.
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I've no idea why, but sometimes I find myself playing with the whistle in the corner of my mouth and pointed down and to the side. Perversely, it often seems as if these are the times when my playing is the most free and effortless.
BTW, this has nothing to do with talking out of both sides of your mouth, which is a specific skill taught in law school classes and precinct committeeman training sessions.
BTW, this has nothing to do with talking out of both sides of your mouth, which is a specific skill taught in law school classes and precinct committeeman training sessions.
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I do this. I'm a relative beginner, and I was working on finding the most relaxed and comfortable position for my hands and fingers, and I just naturally gravitate towards a position where the whistle is pointing a little to the right. I play right handed, and it seems to help my left hand and fingers with relaxation the most.
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I recently got Grey Larsen's The Essential Tin Whistle Toolbox and was startled to see him strongly recommend against the inclined style of playing. Something to do with tone, I think. I don't play that way myself, so I didn't pay it that much attention.
Anyway, I've seen plenty o' players incline their whistles and if it floats yer boat, it's fine with me.
M
Anyway, I've seen plenty o' players incline their whistles and if it floats yer boat, it's fine with me.
M
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i forgot to mention that i packed in the low D, you can't hear it anyway in sessions. i only play a burke brass session now and a C wide bore session.lixnaw wrote:i incline to the right, but i hold the whistle in the middle, not in the corner of my mouth.
i also turn the tuning slide a small bit to the right, that way the holes point a small bit to the right,
away from the mouthpiece.
and that way i can keep my head straight.