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Yeah I got confused, I do know about the D scale. I’ll be getting a D whistle then!
Well I might consider it if the Trad Dixon is more quiet than the Blackbird, what I was looking for was a nice whistle that I could paly without going into loudness (I live in a shared apartment). Don’t know if I’ll have problems palying it!
In my opinion, volume wise they are about the same.
Here is a recent thread on playing quietly. You can also see the picture I posted on how I mute the sound of my Trad. It still gives you a decent tone, but plays very quietly. It does however lower the pitch, so you won’t be in pitch if you play along to music.
https://forums.chiffandfipple.com/t/stupid-question-about-playing-quietly/75149/1
I’m starting to become convinced that the concept of how to play whistle music in a key other than that in which it is written is only easily understood in the beginning by folks who’ve spent some time with capos and stringed instruments. That’s not a knock on anyone, including mellowbreez, just something I think I’m observing.
But to elaborate for mellow’s sake…
The vast majority of whistle music you’re going to find will be written in the key of D. Naturally, that’s the key with which almost all of us start. That’s the key that every tutorial book or cd I’ve come across requires. So we all learn the notes for the D scale and the G scale (the D whistle’s secondary key). So what happens later on when you want to play a tune in a key other than D? …the key of C perhaps? Do you need to transpose the tune from D to C to play it on a C whistle? No. Because whistles come in different keys, the solution is as simple a picking up a C whistle and using the music you already have that’s written in D. Just play it as if you were playing your D whistle and voila!… you’re now playing the tune in C. There’s no need to learn a new way to finger notes, the whistle does the work for you.
Above, I mentioned stringed instruments and capos. If you’re at all familiar with guitars, the concept is really the same. If I have the chords for a song written out in the key of D but find that’s a little too low for my voice, I can use a capo at the 2nd fret to raise the pitch of all the strings by one step so I’ll now be playing in E. However, I won’t have to learn a new arrangement because I can still use the same D chord shapes I was using before I put the capo on the neck.
welcome,
as far as i know you just get the whistle if, you order from me you will just get the freeman whistle. hope this is of some help, mickey.
http://www.tuxedomusic.com
Thanks a lot..!!! That’s some precious information right there, I’ll be sure to take that in mind.
As kind of a final question guys, I’ve been doing my import calculations and the Tony Dixon Trad sold here http://www.whistleanddrum.com/tony-dixon-trad-irish-whistle actually gets me the same price as the Jerry Freeman from eBay, anyone can make me decide for a final whistle? I’m not trying to start a dilemma, just some nice feedback.
Get them both. Together they are cheaper than almost any other musical instrument you’ll come across.
Best wishes.
Steve
P.S. You can also buy directly from Jerry and avoid the eBay process.
Hehe, I can only buy one at the moment 
Get the Jerry Freeman Blackbird, then.
I had the same dilemma. Call me a skeptic but I was skeptical about the “tweaking”. So I did lots of googling and everyone really loves Jerry’s whistles. So I ordered one so that I can check it out. I was also interested in the Trad and my research (googling!) showed the Trad to be very popular as well. If I’m not happy with the tweaked whistle then I will order a Trad. They’re cheap enough that I think it’s not a bad idea to have a few so that one can choose the one they like the best. I figure if I’m going to play my whistle 30-60 minutes/day then it’s worth an extra $30 to have a choice in whistles. At the same time, I think one must play a whistle for a while to appreciate it. At first I was having problems with my first whistle (Generation F) but I kept at it and now I really like it.
Anyway, in summary, I went with the Freeman (but I got generation since I like my generation F) and will play it for a month or two and then if I’m curious I’ll get the Trad. if I space them out the wife won’t notice. 
I am curious how often this happens? In sessions do they say “ok the next song is going to be in C?” or how does that work? I don’t play with anyone else so I don’t have this problem.
It is linked to in this discussion: https://forums.chiffandfipple.com/t/anyone-have-use-for-an-old-generation-instruction-pamphlet/76151/1 (box.net link in the third post)
Thanks David. I knew I’d seen it somewhere recently. Turns out I even downloaded it myself at the time. I think the memory’s g …
… where was I?
The Freeman’s arrived. I got a Generation Nickel D & Bb. I got D because that’s pretty standard and will let me play with tutorials. I got the Bb because that’s as low as Generation goes.
As I said previously I was skeptical of this “tweaking” but now I’m convinced. I can see what Jerry has done to the mouthpiece and he has done some work in there. Both of them play beautifully. I’ll have to get used to the Bb but the D is great.
I’m starting to become convinced that the concept of how to play whistle music in a key other than that in which it is written is only easily understood in the beginning by folks who’ve spent some time with capos and stringed instruments…
You’re not far off. I’ve never played an instrument before and in a fit of ignorance I ordered a tin whistle in C. I was anticipating a lot of tedious transposing while trying to learn sheet-music for the first time.
…So what happens later on when you want to play a tune in a key other than D? …the key of C perhaps? Do you need to transpose the tune from D to C to play it on a C whistle? No. Because whistles come in different keys, the solution is as simple a picking up a C whistle and using the music you already have that’s written in D. Just play it as if you were playing your D whistle and voila!.. you’re now playing the tune in C. There’s no need to learn a new way to finger notes, the whistle does the work for you…
Thanks for the info. What a relief, I already feel out of my depth with any type of music learning and can’t afford another whistle at the moment (I know…they’re cheap, but I’m broke)
melloBreez - You have probably ordered your whistle by now, but I find the Freeman Blackbird to be quieter than my Dixon Trad.