Eh? American Pennywhistle??

Whistle
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I stumbled across something strange here:
http://www.elderly.com/books/items/224-1536.htm
Is this the result of the war or something? I can’t really understand how it would apply, but I thought I’d post to see if anyone can enlighten me.

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I doubt that it’s a recent patriotic effort as a result of the war-if that’s what you have in mind. If you look on the Elderly pennywhistle instruction book page there are also similar books (instruction in various languages; includes a Walton whistle, etc) for Irish, Scottish and English pennywhistle. It seems to be just a matter of what kinds of tunes the book emphasizes. Kind of like Learn to Play the Appalachian Fiddle.

http://www.elderly.com/books/430.htm

Steve

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Ah! I see what you mean.
Thanks for clarifying :wink:

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You’re up early this morning Gadget! Good morning.

Steve

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cough
Oh… Is it morning? That means I’ll probably be going to sleep soon.

I’ve got the musician’s hours but not the moxie to go out and play music lol! :wink:


Edit: Besides, it’s only 3:30am here! Still early!

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What it sounds like is that its an oddly-conceiveed title for a book on plau=ying American traditional music on a pennywhistle. Except that at least a couple of the songs (Scarborough Fair, for example) are imports.

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Well, the blurb does say “American and international tunes”.

Steve

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Relax, folks, it’s not a Freedom whistle.

I was in Walton’s in Dublin a few months ago and spotted these. It’s just a marketing thing, they produce otherwise identical whistles in different colours and call them “American Pennywhistle”, “Scottish tin whistle” etc. I meant to post something about it, particularly the variation between “tin” and “penny”, but the day job got in the way.