Tipple

Irish Flute
1

Any body got a extra D they want to get rid of??? :smiley: Or is that just a crazy question???

2

Go to the source, man. Shoot Doug an email; great to deal with and real quick getting one to you. That was my experience anyway!

Matt

3

I just thinking & fishin, Im not sure if I want a low whistle or flute .

4

I gotta tell you, and I think others may agree, the flute is a whole different animal than the whistle. I remember reading on here that you were struggling not to long ago with some aspects of whistle (tone, etc).
Flute embouchure/developing tone, etc is a true art form, that takes years for some.
Be careful you don’t get ahead of yourself. Otherwise you may really start feeling frustrated. We don’t want to read on here that you’re throwing in the towel on it all!
I’d like to emphasis the importance of listening and “knowing the music.”

Good luck :slight_smile:

5

I’d say, if you don’t already play the flute, to get a good handle on a low whistle before you jump into a low flute. Getting your fingering right on low D instruments is challenge enough. Tossing flute embouchure into the mix will make the leap to low D really hard work. Not that it can’t be done.

I only noodle around on a couple Tipple flutes, so getting the dedicated flute players opinion on this is a good idea too.

6

thanks for remembering me Achill,
& thanks Daniel.
I play the side blown flute. I started making them before NaFs . I mostly play my side blown shaks when side tooting though . Ive made a Irish , well major D bamboo , but it was work , major scales seem less tolerant of a few cents than pent.
just thinking, and crazy me , thinking out loud :laughing:

7

OK then, here’s a “Do it Yourself” special for you. And Doug has done all the hard work.
http://dougsflutes.googlepages.com/makingasimpleirishflute

Feadoggie