Opinion for key of second whistle?

[Innocent Bystander]

As Mutepoint says, if you're playing with people, get a C, and if you're playing on your lonesome, get a Bb.

It may colour your decision if you think you might get to play with people.

...and after that, get a (low) high A...

[Dain]

Thanks, MT.

How the hell he managed to get a 3rd E on a Generation like that?

[fearfaoin]

How the hell he managed to get a 3rd E on a Generation like that?

By blowing faster. It's not that hard
once you get the breath control down.

I'm more impressed that they were able
to play 2 whistles together in tune.

[MTGuru]

Yep, Generations easily play that e' note with xxoxxo fingering, no need to blow hard at all.

[highwood]

Having just been rediscovering my gen Bb and Eb whistles I would say try one of those - much nicer than a gen D. The head of the Eb was partly broken and so I swapped the head from my D (both were blue with silver colored bodies) - the Eb is special, the D nothing special, so its not the head that makes the difference in this case. Of course playing in a session with others in those keys ... might be good if you want a solo.


A little typo probably:

If you have a D whistle and can play in two sharps (E concert) and one flat (G concert) then you are actually able to play in three major keys and their three relative minor keys on the one whistle. Adding a C whistle gives you another 6 keys to play in. Then adding a whistle in a flat key (Bb or Eb) is the next thing worth doing.

A whistle can reasonably easily be played in the key of its bell note and the keys with signatures of one less and one more sharp (or flat) - which means a D (two sharps) will also play in A major (3 sharps) and G major (one sharp) and of course the minor key and modes (7 of them - not all are very common - one is the same as the minor) with the same key signature.
Now a C whistle will play in G and F major so you only gain two extra key signatures, not 3 as suggested (you already have G)

[Finikey O'Reeley]

Your comments have been very helpful! I ordered a Bb.

[mutepointe]

IN YOUR FACE you people who said, "Get a C than you won't have to tranpose."

Nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah, nyah.

[talasiga]

Your comments have been very helpful! I ordered a Bb.

You have just made a Bloody big mistake.

A Bb whistle is great in that its lower but higher carries better (all other things being equal)

As it is for solo and for "carrying" I would have got a high E.

Thats what you said in your first post isn't it? You wanted it for to play solo and that it must carry.

Posts that did not address those points are a wank.

[KNQuail]

Your comments have been very helpful! I ordered a Bb.

You have just made a Bloody big mistake.

A Bb whistle is great in that its lower but higher carries better (all other things being equal)

As it is for solo and for "carrying" I would have got a high E.

Thats what you said in your first post isn't it? You wanted it for to play solo and that it must carry.

Posts that did not address those points are a wank.

No, what he said was "I play solo and tend to like whisles that have volume that carries. Any suggestions?" He likes whistles that carry...he did not say that was an absolute requirement. So no, posts that did not address that are not a "wank."


Anyways...so, what kind of Bb did you get, Finikey O'Reeley?

[mutepointe]

Actually, if we're going to get all technical, lower notes carry further in high humidity. At least I remember something like that from a dinosaur or an elephant movie. Maybe it could have been a whale movie and there is not much that's higher humidity than the ocean. But that's not really the point right now.

The point isn't even that Finicky chose the whistle that other people and I recommended. I just like saying IN YOUR FACE to people.

The point is that Finicky is going to have a grand time with that Bb whistle. I bet Finicky gets a C in the near future and probably a low D in the not too distant future.

Have fun Finicky.

[Finikey O'Reeley]

I bought a Gen Bb - based on all the positive comments about it. Looking forward to its arrival. Also, I suspect those who predict a C and a low D in my future are correct. Just a matter of time. I've played Highland and Uilleann pipes for 11 years and never got as much pleasure as I do from the whistles I started playing last November. (Don't tell my buddies in the other forums that I said that!)

[Mick Down Under]

Talasiga, I gotta say mate, I love the way you bring a touch of Australia to this forum. Serious or not, I don't know, but I was larfin' me arse off all the same.


Mick

[mutepointe]

When I read something that Talasiga wrote, I always feel like Talasiga is reading a different chapter in the same book but one of us is reading a translation and I'm pretty certain that it's me and also that I'm dreaming that I'm in my grade school classroom sitting in my underwear.

Talasiga's wife, Mrs. Wren, she always makes me feel like I just got invited to tea with all my fun aunts.

[talasiga]

Hmmm chuckle ........