Stress, what stress?
- perrins57
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Stress, what stress?
Anybody else found taking up the whistle a great stress reliever? I often find a few minutes tootling helps me put things in perspective and restore some calm (until the neighbours start hammering the wall).
Maybe if Tom Cruise had suggested whistles instead of Scientology, as an aid to relief of postnatal depression, he wouldn't have got in such a pickle?
Maybe if Tom Cruise had suggested whistles instead of Scientology, as an aid to relief of postnatal depression, he wouldn't have got in such a pickle?
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Name's Mark btw)
(Name's Mark btw)
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Isn't the whistle an interesting instrument, easy to play difficult to master. Relieves stress while simultaneously creating sress. They can be so cheap people think they are only toys or so expensive as to stagger the pocketbook.
Don't you just love them.
Ron
Don't you just love them.
Ron
I've never met a whistle I didn't want.
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Re: Stress, what stress?
Absolutely, 100%. That's why I've got some that live full time on my office desk.perrins57 wrote:Anybody else found taking up the whistle a great stress reliever? I often find a few minutes tootling helps me put things in perspective and restore some calm...
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I love burning dragonsblood incense, and playing the whistle. To me it is a big stress reliever.
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Hey we take care of our Dragons in Wales - that's crueltalimirr743 wrote:I love burning dragonsblood incense, and playimg the whistle. To me it is a big stress reliever.
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I find playing the whistle to be stress relieving; I concentrate on playing a tune and am able to forget about the more stressful parts of my life. Currently I'm learning The Rights of Man and incorporating some variations I read about on another site. That tune rolls very nicely, and my thoughts follow.
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stress relief?
"I love burning dragonsblood incense, and playing the whistle. To me it is a big stress reliever."
Hmm, I guess you would need some stress relief after collecting the dragonsblood in the first place? Just askin'
Practicing, for me, is stress relief, playing for my teacher is fraught with stress!! Not because of anything he does....just my desire to be instantly good.
Hmm, I guess you would need some stress relief after collecting the dragonsblood in the first place? Just askin'
Practicing, for me, is stress relief, playing for my teacher is fraught with stress!! Not because of anything he does....just my desire to be instantly good.
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hmmm..
The only time I find the whistle stressful is when I'm tyring to figure out a new tune, and can't. Or it takes me a while... But when I do, or if I do, it's beautiful. There's part of a tune from a band called Blackwood, (a local Irish group out here in Phoenix) that's called Fig For A Kiss.. The part that immediatly follows the beginning, I learned to play in about 10 minutes. The thing is, my cousin learned it, and I figure I wouldn't be able to learn it at all. I thought it wa impossible for Me to learn it. He played it for me in our little "sessions" and I was awe-inspired, and I wasn't going to try to figure it out in front of him and look like an a&*. But, the next day, I sat down and listened carefully, and sure enough, with a little messing around trying to figure it out notes, I was off and playing it. I soon found that it was rather easy to play after practicing it a couple times. It sounds sweet on a Clarke Original C whistle (if you got the lungs for it...), and Generation Bb.. Even if it was recorded in D, I still like to experiment with my other keys...
Anyways, I find the whistle simple, enjoyable, and amazing. Although yes, difficult to master. And I'm far from it. But I'm getting there
Even if I play just one song I've been itching to play right before I goto work, it makes my day.
Anyways, I find the whistle simple, enjoyable, and amazing. Although yes, difficult to master. And I'm far from it. But I'm getting there
Even if I play just one song I've been itching to play right before I goto work, it makes my day.