sorry if i’m asking a stupid question, but i’m not an expert in flutes and i’d like to learn the difference between them…
so, what are the differences between irish flute and low whistle? why usually people say that irish flute it’s better?
Well, you’ll get a slightly biased opinion here on the flute board…but I’ll give my $.02 anyway.
While pitched the same, and fingered the same, the flute is simply more versatile. It’s also harder to get a basic tone out of if you’ve never played a flute (any flute). The low whistle will make you sound better right off the bat, but to truly play it well still takes considerable skill.
I prefer flute.
Eric
Flute has more volume and, for many people, a more
interesting sound. Even though it’s capable of being
louder than a low D whistle, you can play it
softer too, especially in the second octave.
There is a great deal more control over tone
in flutes than is usually possible with whistles.
So low D whistle, while it’s beautiful and can be
used to great effect, is something of a niche
instrument, if I may put it this way. You
don’t have extraordinary artists devoting
themselves body and soul to low D whistle principally
(though of course extraordinary artists
sometimes play them). Or a hundred CDs devoted
to low D whistle. But people, lots of em,
are devoted
to Irish flute. Many superb Irish flautists,
as there are many terrific
fiddlers.
hey. ask this question on the whistle forum and see what happens there. it’s the same people on that forum too but it’s a way more fun forum. all they really want to talk about on this forum is embouchure and keys and breathing. they’re pro-breathing but you wouldn’t know it.
a great many of us have been breathing most of our lives…
some correctly.
thank you for the answears.
i’ll try anyway to post the same topic on the whistle forum as mutepointe said, lets see if something different will come out 