Please what do you mean by Mary Bergin fingering?
Where did you hear the term, Okverka?
[ This Message was edited by: blackhawk on 2002-07-29 07:38 ]
It may be a reference to having the right hand above the left (reversed from the conventional method of holding the whistle).
Tony
It may also possibly refer to Mary’s use of half-holing c natural,rather than using cross-fingerings.
completely ot question, but
Am I the only one who finds half-holing cnat actually easier than cross fingerings?
The cross fingering stuff just kinda messes me up and confuses me.
shrugs
I usually half-hole, because I find it easier, but I can do either or both when appropriate. Sometimes my half-holing sounds a bit too sloppy for a particular piece.
I find my fingering changes based on the whistle. For most of my plastic whistles I use OXXOOO but the metal ones can’t handle that. I play my Laughing enough so that I am used to its OXXXOX, though for some tunes I can half hole but only if the slur sounds good, lots of times I want the crisp change and so I cross finger. My Hoovers require OXXXXO which I am not quite as used to, but after playing a bit I remember to do it.
Ha… funny.. guess I´whistle “Mary Bergin Style”.
Didn´t know the “proper way” to hold the whistle when I picked it up 3-4 months ago, so I hold the right hand closest to mouth, and I also usually half hole the Cnat for better intonation.
When I order my wooden flute I must have it done for both left and right hand use (no problem according to Terry McGee).
/Peter