C nat thumb hole

Sandy Jasper · Post by **Sandy Jasper** » Mon Nov 25, 2002 12:25 am

Hello!

I was hoping you guys could help me out with something. I have been asked if I could put a C nat thumb hole on one of my whistles. I am more than happy to do that but would like more info.

I was told that the thumb covers the hole until you need to play a C natural. Then you play a "B" and lift the thumb off raising the note a semi-tone to C. Is this the way it works? How do you play a C sharp? With the thumb covered or not?

With this info I could tune the whistle,

Thanks ahead of time,

Sandy

jim_mc · Post by **jim_mc** » Mon Nov 25, 2002 1:11 am

Sandy, you might want to try to raise Colin Goldie. He should know this.

The thumb holes on my fifes that have them are for B flat. You get a strong cross-fingered C nat on them using oxoxxx.

Zubivka · Post by **Zubivka** » Mon Nov 25, 2002 3:15 am

The more I see these 10-holes, thumb-hole, modal-whistles thread, the more I reckon we're quite a few around who'd like a whistle holed just as a recorder

jim stone · Post by **jim stone** » Mon Nov 25, 2002 3:22 am

Thom at The Whistle Shop knows and
will tell you if you phone him.

Doc Jones · Post by **Doc Jones** » Mon Nov 25, 2002 7:42 am

Michael Burke does the c-nat hole too.

Doc

serpent · Post by **serpent** » Mon Nov 25, 2002 8:02 am

On 2002-11-25 04:15, Zubivka wrote:
The more I see these 10-holes, thumb-hole, modal-whistles thread, the more I reckon we're quite a few around who'd like a whistle holed just as a recorder

HERETIC!!! Minion of SATAN!!! Burn him at the stake!!!

serpent

fluter_d · Post by **fluter_d** » Mon Nov 25, 2002 11:16 am

My flute teacher originally learned on a classical flute, so his wooden (Hammy) flute has a Cnat hole at the back. Cnat is played as B, with thumb lifted; C# is played as normal, with thumb covering hole. It's hard (for me) to coordinate, but works well for him...
Deirdre

vaporlock · Post by **vaporlock** » Mon Nov 25, 2002 1:11 pm

Hey Sandy,
CSkinner lent me a Susato that had the thumb hole drilled in it. It was located halfway between holes 1 and 2 (on the backside of the barrel, of course). It seemed to work very well. C# was fingered as normal with the thumb hole covered. I was also able to get a fairly good Bb out of it fingered, as I recall, XoXO|OOO (where the lower case o is the thumb hole). I wonder if a thumb hole for the right hand would produce a good Fnat.

Currently I am trying to drum up enough courage to drill the left hand thumb holes in my Sindts!

Good luck and keep us posted on the whistle chanter progress!
Eric

Sandy Jasper · Post by **Sandy Jasper** » Mon Nov 25, 2002 1:35 pm

Deirdre & Eric

Thanks! That's just the info I needed! Now to find time to try it...

Eric, perhaps you could make a finger tube just for experimenting or do it on a cheap whistle that is simular in size to your good whistle, that way you won't risk your favorite!

Thanks again,

Sandy

jeffmiester · Post by **jeffmiester** » Tue Nov 26, 2002 2:52 pm

On 2002-11-25 09:02, serpent wrote:
HERETIC!!! Minion of SATAN!!! Burn him at the stake!!!

serpent

Bleh! Recorders! Yichhh! They give you hairy finger pads! Ewwww!

Michael Sullivan · Post by **Michael Sullivan** » Tue Nov 26, 2002 2:58 pm

Please, folks, please. Take your recorder talk elsewhere.

This is a family site.