do you whistle?

Flutered · Post by **Flutered** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 2:22 am

love the whistle for it's cleanness and precision and the ease with which you can half hole and slide into notes - keep one down in the kitchen and pick it up for a few tunes after meals/ coffee break etc.
But I thought you meant whistling - like without any instrument, just your lips, teeth and tongue. How many of ye really whistle!??

boyd · Post by **boyd** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:40 am

Its good to do both!!

They are different instruments, with some similarities of course,.....and its nice to alternate for listeners. Some tunes sit better on one or other of the two instruments.

Variety is the spice, and all that sort of thing

In fact, you should all take up the uilleann pipes too as they have a lot in common with flute and whistle.

Mick O'Brien is a good example of someone who plays all three instruments well...Mike McGoldrick another

Why not??!!!!

Boyd

LorenzoFlute · Post by **LorenzoFlute** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 3:46 am

In fact, you should all take up the uilleann pipes too as they have a lot in common with flute and whistle.

i'm planning to get one, but a keyed flute comes first... so i guess i'll buy it in a few years

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 4:50 am

boyd wrote:Its good to do both!!

They are different instruments, with some similarities of course,.....and its nice to alternate for listeners. Some tunes sit better on one or other of the two instruments.

Variety is the spice, and all that sort of thing
In fact, you should all take up the uilleann pipes too as they have a lot in common with flute and whistle.

Mick O'Brien is a good example of someone who plays all three instruments well...Mike McGoldrick another

Why not??!!!!

Boyd

Yep, Mick, Mike and Cathy .... I can see us on the Transatlantic Sessions now.

Meanwhile .... BOYD, WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THESE INNOCENT LAMBS? Pay no attention to his blandishments about the pipes. Stop your ears, get him behind thee, and save yourselves now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cathy Wilde · Post by **Cathy Wilde** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:07 am

Flutered wrote:How many of ye really whistle!??

Let's start a poll!

Ah, but see, it would get tricky as there are so many different types of whistling ... there's the tuneful, maybe more "Rudall and Rose-y" "Singin' in the Rain"/"Andy Griffith" type whistling, and then there's the Prattenesque through-the-teeth "get-over-here-Silver-we-gotta-go-after-these-bad-guys-hi-yo-quick-like" whistling. And there are several variations of that -- two fingers on two hands, two fingers on one hand, no fingers and over the bottom teeth (of which an indoor version can also be used for the tuneful-type whistling), to name but a few.

I do both, but the latter "outdoor farm holler" category is probably my specialty -- Mick Mulcahy sure seemed to think so. It's a long story, but every time I saw him at Augusta he'd go "Cathy, do the whistle!" so I'd "call the cows" and he'd just beam and beam. .... and then ask me to do it again.

(hey, you gotta cling to some shred of joy in this big ol' world)

***** Oh dear, and let's not EVEN get into regional styles! ********

dow · Post by **dow** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:24 am

eilam wrote:
daiv wrote:
matahari_1946 wrote:Jon, that avatar of yours is a little freaky!
*cough* *cough*

look at yours, too!

yes, tiff', i've been meaning to ask you................??????????!!!!!

Man, I miss the Carol Burnett show.

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2794887168/nm0000993

matahari_1946 · Post by **matahari_1946** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:33 am

dow wrote:
eilam wrote:
daiv wrote: *cough* *cough*

look at yours, too!

yes, tiff', i've been meaning to ask you................??????????!!!!!
Man, I miss the Carol Burnett show.

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2794887168/nm0000993

Yep, that is my favorite TV show. I think I would probably be kicked out of session if I showed up looking like that. Maybe for a gig, though . . . . .

Jack Bradshaw · Post by **Jack Bradshaw** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 7:53 am

Ya ! Ya ! Might even get back into it again...(just to annoy the boudhran player of course)

Cathy Wilde wrote:
Flutered wrote:How many of ye really whistle!??
Let's start a poll!

Ah, but see, it would get tricky as there are so many different types of whistling ... there's the tuneful, maybe more "Rudall and Rose-y" "Singin' in the Rain"/"Andy Griffith" type whistling, and then there's the Prattenesque through-the-teeth "get-over-here-Silver-we-gotta-go-after-these-bad-guys-hi-yo-quick-like" whistling. And there are several variations of that -- two fingers on two hands, two fingers on one hand, no fingers and over the bottom teeth (of which an indoor version can also be used for the tuneful-type whistling), to name but a few.

I do both, but the latter "outdoor farm holler" category is probably my specialty -- Mick Mulcahy sure seemed to think so. It's a long story, but every time I saw him at Augusta he'd go "Cathy, do the whistle!" so I'd "call the cows" and he'd just beam and beam. .... and then ask me to do it again.

(hey, you gotta cling to some shred of joy in this big ol' world)

***** Oh dear, and let's not EVEN get into regional styles! ********

mutepointe · Post by **mutepointe** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 1:40 pm

Speaking about "what kind of whistling do you do?" Earlier this week, NPR kept playing a story about whistleblowers in government agencies.

chas · Post by **chas** » Fri Jun 20, 2008 6:47 pm

matahari_1946 wrote:
dow wrote: Man, I miss the Carol Burnett show.

http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2794887168/nm0000993
Yep, that is my favorite TV show. I think I would probably be kicked out of session if I showed up looking like that. Maybe for a gig, though . . . . .

I think the avatar is appropriate considering Harvey Korman's late demise.

psychodonald · Post by **psychodonald** » Sat Jun 28, 2008 11:28 pm

I play and enjoy both. Also, play the silver flute (Bohem).