Hello all i´m new here I have tried before to post but it seems it has not worked I must say i´m surprised how many people are into playing tin whistle. It´s not well known in germany.
I´m playing tin whistle since a few month i had flute lessons about 17 years ago but stopped it because it was boring (german flute, “recorder” seems to be the right word for it, it´s a flute complete made of wood) . But i have found the passion again the Corrs and Jethro Tull inspired me to pick up the whistle and to try it again
it´s not easy to learn the ornaments but it´s so much fun and i love the sound of the tin whistle
i hope my english is ok you can correct me at any time
here’s a warm welcome from a German fellow whistler (there are actually a few around here on the board). In other words “Gruess Dich!”
Where in Germany are you located - maybe somewhere around the Duesseldorf area?
Hello, Whistlegirl! Welcome. I spent some time in Hamburg some years ago with host family. It was a great time. Hope to see you here on the board! BTW, your english is quite good. Probably better than you think.
You have found a good place with lots of information, links and friendly people.
The Corrs were the reason I started playing again too. I had a whistle for years but didn’t know how to play it really. After discovering this site I learned there were many many more whistles and even whistle tutorials with tapes/cds. Was amazed to find such a large internet community with whistle players and maybe even more surprised that there was so much to know about these ‘simple’ instruments.
Now I’m a few years of playing, learning, browsing and whistle acquiring down the road and still not tired of it.
Check out this site, it got me started a couple of years ago (hasn’t been updated for many years though).
p.s. don’t want to go too fast too soon. That happened to me after a few months. It’s starts really easy and you progress quickly but then I got frustrated that I couldn’t play tunes the moment I looked at them/heard them. Gave it a few weeks rests thinking I never would be able to play Carraroe Jig/Joy of life or whatever its called. Didn’t even want to play anymore, so I thought. But I did AND I could play it all of a sudden
Don’t know how or why and didn’t care… Anyways, don’t give up easily.
Hey thanks to you all for the nice welcome i´m really glad to have found a community like this. And Curlyblue thanks for the link i have found this site acidental a few month ago and have the songs printed out. So far i can play Lough Erin Shore, Little Wing and a bit Carraroe Jig but not so perfect like Andrea. I also had to learn again how to read notes and it has worked. But the most time i´m trying to play by ear this works as well. And yes sometimes it helps to give it a rest i do the same if i´m frustrated.
And Paul i´m glad to hear you did enjoy the Hamburg journey any plans to come back?
from another whistler in germany, welcome to the board!
you will feel at home here - there are many who share your opinions about the “blocktröte”. in fact, using the “r”-word is an open provocation to some (but all in fun, i’m sure).
I come from Austria ond I’m also new here (but I have read her for a longer time). Hope my english is not too bad.
I’ve ordered a tin whistle a view days ago and hope I’ll get is this week.
When I was seven or eight years old I started to play the recorder (and i love it, especially the alto recorder ), four years later the boehm flute.
I hope that I will be able to learn playing the whistle by myself, because there are now teachers here (AFAIK).
Hello Martin Millner no i don´t have the flute anymore it was a recorder and this flute was suffering in all these years i must confess. I had this flute about 4 years. Oh and it´s not the music which has bored me it was the lessons we have not played irish music but only german folk songs.
I must say i´m surprised how many people are into playing tin whistle. It´s not well known in germany.
I´m born and raised in Hamburg but living now in Grabau (Schleswig-Holstein) about 40 Km away from Hamburg.