Blowing or sucking...

Key_of_D · Post by **Key_of_D** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:13 am

Haha no pun intended, but seriously.

Congratulations · Post by **Congratulations** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:02 am

I used to suck (a habit that crept over from my saxophone playing), but I found it rather ineffective. Blowing works much better.

BigDavy · Post by **BigDavy** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:31 am

I blow.

It is just my playing that sucks.

David

fearfaoin · Post by **fearfaoin** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:36 am

I refuse to answer on the grounds of: "Dude, seriously..."

Cynth · Post by **Cynth** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 11:41 am

For some reason, once something has left my mouth I don't like to put it back there again. I'm sure there are exceptions, but this isn't one of them.

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:09 pm

Cynth wrote:For some reason, once something has left my mouth I don't like to put it back there again. I'm sure there are exceptions, but this isn't one of them.

TonyHiggins · Post by **TonyHiggins** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 12:25 pm

Maybe it's just me, but, the windways in my whistles sometimes develop a dark growth that needs to be cleaned out with a piece of business card. Seeing what comes out with a cleaning, I NEVER suck moisture from the windway. Gives me the willies to think of it.
Tony

Henke · Post by **Henke** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 1:53 pm

Okay, I'm going to answer this seriously. I didn't vote, cause I do both. Blow between tunes, but if I have to clear the windway in mid-tune I suck.

crookedtune · Post by **crookedtune** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 2:23 pm

Henke wrote:Okay, I'm going to answer this seriously. I didn't vote, cause I do both. Blow between tunes, but if I have to clear the windway in mid-tune I suck.

Same here. And if you floss your whistles, you won't have scary beasties!

peeplj · Post by **peeplj** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:43 pm

Since I happened onto the trick of flossing the windway with waxed dental floss, I haven't really had any clogging problems where I'd have to do either.

That said, till now I've always sucked to clear the windway.

If you blow, you're trying to dry off the windway with moisture-laden air from your lungs.

If you suck, you're pulling in the much dryer air from the room around you.

Just seems to make more sense to me.

I also keep an eye on my whistles and try to clean them before any brown mold shows up. Blech.

--James

anniemcu · Post by **anniemcu** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:43 pm

BigDavy wrote:I blow.

It is just my playing that sucks.

David

I am afraid that Davy is my twin.

Ostekjeks · Post by **Ostekjeks** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:03 pm

I shake.

Whitmores75087 · Post by **Whitmores75087** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:46 pm

henrik, what part of Sweden you live in? I've been to Gallivare on business. What got you interested in Irish Music?

Black Mage · Post by **Black Mage** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 4:58 pm

A friend of mine likes to tease me about the "final note" that I play at the end of every song...meaning the quick suck I give to the fipple to clear it out. lol.

Paul Reid · Post by **Paul Reid** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:07 pm

I'm with Cynth.

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