Ahava Rabba - Daniel Bingamon

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This morning, I’ve had a lovely time playing a

High-D Ahava Rabba Scale with C Extension
http://www.tinwhistles.us/whisethnic.htm

by the endlessly inventive Daniel Bingamon. What fun! I was playing Hava Nagila in seconds. Not bad for a Catholic kid from Alabama.

Makes for really easy and beautiful improvising in this gorgeous scale.

There are other threads about this scale and I recall that Paul Busman wrote about Daniel’s whistle.

Just wanted to add my note of affection for this unique instrument.

Dale

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Sounds interesting as always. I always thought about getting me one of those. It’d be a nice addition to the collection. :party:

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That jazz/klezmer rendition of Bei Mir Bist Du Shen really swings - got my head, hands and feet all moving.

Philo

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Where on that website is the Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen? Cannot find link.

(This post is also a test to see if my ‘thread watching’ feature is working.)

Tom D.

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Please allow me to add my thoughts on this topic :slight_smile: .


It’s really a unique whistle. 2 years ago I purchased an F in this style low whistle from Daniel Bingamon.

Little over a year ago I recorded a track with this whistle for Harvest Moon & added an Overton low F to compliment the Jewish F. I titled the track, “The Jewish Jam”.

I added some African Kalimbas as well along w/ other worldly sounds. The Jewish F starts with an improv air w/ a drone to it in that same scale. Then, the Overton F plays the melody behind it. Definitely non-traditional stuff & a bit pensive (dreamy) until the Overton plays the Irish reels to give it more kick.

I’ll have to agree with Dale Wisely & others that to improv on this whistle is really interesting to play around with. Try it for yourself & have some fun!

I can’t read any music so Improvisation is all I know.

Thanks


Tal

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I’ve said it here before, but playing trad tunes on this whistle is a real kick. They come out sounding really exotic and very cool.

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Tom - click on “More Information on the Jewish Whistle” on the left hand middle of the link page that first appears when you click on the link Dale gave us. Then scroll down and you’ll see it. It really jumps.

Philo

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I’ve often wondered, which scale would be good for playing the sorts of tunes found in Southern Harmony and Sacred Harp.

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I have an ancestor of this whistle and another one of Daniel’s minor modal whistles—I forget the name. This is a scale commonly used in Klezmer and in Arabic music and I quite often improvise on it on other instruments like sax and guitar. All his modal whistles will give you scales that are a joy to play on.

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Is it a different mode you need or perhaps just intonation?

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Philo:

Thanks!!

Tom D.
(This is also another test–notifications of responses to threads not coming through.)