If I play a tune in the key of D on a D whistle, I can pick up a G whistle and play it in G with the same fingering, right?
So what if I learn a tune in G on the D whistle? What whistle would I need in order to use the same fingering and play it in D?
Thankyou!
Yes
Changing whistles to a different key is like placing a capo on a guitar, except the capo can only go in one direction from “standard” whereas whistle bell notes go both ways from D.
[ This Message was edited by: bob baksi on 2002-04-08 15:40 ]
to your second question
G is to D as
D is to A
so you transfer/use the same learned fingering from the D whistle onto an A bell note whistle to be magically playing in the key of D instead of the old key of G
Think of it as capo-ing Up 7 on a guitar, or (in theory only of course) capo-ing minus 5 to get to the A an octave below the Up 7.
Since a Soprano A whistle if it exists would be rather (?) shrill, you will probably decide to use a Low A (-5).
[ This Message was edited by: bob baksi on 2002-04-08 15:44 ]
[ This Message was edited by: bob baksi on 2002-04-08 15:46 ]
So what if I learn a tune in G on the D whistle? What whistle would I need in order to use the same fingering and play it in D?
Thanks to Tyghress, I now know (and oh, I hope I’ve got this right; apologies in advance to Tyghress if I’m making a mess of her fine advice!) that if you play that tune on an A whistle, it will be in D.