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Tonguing is much more sparse than the post-Feadoga Stain style. The more legato style hasn't disappeared yet though. I live in an area where a more flowing style is pretty much alive, partly due to a neighbour of mine who has taught hundreds. I must say I was struck by the degree of tonguing/glotta...

I was thinking about that sort of thing after reading the thread on the session. Have a look at the players linked on the Sean O Riada Gold medal thread l posted last week. All thoroughly contemporary styles, very different from what was around perhaps twenty years ago (and before, obviously). All a...

You could ofcourse go wild and make a separate flute for each note..

... correct speeds (in his opinion)... What he gave was more descriptive than prosciptive, based on the thoughts of the musicians he consulted. Guidelines for common and comfortable speeds, with the caveat that for sets and half sets a great variety of speeds would be encountered. He gives slip jig...

I am not one to follow competitions and all that but I'll post this item anyway. For one this competition was won this year by a fine young whistle (and concertia) player, Éimhear Flannery. But mostly because the link below includes a recording of the competition (on Peadar Ó Riada's radio programme...

Not sure what you mean by this. No idea why you think I'd assume that experienced players are or are not likely to try these whistles. Experienced players use whistles of all kinds, including very cheap ones and ones sold on all sorts of different websites. I really don't get your point. During my ...

Anyway, someone on Reddit said that Becker apparently retired last year. So it looks like I probably can't buy one from him anyway. :( Did you read my post at all, I wonder. Or the website, for that matter. (Hint: see the quote from the website in my post). I also know that many people on here are ...

Did you check the Becker website? Hi fellow musicians! Thanks for over 13 years and almost 4,000 whistles! The last day to order was March 7th, 2023. I will be spending retirement time with my beautiful wife of 47+ years. It has been a pleasure my friends! The shop is.......closed....... Also, did y...

I think you will have yo bear in mind the whistle is not a push button instrument. In other eords, you can not expect to blown into a whistle and expect an in tune scale to pop out without effort. A lot is up to the player. So a group of (relative) beginners will always be challenging to bring toget...

And off it goes ... Déjà vu all over again

FWIW, Charlie Lennon, briefly mentioned in the blog linked above was the subject of the Rolling Wave special, see : Charlie Lennon celebrated by The Rolling Wave And I'll add this one, which I just stumbled into, a 1957 programme by Ciarán McMathúna: Ballinakill ceili band . Which, coincidentally, f...

The Cs have always been very tight and hardest to get off without damage. 'Throw' it into a Bb tube, that will do it (may need a few attempts).

. You see, what I'm doing is not "digging," but attempting to engage intelligently with people's points

You really can't leave well enough alone, can you? I am not going to bite.

I had wondered what exactly you had in mind when you brought up that argument. When this was the example you came up with I couldn't help giving you a little :poke: Take that how you will but I hope you can see the irony that made me smile. No, it really doesn't. Because there are many examples of m...