And, boy, do I hate retractions! A week ago I posted: “But I can’t totally agree with the easy player/hard player and give up on the hard player bit.” and now I have to retract that. I had been playing on the Healy for quite a long time hoping to find a breakthrough. BUT, it was not always a fun experience - something Terry McGee did allude to. So a few days ago I went back to my first flute, Ormiston and fell in love all over again. I have been reinvigorated (is that a word or emotion?) and am having fun again. Not only that but I look forward eagerly to practice/play time again. Perhaps when it all comes together I will get back on the Healy and the Copley and play on.
So, Terry McGee, my apologies for doubting your statement/s.
No worries, Bill. If you susbsequently find you were right all along, you can issue a “Detraction”!
When I was in Dublin for three months in 1974, I bumped into a nice lady called Mary Bergin and took some tin-whistle lessons. Returning to the antipodes then as a world-travelled expert, I was prevailed upon to teach whistle to some of the locals. It soon became known as the “W.T.McGee Academy of Flagellation”. Perhaps my methods were a little harsh?
(It was of course a reference to the old name for the whistle, the flageolet, just in case anyone was worried!)
