Okay, I am spoiled. I have forgotten what is was like before I became a proficient touch-typist. I have a fairly high WPM type rate now, sometimes exceeding 200 in a chat session.
So, I thought that maybe I would catch on to the tinwhistle faster than this, but, nope...the progress is slow and steady. I came from zero instrument experience.
Just felt the need to share.
Slow Fingers
Slow Fingers
Chad Wilson
Some whistles, an old fiddle, an old banjo, a bass, a guitar and a bodhran
Some whistles, an old fiddle, an old banjo, a bass, a guitar and a bodhran
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Re: Slow Fingers
Hi Chad,
Wiggling your fingers is one thing, wiggling them in a particular way is another, and in certain patterns yet another still. It's not your fingers that need to learn things, but your brain. The first of course is to control your fingers. Like typing certain words, musical phrases will eventually come out automatically. Do you notice how you don't think about the act of typing anymore? Just think the word and it pops out. Same will happen with notes and tunes eventually. But there's a lot of muscle memory between here that there. The good news is it's all fun along the way (if you let it be fun and don't make work out of it.)
And it's not an automatic switch from whistle to flute either, even tho the same fingers make the same patterns to make the same tunes. There's different muscles required to play a transverse flute I guess. High to low whistle doesn't have the same problem.
Welcome, and have fun!
Carey Parks
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Wiggling your fingers is one thing, wiggling them in a particular way is another, and in certain patterns yet another still. It's not your fingers that need to learn things, but your brain. The first of course is to control your fingers. Like typing certain words, musical phrases will eventually come out automatically. Do you notice how you don't think about the act of typing anymore? Just think the word and it pops out. Same will happen with notes and tunes eventually. But there's a lot of muscle memory between here that there. The good news is it's all fun along the way (if you let it be fun and don't make work out of it.)
And it's not an automatic switch from whistle to flute either, even tho the same fingers make the same patterns to make the same tunes. There's different muscles required to play a transverse flute I guess. High to low whistle doesn't have the same problem.
Welcome, and have fun!
Carey Parks
Miami Of Ohio Alum
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Re: Slow Fingers
Oh, and then there's the whole problem of teaching your brain how to play music, and then how to play music in front of others. Another great adventure.
When there's a huge spill of solar energy, it's just called a nice day.
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Re: Slow Fingers
You may have slow fingers but look at poor Eric Clapton. He had slow hands and look what happened to him. 
Say, whatever did happen to him?
Sandy
Say, whatever did happen to him?
Sandy
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Re: Slow Fingers
Clapton is still around and still playing. He has a book out called "Clapton: The Autobiography" which is interesting for those of us who survived the 60s with most of our faculties intact.
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What would a wild walrus whistle if a walrus could whistle wild?
The second mouse may get the cheese but the presentation leaves a lot to be desired.
What would a wild walrus whistle if a walrus could whistle wild?
The second mouse may get the cheese but the presentation leaves a lot to be desired.
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Re: Slow Fingers
it's equally interesting for those of us who survived the 60's and 70's with only some of our faculties intact.
be well,
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be well,
jim
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Re: Slow Fingers
... faulties ... falsies ... factuals ... no, I give up ... what were we talking about?
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Re: Slow Fingers
"Most" ... "some" ... The word "all" seems to be conspicuously missing.
Hey, I can still spell "conspicuously"!!!
Hey, I can still spell "conspicuously"!!!
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MT - That is just a claim, not a fact, as you could have spell checked it 
(which I often forget to to 
(which I often forget to to When there's a huge spill of solar energy, it's just called a nice day.
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Re: Slow Fingers
Paisleys, paisleys everywhere! Who?
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Re: Slow Fingers
Oh noes!jim stone wrote:Paisleys, paisleys everywhere! Who?
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Joel Barish: Is there any risk of brain damage?
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Dr. Mierzwiak: Well, technically speaking, the procedure is brain damage.
Re: Slow Fingers
Colors coming out of his head. Wow!
Hey, I just had a flash:
Survival of the species is EVERYBODY'S business!
Hey, I just had a flash:
Survival of the species is EVERYBODY'S business!
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Re: Slow Fingers
The obits in our local newspaper are a bit colorful. A man recently passed away and must have had a hand in writing his own obit. One line read, "I can't believe Keith Richards outlasted me."
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Re: Slow Fingers
That's heavy, man...jim stone wrote:Colors coming out of his head. Wow!
Hey, I just had a flash:
Survival of the species is EVERYBODY'S business!
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Re: Slow Fingers
Uh, sixties????jiminos wrote:it's equally interesting for those of us who survived the 60's and 70's with only some of our faculties intact.
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