why is the whistle forum way more cool than the flute forum

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:19 pm

I remember way back when, way back, who am I trying to kid, 3 or so years ago when I found this place and started to play the whistle I would every once in a while read some posts over in the flute forum. Man oh man, total intimidation. First of all I had no idea what they were talking about and why would anyone want to play a stupid flute anyway, and why are they so serious and does anybody ever crack a joke or what. Its still like that and I still wounder why anyone would want to play the flute and there realy is no fun to had over there

Take care

Tom

canpiper · Post by **canpiper** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:25 pm

Now that's a little more like it. Good man yourself Tom!

Wanderer · Post by **Wanderer** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:36 pm

Fact of the matter is, a flute is a noble instrument, all respectable like. People who play the flute play in orchestras, symphonies, and quartets.

The whistle..that's more of a rough-and-tumble dangerous instrument. And we all know the dangerous guys get all the girls.

Blackbeer · Post by **Blackbeer** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:41 pm

Thats it, I`m switchin back to whistle

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:44 pm

hey folks:

what say with mess with the flutist (i'm one too) and all get to together and post on their forum and tell them that we've found that we can hit the fourth octave if we inhale, rather than exhale, through the embrouchure? is anyone else game? does anyone else have a better joke to pull on them?

mutepointe

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 6:55 pm

Not unless you want to copy a picture from some website of some antique flute and tell them you found it in your basement and ask them what it is.

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:06 pm

i knew someone would have a much better sounding story than i could ever come up with. thank you thank you. any other ideas folks? does anyone have the web address of a picture of the holy grail of flutes?

bradhurley · Post by **bradhurley** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:19 pm

Actually I did think of one reason why whistles could be considered cooler than flutes.

You can't do this with a flute (clicking on the link takes you to a very small QuickTime movie, 350 kilobytes)

Loren · Post by **Loren** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:26 pm

mutepointe wrote:hey folks:

what say with mess with the flutist (i'm one too) and all get to together and post on their forum and tell them that we've found that we can hit the fourth octave if we inhale, rather than exhale, through the embrouchure? is anyone else game? does anyone else have a better joke to pull on them?

mutepointe

"Sigh" We lose more newbies this way......

Loren

Feadin · Post by **Feadin** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 7:33 pm

bradhurley wrote:Actually I did think of one reason why whistles could be considered cooler than flutes.

You can't do this with a flute (clicking on the link takes you to a very small QuickTime movie, 350 kilobytes)

Men it's 10:30pm here and now I *NEED* to try that!! Grrrrr and now I have to wait until tomorrow

How about playing a reel that way? Maybe something like.... The Mason's Apron?

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 8:58 pm

mutepointe wrote:hey folks:

what say with mess with the flutist (i'm one too) and all get to together and post on their forum and tell them that we've found that we can hit the fourth octave if we inhale, rather than exhale, through the embrouchure? is anyone else game? does anyone else have a better joke to pull on them?

mutepointe

If you can produce a controllable belch you can get down to C# and C on a flute without keys! How cool is that?

Whistles have one purpose and one purpose only - as practice devices for long road trips. OK - maybe two purposes - they annoy tiny dogs, which deserve it.

Bring it on, pansies! I'm armed with Delrin!!

\M/

\M/

michael_coleman · Post by **michael_coleman** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:12 pm

Wanderer wrote:Fact of the matter is, a flute is a noble instrument, all respectable like. People who play the flute play in orchestras, symphonies, and quartets.

The whistle..that's more of a rough-and-tumble dangerous instrument. And we all know the dangerous guys get all the girls.

God I need a hat like that, thats what would get me all the girls.

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:22 pm

Arrr .. there be a lot of goat in a whistle,

I bet all the fluties have got their secret whistle tucked away somewheres

Unseen122 · Post by **Unseen122** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:28 pm

You mean my practice Flute?

Wormdiet · Post by **Wormdiet** » Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:35 pm

Mitch wrote:Arrr .. there be a lot of goat in a whistle,

I bet all the fluties have got their secret whistle tucked away somewheres

A man's secret whistle is his own affair. Some pun intended.