Today I read a very interesting remark about whistle playing. Here it goes:
In ITM, I think it's really important to try, especially if you haven't got a clue what you're doing. Bring a bodhran for your first few sessions, or if you can't afford one, borrow some spoons from the bar. Eventually you'll be ready to start playing the tin whistle. At ten bucks, it's a great way to join the fun without spending any money. Or time, even. There's only six different holes, so it's tough to screw up.
Azalin wrote:Today I read a very interesting remark about whistle playing. Here it goes:
In ITM, I think it's really important to try, especially if you haven't got a clue what you're doing. Bring a bodhran for your first few sessions, or if you can't afford one, borrow some spoons from the bar. Eventually you'll be ready to start playing the tin whistle. At ten bucks, it's a great way to join the fun without spending any money. Or time, even. There's only six different holes, so it's tough to screw up.
I love it!
It's obvious that the authour of that clipping has never tried to get around those different holes himself..
Slan,
D.
And many a poor man that has roved,
Loved and thought himself beloved,
From a glad kindness cannot take his eyes.
lol! Boy have they got it coming when they try to bring their "oh so easy to play" instrument to sessions...and discover that it's not as easy as it looks.
~Crysania
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I beg to differ .... I have no problems screwing up with only 6 holes. My fingers know which holes to cover ... my brain knows which holes to cover .. but there are times when the electrical system appears to be faulty and I cover or uncover the wrong holes. Or .. find that I am a little late or a little early with the rest of the group. I know that this never happens to anyone else.
I guess that would make Fiddle just as easy I mean it only has four strings. What about Concertina it only has 30 (standard Anglo) buttons. What about Uillean Pipes it only has 7 reeds. Who ever wrote that should try playing something like "Christmas Eve" on whistle at full (120 bpm) speed. What an idiot.
Singers just move there mouth and lungs. That should be so easy, we should accidently sing everytime we burp, sneeze or yawn. In our finest opera voice, of course.
