Chiff and fipple e flat whistle
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Allows playing along with bagpipes (leaving aside volume considerations…) one string lower on fiddle.Īny fingering on D whistle played the same on A whistle - comes out a string higher on the Fiddle.Īny fingering on D whistle played on G whistle - comes out one string lower for the violin.ĭ fingerings on Bflat whistle. Fifth lower than A fingering on D Whistle, i.e. G Fingering on D Whistle to A whistle comes out in D.
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The Right hand column is for playing with the right hand on the top three holes, but otherwise thining that it is playing in D - obviously you can’t reach all the notes, but I know some people use this trick to play in G too. the violin "one string lower" trick above.
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But I am missing the columns for other instruments, e.g. I can recreate some of this from first principles below. I have seen a table before, where whistle keys and fingerings are compared. Guitarists can use a capo anyway if they can’t transpose on the fly. It is very important not to confuse the rest of the session if at all possible (they can get aggresive and/or sulk), so having a way to avoid the violinist do too much rethinking is good. If I take my low A whistle and play it with the fingerings for G on the D Whistle, then it comes out in D and the violinist can play it as before, just moving one string lower. As an example of what I am looking for: Duke of Fife’s welcome to Deeside - played by us normally in A on a D flute or whistle. Both are of the same cost range and much better whistles in general, and much better for beginners.I am looking for mental shortcuts for transposing keys between whistles and fingerings and then playing along with opther people. If you are just starting, I would recommend the classic Clarke D whistle or the Clarke Sweet Tone in D. There are much better whistles available these days, if you can save up a bit. But I would not recommend it to beginners, which is its target demographic. Takeaway, if you have some experience with other wind instruments and are familiar with altering your breath control, this whistle will probably not frustrate you too terribly bad. I likely will not buy any more of this brand of whistle and will just save my pennies for better quality whistles made by one of the many smaller whistle manufacturers now on the scene. However, it is the one brand of whistle that has various keys at entry (affordable) costs for beginners who may be experimenting with various keys or those with little pocket money. It is playable but may lead to some frustration for the rank beginner. It is not the easiest whistle to play, not being a smooth transition from the lower octave to the higher octave. This brand of whistle is hit or miss on quality, (By tweak, I mean heat it in hot water, remove the fipple, fill the hollow with putty, then put the fipple back on and adjust the length and tune it using an electronic tuner.) If you want something better, talk to someone that knows more than I do. If you want to try a lower whistle or want a knockaround low whistle, I'd recommend this one. When something cost $10-20, there's really almost no risk in buying it. Even without doing anything to the Generation Bb, I like it much better than my Generation high-D. But I haven't tweaked the fipple on the Generation high-D. It's my least favorite of my three high-Ds. This is my lowest whistle, I've heard that somewhere down around G you might have to go to a piper's grip I'll find that out when I get my first whistle that low or lower. With that caveat of just making sure you give it enough air, it plays well enough in tune.Īs far as fingering, I have large but not extra-large hands I have no problem fingering with a regular a regular grip. Of course, a whistle is not a precise instrument and is never going to play exactly in tune. I suspect that's because the first hole is rather small. One thing I find is with all holes open, if you do not blow hard enough the note (A) is rather flat it's much more noticeable on the high octave If you blow a tad harder enough, it's fine on the low octave on the high octave you almost have to overblow to get the high A (all holes open) in tune. I know hole size varies but these seem to vary more than my High D whistles.
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I find the holes a bit odd in that 1st and 4th are much smaller than the others. I haven't had a hard time hitting most notes either octave the A and high Bb on the high octave are a bit tricky. I haven't tweaked/tuned it yet but it plays pretty well (as far as I can tell, I consider myself a novice). This one being cheap, I figured I'd give it a try. I have a few High-Ds and wanted a lower whistle to try.