Help: So, now I have bought my self a tinwhistle.

Subject: So, now I have bought my self a......
From: lajka
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 03:18 PM

So, now I have bought me self a tinwhistle. How do I play?

Anders jag är redo för hjälp!!!!!!

Subject: RE: Help: So, now I have bought my self a......
From: Whistle Stop
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 03:37 PM

You know how to whistle, don't you lajka? You just put your lips together, and blow...

Subject: RE: Help: So, now I have bought my self a......
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 03:48 PM

I am not a whistle player but I just saw http://www.thewhistleshop.com/ reccomened and they have an on line tutorial for begginners - might be worth a look.

Jon

Subject: RE: Help: So, now I have bought my self a......
From: lajka
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 03:52 PM

Well whistle stop-Susch a smart as. Well, it´s like they say "stupied questian..."

Thank you Jon!

Subject: RE: Help: So, now I have bought my self a......
From: Crowhugger
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 03:55 PM

I've seen them in the stores, and I think you blow into one end. If that doesn't work, maybe try the other end. I am fairly sure that the small holes along the length are for fingering not blowing.;-)

Sorry, I wasn't going to post this, but I'm just so full of piss and vinegar today...I didn't even bother trying to resist.

Subject: RE: Help: So, now I have bought my self a......
From: Homeless
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 03:59 PM

Having learned the hard way (by trying to play songs right off) I would suggest starting with scales and rhythm. Only tongue every third note (for jigs) or fourth note (for reels). Run both scales availble on the whistle you have. Both octaves of the lower scale. When you have that down, start on arpeggios.

I was playing for a few months before I heard a recording of myself and realized that all my notes were run together and sounded like mush. I'm still trying to get an accent in my breath so that there is a beat to the music - and I've had to unlearn all my songs in the process.

Or were you actually looking for the mechanics of playing - fingering, breathing, overblowing, etc?

Subject: RE: Help: So, now I have bought my self a......
From: paddymac
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 04:02 PM

Don't fret, "birdsqueezer" (sorry, I couldn't resist either *BG*), we all have days like that. It's only when they start to become too frequent that it's time for a pint or two.

Subject: RE: Help: So, now I have bought my self a......
From: Amos
Date: 07 Mar 00 - 05:21 PM

Paddymac's on the stout again, an' it only Tuesday! Sigh...

Subject: RE: Help: So, now I have bought my self a......
From: GUEST
Date: 08 Mar 00 - 04:22 AM

There are also some good tutors out there. A music/instrument shop with a bit of self respect should be able to provide. If they don't have any books in store, ask them to order one for you. One I can recommend (it's the only one I know of!) is Mel Bay's Complete Irish Tin Whistle Book. Lots of hints and help, and a lot of nice well-known tunes. Ths ISBN number is : ISBN 0-7866-2318-7. Personally, I think learning by ear is a good way to go about it. Find tunes that aren't too fast to begin with, and move on to the faster ones as you get better. That way you will hear what the grace notes sound like, and you get a better "feel" for the music.

Om du vil , kan du sende meg en personlig melding. På det viste slipper alle å lese alt, det kan bli litt långtråkigt.

Magpie

Subject: RE: Help: So, now I have bought my self a......
From: Lady McMoo
Date: 08 Mar 00 - 06:05 AM

A very good tutor is The Irish Tin Whistle (I think that's the title - I've mislaid my copy) by Geraldine Colfer published by Ossian publications. If it's still in print, it came with a tape with all the tunes (a considerable number) covered in the book.

All the best,

mcmoo

Subject: RE: Help: So, now I have bought my self a......
From: Barbara
Date: 08 Mar 00 - 03:20 PM

lajka, it looks like you already have the fast finger action necessary to post this question twice. To read the rest of the valuable advice we have given you, click here.
Blessings,
Barbara