Hitting high notes

Whistle
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I can just about hit E two octaves above bottom E. I would like to get F# and G too. Any advice on how to get these piercing tones? Which whistles are best for ease of hitting the high spots. I am assuming a standard D whistle.

Brian

2

D whistle fingering for 3rd octave:

F# = XOXXOO
G = XOXOOO
And just in case :slight_smile:
A = OXXXXO

And blow very hard :laughing:

HTH

3

Get a book on fifing. They have all the fingerings you could want.

4

Here’s a good chart:

http://www.stainedglass.org/other_pages/tinwhistle/whistle_main.html

I can get up to G on most Burkes and Weasels. You might want to consider hearing protection if you’re planning on toing much up in that range. :slight_smile:

5

With the aid of Syaku8.exe and a pair of good quality earplugs herewith the result of my researches on the third octave using a Rose whistle. BTW the earplugs cut out the tones you don’t want to hear as well as making the exercise bearable! Syaku8.exe is pretty amazing - you need a sound card and a microphone.

Db XXXXOO
D XXXXOX
Eb XXXOXO
F# XXXXOX
G XOXXOO
a,Bb OXXXXO


The F# is too sharp but the others are pretty close.

Brian

6

OK, so where would one find this amazing program you are using?

7

Google will find it. Anyway its the first item at:

http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~tuner/tuner_e.html

Amazing free program, yes? One of its many delights: play a tune and it will give you a record of how much each of your notes was off!

Brian

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Blow REAL Hard