Question on Bb whistle
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Question on Bb whistle
I'm usually over on th UP forum so this is my first real post over on this forum. I'm getting a Burke Bb whistle to play along with a friends Bb flat set of pipes. But what can you do with it with other instruments? How does a guitarist play along???
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I'm not the font of musical knowledge that many here are, but all that any chromtic instrument has to do is play in the correct key. For guitar there'd be a set of chords that would work best when playing with a Bb whistle. I have no idea what they'd be.
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Well, if you're playing in Bb, they'd be Bb, Eb, and F mainly, and their substitutions. Probably the easiest thing to do, though, would be to use a capo on the first fret and play as if in the key of A, usually more familiar to guitarists.FJohnSharp wrote: For guitar there'd be a set of chords that would work best when playing with a Bb whistle. I have no idea what they'd be.
Of course you can also play easily in Eb on a Bb whistle, so a guitarist could play as if in D with a capo on the first fret.
And so on, for the minor-ish keys possible on a Bb whistle....
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fel bautista,
If, like me, you consider a capo to be cheating, tune your guitar to DADGAD and use the following chords:
Bb, Eb, F (Standard 3 chord progression)
Bb, Cm, Dm, Eb, F, Gm, Am, Bb (full major scale chord progression)
DADGAD isn't the only way to do it, but it is probably one of the easier ways.
By the way, if you're looking for examples of playing in Eb, check out Dervish. A lot of their music is recorded in Eb instead of D.
If, like me, you consider a capo to be cheating, tune your guitar to DADGAD and use the following chords:
Bb, Eb, F (Standard 3 chord progression)
Bb, Cm, Dm, Eb, F, Gm, Am, Bb (full major scale chord progression)
DADGAD isn't the only way to do it, but it is probably one of the easier ways.
By the way, if you're looking for examples of playing in Eb, check out Dervish. A lot of their music is recorded in Eb instead of D.
PJ