...sounds different

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I’ve got a Clarke Whisle for something like.. hmm.. half a year now, and I’ve learned myself playing it while listening to Irish folk. Since a while, I found out that my Clarke sounds a bit different than the Clarke of one of my friends. She bought she same Clarke, but somewhere else. I thought: well, maybe because of the much playing it’s getting a bit false, or something. So I went to the shop to ask, but they said that it wasn’t normal. I decided to buy a new whistle, because I need to hold half of my finger on the fourth hole to play normally with other songs (and that’s pretty iritating -_-"). But that whistle sounded the same!
Now; what is the right way a Clarke should sound? I’ve recorded a little music with my Clarke so you can hear what’s wrong/ normal of the tones. The song isn’t by me, but by a Dutch paganband Omnia. ^^
http://media.putfile.com/Clarke
And next to that, I also have a creepy sound on my whistle. Maybe it’s normal, but I’d ask it anyway. If I press all the holes, except the most upper one (the one closest to your mouth), and I blow, I can get two different tones, expending the hard I blow:
http://media.putfile.com/weird-18

I hope someone can help me with it. And if I’m in the wrong forum (there are so many. O_o; ) just gimme a kick and I’ll try again in the good one. :stuck_out_tongue:

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I think your Clarke sounds fine. I’ve had several Clarke whistles through the years, every one is different, some are purer, some rougher in sound, some take more air, some less, some have an easy 2nd octave and some don’t.

As for your “creepy” sound, some whistles will do that. I’m not sure how useful the effect is, but it’s cool. :wink:

–James

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OK. Thanks for your reply! ^^ Didn’t thought I’d get one this soon.
Yeah, it’s pretty cool, I noticed it on my holiday to Crete. Those Greek people have a weird effect on my Irish Clarke. O_o

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Sounds like a normal Clarke original to me. It has that very airy sound that is typical of a Clarke.

Ron