So one of favorite activities with my two-year old is playing my whistle along with some Pogues tunes. She gets to dance, and I get a little playing in.
I tried it with Whistle This! and thesession but she doesn’t get the same urge to twirl and jump listening to midi files.
I’ve read here and elsewhere that Spider used a C whistle (and possibly others) on some of their tunes. I only have D’s so I don’t have the ability to experiment.
I’d love to get some help if anyone has any info on what songs are “C whistle songs”, so to speak (along with any other keys).
Lots seem to be in D too. I can flute with “Pair of Brown Eyes” and “Kitty.” Makes me think he’d sing others in D as well. How does your daughter like it when you do the beer tray bits?
yeah, a lot are in D, but for example, we were bouncing to “Dark Streets of London” and I couldn’t seem to lock it in, so I think it may be a C whistle. “Body of an American” too.
It’s been some time since I’ve played along with my Pogues collection, but on Red Roses For Me, I made good use of my Generation F and G whistles. Battle of Brisbane comes to mind for the G, though you could use a D and bring it down an octave. C and D whistles yes, but if I remember right Spider played an Eb on “young ned of the hill” on the Peace & Love album.
A ‘D’ whistle should get you through most of their material. You may not be playing the same whistle as Spider per se (he did use G sometimes) but you’re fine on a ‘D’ whistle for the majority of their stuff.
Not sure what your decision for the Oak is based on but the design on their C whistle is not as good as the D. If you’ve played one and like it I don’t mean to sway you, just sharing my experience. I thought they were a little weak.
I like the Feadog C best so far. The Gens haven’t been bad but getting the head off to make them tunable has always been quite a chore. They are a very tight fit and even once the glue is removed I have had to file down the tube or scrape out the head fitting to keep it from becoming stuck (and therefor non-tunable). After that they’re fine whistles. Feadog is still my pick for cheap C whistles.
Hope that helps.
i like my Oak D so that was the rationale. Thanks for the input, as I also like my Feadog Pro D as well. I’d be curious if people who liked the Feadog C also liked the Pro D.
I have yet to play a Feadog Pro whistle; I’ve been content with the Feadog original and since the Pro model is only available to me via the interenet I haven’t felt like paying the cash for one plus shipping.
The Feadog C is a bit more forgiving than the D but they both have a good design and the whistles play strong. I like the Feadog because it is bold and has more bark to it than, say a Generation, Oak or Waltons.
do you use the brass or the nickel Feadog? I’m finding myself becoming partial to nickel, but I wonder if the brass offsets some of that Feadog punchiness.
