Could anyone tell me what the lowest soprano whistle would be? an E?
I think Bb is the lowest.
Bb.
Starting from highest, Generation make G, F, Eb, D, C, Bb. Some makers do other keys, including E.
The highest recognised Low Whistle is A, which is a bit odd, because there isn’t a High A whistle. Guess you’d need stick insect fingers, and you’d get all the neighbourhood dogs yowling.
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[ This Message was edited by: Martin Milner on 2002-06-17 12:42 ]
I see that Dixon makes a Bb whistle and am thinking of buying one. Is anyone familiar with these? How do you think they will sound playing slow airs?
I think if you go by voice ranges for singers, a Bb-whistle would be more like mezzo-soprano. But why do you ask? Does it matter for anything?
I don’t like the higher whistles much, but my small hands (and untrained lungs) have a hard time with the low whistles, so I play my Generation Bb ALL THE TIME. That, and my quiet-ish C-Clarke natural are my standards. I recommend the Bb. It has a nice sound, and airs are lovely on it.
I’ve always liked the lower sounding whistles especially on slow airs. For fathers day I got a Dixon Low D but I cn already tell it will be a wile before i can play it well>
Re: Dixon Bflat whistle- my last whistle is a tuneable Bflat and I do like it. Perhaps better than the A… ? But not better than the Low D. all three are nice on slow airs.
Kar- I find what you said funny. You see, I have a clarke natural D, and a gen Bb, and a Kerry Pro Low D, and of all of them, the clarke takes the most air, the Gen next, but the Low D the most pressure… In other words it take more effort to blow the Low D, but I can play for a lot longer on one breath. Have you ever played any low D’s??
Nico
Actually, I have tried some low D’s and I feel like I can only blow a note or two at a time without passing out. Also, I can’t reach the fingering very well AT ALL. I have a set of the A-G-F Susatos, and I can play the A sort of OK.
It’s funny, I must like the breathy whistles. I just got a Shaw A and although everyone says you need lots of air to play, I don’t really notice. I guess my Clarke C does require a bit more air than, say, my Sweetone C or my LBW. But on the smaller, higher whistles the air requirements are so low anyway… I find the Bb is just a nice compromise between the lower & higher whistles.
On 2002-06-17 12:23, sunshine wrote:
Could anyone tell me what the lowest soprano whistle would be? an E?
According to the Overton nomenclature:
Soprano F
Soprano E
Soprano E flat
Soprano D
Soprano D flat
Mezzo Soprano C
Mezzo Soprano C
Mezzo Soprano B
Mezzo Soprano B flat
Mezzo Soprano A
LOW WHISTLES
Alto G sharp
Alto G
Alto F sharp
Alto F
Tenor E
Tenor E flat
Tenor D
Tenor D flat
Baritone C
Baritone C
Baritone B
Bass B flat
Bass A
Bass G
I have also seen high F whistles named “soprannino.”