Hi. Do any of you regularly play a low-D whistle at sessions? If so, what kind do you play and is it loud enough to be heard?
I’m getting a bit frustrated with my flute embouchure deserting me every time I pull out the flute at a session (it works fine at home, go figure), and after listening to flute so much lately I’m finding high-D a little shrill.
So…I’m considering purchasing my first low-D, but want something that would work well in a small (usually less than 10 people) session.
Do you feel limited at all when playing low D? For example, do you find it harder to get crisp, fast ornamentation, or to play up to speed in general?
I don’t seem to have any of those problems on flute, so I wouldn’t think it would be impossible on a low-D whistle.
If I were wanting to get a pure sounding and fairly loud low-D whistle, what would you reccommend?
Brett wrote:
I’m getting a bit frustrated with my flute embouchure deserting me every time I pull out the flute at a session (it works fine at home, go figure)
Brett…it would be a good idea to post that on the forum, but I wanted to say you are not the only one who has this problem, I have currently exactly the same, new as the flute still is to me…or feel free to PM or Email me to talk about this …it puzzles me too.
warmest greetings and keep playing, it will come, don’t give up yet…
berti
I play a Burke low D and a Greenwood high D. I’ve been looking around for other low D’s though. The Burke’s are great whistles for sessions, but just not quite what I want personally. Copeland’s are superb if you’re willing to drop the cash on them.
I’m thinking about a Sweet “Resonance” Model Low D, a Copeland low D, or maybe a Bleazey low-D. I really like the looks of the Bleazey…very flutish looking.
Yvon Le Coant’s low-D’s look nice too, but probably the most expensive option.
I think a person can play flute and whistle, but with flute some attention to embouchure will be necessary. I paid Song of the Sea for a Burke, Overton, and a Copeland low d with the understanding I would send two back. For me it was not an easy choice. They are all excelent instruments.
I play a MK Low D whistle regularly in a session with 3 or 4 fiddles. I have a few others but I find the MK to be the loudest and the best to play in sessions and it is tuneable. I don’t know if anyone else here has come across MK whistles yet, as I haven’t seen them mentioned recently.