I went to a local music shop (with mostly guitars) on the way home from work today. While I was there I asked the guy at the desk if he had any used guitar tuners I could have from any repairs he’s been doing (I started building simple cigar box guitars). He just gave me the ones he had for free so I felt obliged to buy something. He had 2 ‘d’ feadog whistles there so I grabbed one.
I’ve been playing ocarinas now for several months so it didn’t take me long to get 2 octaves + 2 notes on it via scales (higher really squeaks), and then I had to cheat and look at the fingering chart to properly get the higher and highest d’s going. I have to get used to that, it stops me from being able to smoothly play songs at this point.
Couple of initial comments:
- i like the extended range. I had a couple of muti-chambered ocarinas that I got rid of, ocarinas IMHO are a poor expensive choice for extended range playing.
- i have some old 6 hole bamboo flutes I never played much, they are both seriously flat in the high range (not a problem with the whistle).
- i’m a little sad about what seems to be a lack of accidentals. Other than Cnat can I get accidentals?
Thanks!
