Northern Hemisphere Newbie End of Winter Quiz

Whistle
1

Now that spring is coming and playing somewhere besides sealed up inside your home will be an option…

  1. Will you be playing
    a. outside
    b. in hearing distance of people
    c. in sight of people
    d. still sealed up inside your home.
  2. Which ITM songs do you have down pat?
  3. Which non-ITM songs do you have down pat? People not familiar with ITM are going to want to hear a song they know and recognize.
  4. What are you going to say when people ask if that’s a recorder?
  5. How much money do you plan to make?
  6. Do you have liability insurance when your playing severely injures or causes death?
2
  1. a, b, c and d. But not all at once.
  2. Pat is my fiancees sons father-in-law. We dont see him often enough to learn tunes from him. He is irish though.
  3. see above.
  4. “Yes”. I figure they are ignorant, and dont need to know, or are trying to get a rise and dont deserve one. If they seem genuine I might take the time to explain, but since I play a tapered wooden whistle I am going to have to draw some fine lines… the most obvious difference is that a recorder has more notes? That makes a recorder sound less limited… Besides they are both end-blown fipple flutes, so most folks will not care about the difference.
  5. I plan to lose money
  6. Nope
  7. I will develop a sense of humour and an ability to count.
3
  1. All of the above.
  2. Pat and Dave are good friends; Pat plays piano at our weekly social gathering and I join in on recorder and/or whistle. The only ITM tune I’ve gotten “down Pat” is “Molly Malone.”
  3. Quite a few: Beatles, Broadway, movie themes, etc. Pat is in her 70’s so the list runs towards stuff from the 50’s and 60’s.
  4. Pull out the recorder and say, “No, THIS is a recorder. THIS is a whistle. Get it straight, once and for all.”
  5. Are you out of your mind?
  6. Only for loss of hearing.
4

Now that spring is coming and playing somewhere besides sealed up inside your home will be an option…

  1. Will you be playing
    a. outside Possibly
    b. in hearing distance of people You must be joking
    c. in sight of people See b
    d. still sealed up inside your home. More than likely
  2. Which ITM songs do you have down pat? I don’t know Pat but I’m ok at Si Bheag Si Mhor and Inisheer
  3. Which non-ITM songs do you have down pat? People not familiar with ITM are going to want to hear a song they know and recognize. Umm! Nothing anybody would know who wasn’t familiar with trad folk to start with
  4. What are you going to say when people ask if that’s a recorder? See above. I’m going to be out of range of anybody chancing across seeing/hearing me
  5. How much money do you plan to make? ROTFLMAO
  6. Do you have liability insurance when your playing severely injures or causes death? Shouldn’t need it. See Q 1 and 4 for more details

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5

Here we go, Mutepointe…
I will be playing outside at every opportunity, as I am in the country and live on the banks of the Eel River.
I will be within hearing of people who live along the river. Sometimes I play in town and the ones in town might see me. Since a large percentage of men hate whistle, this is not necessarily a good thing. Strangely, I’ve never seen a woman who doesn’t like the sound.
After years of playing, I have about ten jigs down pat, a reel and a couple of polkas. Plenty of airs. I don’t work hard at anything on whistle excepting enjoying it.
I also play a few well-known hymns, plenty of worship choruses, and, of course, the theme for The Lord of the Rings. About 55 songs/tunes by memory.
If people ask if it’s a recorder, I’ll explain the difference. I’ve given up trying to keep people from calling it “your little flute.”
I made a few pennies whistling once when friends dropped them into a plastic cup…
I have decided to face the dangerous world of whistling without insurance (although I have, strangely, added “severe injury to fingers” to my list of "possible tragedies that could occur to me)!

6
7

Spring?? That is far into the future. But at midsummer’s eve I might play outside, within hearing range of other people, if it can be guaranteed that everyone present is too intoxicated to remember anything of it on midsummer’s day. If I do, I will play Inisheer and Heckla Henriks låt. Listening will be at own risk.

8
  1. Outside, as much as possible. I love playing my low G on the front porch, and the dog doesn’t seem to mind. He’s just glad to have me around again.
  2. I don’t know many ITM songs. Lots of tunes, but not too many songs. It’s the accent–just can’t get it to work.
  3. Lots of kids songs, church music, and random arias.
  4. I will tell them, gently and kindly, that they are :swear: WRONG!! :tantrum:
  5. None. I’m doing some recording this spring, but I’m going to donate any profits, assuming there are any. Live gigs usually pay for gas and some chow. Anything beyond that is fun money.
  6. No. As long as I stay off the Whistle of Mass Destruction (gen high G), it shouldn’t be an issue.