Welcome, Gunnar! You have a good start already. Sweetone is an excellent place to start, and already some tunes learned! Scarborough Faire is a good first tune as well. Enjoy!
Hi, Alex! Welcome aboard! Hope everyone here encourages you to keep playing . . . it's awfully fun. This is a great groups to chat with, the daily messageboard visits become a bad habit, but everyone is so nice here.
I sing the birdie tune
It makes the birdies swoon
It sends them to the moon
Just like a big balloon
Well met Gunner you have sure come to the right place. I think you will find that this place is very special and the people you meet here will blow you away with their kindness and thoughtfulness. Have fun with your whistles and don`t be afraid to ask any questions you have.
Tell us something.: Long ago, I was told that I faked iTrad whistle work very well. I took that comment to heart. 20 years of private lessons - and many, many hours of rehearsal later - I certainly hope I have improved...
Hello, Gunnar. “The Salley Gardens” was my first tune. Good choice. My niece is quite fond of "The Muffin Man."
My first song I played completely through without the sheet music was either Old MacDonald or Amazing Grace. It was only a couple months ago, so I should remember for sure, but apparently I went senile in that amount of time, because I don't.
There's also a reel called The Sally Gardens, quite a different type of tune - so welcome to the confusing world if Irish Traditional music.
BTW - if your Guinness is tuneable, ths the Feadog should be too - just warm the head in hot (not boiling water) so it expands a bit and give it a twist. Is your Feadog Brass, Nickel or colour coated?
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that schwing
Martin Milner wrote:Hi Gunnar Alex,
BTW - if your Guinness is tuneable, ths the Feadog should be too - just warm the head in hot (not boiling water) so it expands a bit and give it a twist. Is your Feadog Brass, Nickel or colour coated?
Well the Guinness is a Walton's in disguise and the fipple wasn't glued. I haven't really messed with the Feadóg yet. It is Brass with a green fipple BTW.
Gunnar wrote:Thanks for the warm welcome everybody
Martin Milner wrote:Hi Gunnar Alex,
BTW - if your Guinness is tuneable, ths the Feadog should be too - just warm the head in hot (not boiling water) so it expands a bit and give it a twist. Is your Feadog Brass, Nickel or colour coated?
Well the Guinness is a Walton's in disguise and the fipple wasn't glued. I haven't really messed with the Feadóg yet. It is Brass with a green fipple BTW.
Well you got me, I thought Guiness fipples were always glued.
The Brass Feadóg is a nice whistle, there was a thread singign their praises here a couple of weeks ago. I have bought several and used some of the heads to transplant onto other bodies (Doolin & Oak). I don't think the heads are ever glued on these, but they are a tight fit.
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that schwing
and currently working on the air 'The Sally Gardens.'
