I have collected quite a few reasons for toasting by now. First my 1000th post, then the 5000th member, and a whole bunch of other reasons unrelated to this site of course.Cheers!
5000 C&F Users! Let's Party!
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GaryKelly
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Nah. Henke's got one of those emails from Nigerian Barristers and is of course following the instructions "Please do not circumvent this information, please handle it discretely..." so he doesn't jeopardize his chances of this wonderful opportunity!
"It might be a bit better to tune to one of my fiddle's open strings, like A, rather than asking me for an F#." - Martin Milner
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MommaTune44
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Well well well...this is where the "party" is. I must say that I feel quite honored to have this much response to being the 5000th member. I guess a speech is in order...
Four score and seven years ago...no that won't work.
I have a dream, that one day...nope, scratch that.
A date which will live in infamy...close enough!
Anyways, thank you all so much for your loving welcomes. Perhaps it's an omen...for me to learn the tin whistle. Maybe we can find out once and for all if you can or can't teach an old dog new tricks. But (Stereotype: Musical instruments=$$$) what do tin whistles go for? I never really saw my son's price tag(s) when he bought his whistles. I do remember what he tells people though, to start off with a C first, then move on to D.
Four score and seven years ago...no that won't work.
I have a dream, that one day...nope, scratch that.
A date which will live in infamy...close enough!
Anyways, thank you all so much for your loving welcomes. Perhaps it's an omen...for me to learn the tin whistle. Maybe we can find out once and for all if you can or can't teach an old dog new tricks. But (Stereotype: Musical instruments=$$$) what do tin whistles go for? I never really saw my son's price tag(s) when he bought his whistles. I do remember what he tells people though, to start off with a C first, then move on to D.
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Remember...always use "sense of common!"
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GaryKelly
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Mostly it's recommended to start with the D. Prices vary, but you can get good ones for less than $10 US (Generations vary between £2.99 and £3.99 on this side of the pond). The stereotype doesn't really apply to whistles if you don't want it to, and even then the "top end" whistles are cheaper than the likes of guitars, flutes or fiddles.MommaTune44 wrote:But (Stereotype: Musical instruments=$$$) what do tin whistles go for? I never really saw my son's price tag(s) when he bought his whistles. I do remember what he tells people though, to start off with a C first, then move on to D.
"It might be a bit better to tune to one of my fiddle's open strings, like A, rather than asking me for an F#." - Martin Milner-
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Tin whistles can go for anything from $3 (a Meg whistle) to several hundred dollars, depending on what you're looking for and how afflicted you get with the "just one more whistle" bug. If you want to play Irish music you will need to get a D whistle. Unless you want to play lots of things in C there's not much need for a C whistle as a beginner - a C is slightly longer than a D whistle but you play them the same way (just different keys)MommaTune44 wrote:But (Stereotype: Musical instruments=$$$) what do tin whistles go for? I never really saw my son's price tag(s) when he bought his whistles. I do remember what he tells people though, to start off with a C first, then move on to D.
If you got some Meg whistles you could get both and experiment.
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MommaTune44
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Oh I've seen my son play those Irish songs. I am amazed at how his fingers don't get tied into knots! I get heacaches just thinking about how he does it. No, I think the more down-to-earth songs like Christmas carols, little tunes here and there. (My son plays a version of the Lullaby that could put an insomniac to sleep!) If I do decide to talk up the tin whistle, I think the hardest song i would learn would be either the American Patrol, or the William Tell Overture.
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Martin Milner
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or maybe Flight of the Bumblebee?MommaTune44 wrote:Oh I've seen my son play those Irish songs. I am amazed at how his fingers don't get tied into knots! I get heacaches just thinking about how he does it. No, I think the more down-to-earth songs like Christmas carols, little tunes here and there. (My son plays a version of the Lullaby that could put an insomniac to sleep!) If I do decide to talk up the tin whistle, I think the hardest song i would learn would be either the American Patrol, or the William Tell Overture.
But why stop at whistle? Guitar, concertina, fiddle, flute, accordion, uillean pipes, bodhran, banjo, djembe, harp, etc.... they all get their fair share of finger mangling on this forum!
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that schwing
