Does anyone know what kind of whistle they use in the titanic theme " myheart will go on "?
its not too low, or too high, sounds nice~~ anyone know?? 
this whistle community doesnât really like titanic too muchâŚehmm, or dion, orâŚ
wellâŚsome while ago I think I read it wasnât a whistle at all, but that low-life cousin of a recorder.
true?
It sure sounded like a whistle to me.
Lillian, follow this link to a movie clip where you can see & hear the orchestra with whistle and Uilleann pipes:
http://www.sonyclassical.com/videos/60691/irish_orchestral_clip.mov
It comes from the Titanic website:
http://www.sonyclassical.com/releases/60691/makingof.html
Well, this member of the âwhistle communityâ likes it fine for what it is.
What it is not is Irish Traditional. What the little mournful whistle intro is not is a slow air.
What it really is: soft rock that includes some instrumentation borrowed from the folk / trad side.
And thatâs okâit has been responsible for a first introduction to whistles for many folks since that movie came out. Some of them stay âclueless but friendly,â others will wind up learning how to play.
So what was the problem again?
By the way, Chiff and Fipple is great but itâs not anywhere close to the âwhistle community.â It is a communityâitâs an online message-board communityâand it has developed âcommunity valuesâ of its own. I think it would be a mistake to assume that just because C&F members have a concensus on something that it accurately reflects the opinions of the whistle or trad community at large.
Nowâall that saidâC&F is a good community, and you can learn from the folks here and even be guided by the âcommunity standardsâ here and get off to a really solid start on IrTrad and playing the whistle.
âJames
Iâd hesitate to conclude that C & Fâers âhave a consensusâ on anything!
This is number 5 of the Five Great Mysteries here:
http://www.chiffandfipple.com/mysteries/mysteries.htm
All the information is there. Read the rest of the page too, itâs all importatnt stuff in the whistle mythology.
Note: it doesnât say there but i remember reading somewhere else that itâs a low G whistle. So there you go: low G Chieftain played by Tony Hinnigan. Now go read about the other mysteries.
This is a question people ask me often, along with âWhat key is the Titanic song whistle music in?â
One individual sent me to a website with MIDIâs of various movie themes, including Titanic, and I tried to work out the key(s) of the whistle in Titanic.
As it happens, thereâs a key change (up a major third) about 3/4 of the way through, so the whistle part seems to be in two keys. As far as I could tell from the MIDI, the tune starts in the key of F and changes about 3/4 of the way through to the key of A. If anyone can confirm or correct this, I would be grateful. Of course, this assumes the MIDI is in the same key(s) as Celine Dionâs recording.
Hereâs the text of the letter posted on the âMysteriesâ page. It mentions that Tony Hinnigan got a whole set of Chieftain whistles. I wonder if itâs true that the piece was played with one whistle (G?) or if Tony changed whistles to accomodate the key change. Anyway, I would love to know for sure one way or another.
Dear Dale,
Thanks for the website info. Iâm looking forward to checking it out.
Actually, youâre very close. I played all the uilleann pipes on TITANIC soundtrack, and my good friend, Tony Hinnigan, from London, played the low whistle. Weâve worked together for James Horner on the soundtracks of BRAVEHEART, THE DEVILâS OWN, TITANIC, and the CD follow-up, BACK TO TITANIC. Before we did the soundtrack to TITANIC, I made a trip over to London to pick up some whistles that I had made for me by Phil Hardy. I brought Tony along, they struck up a friendship, and Tony got a whole set of Chieftain whistles from Phil.
When we got together with James Horner to do the soundtrack, James heard the whistles, loved them, and assigned Tony the task. So, yes, it is a Chieftain whistle played by Tony Hinnigan.
Eric Rigler
Best wishes,
Jerry
Hee hee. I was told once by Jim Rementer that is was a Low G Copeland played by Keith (or Kevin?) Underwood. Ahhh, who knows?
I could die happy if I never hear that song ever again.
Kate Winslet could pose for me any time she felt like it, though, if I ever take up figure drawing 
One theory was that it was a Gen Bb - which would hold pretty well if part of the tune was in FâŚdonât know so much about the change to A thoughâŚ
I once accompanied a gospel choir in a concert to that song (yes, I needed the money 
) The song moved from F to A. I used my C whistle for the first, then my Bnat whistle for the second part. Worked quite well (better than the vocal arrangement, thoughâŚ)
We all are mortalsâŚ
Please forgive my ignorance on this subject, but wouldnât one want to use the Bb whistle for F and the C whistle for A??
Anybody want to buy this and report back?
My Heart Will Go On The Titanic theme-of-the-moment for you to play along with - only ÂŁ5.95
http://www.allflutesplus.co.uk/frameset.html
Brian
not quite, the key of B has a Bb and an Eb in it, you could play in F with a Bb whistle as long as you donât have to hit an E anywhere. C has no sharps or flats while the key of A has an F#, C# and G#.
Iâd probably use an F whistle for F and an A whistle for A, failing that a D whistle will work for A if youâre good at half-holing
The problem with this is that there are notes below the tonic, so you need a whistle in a lower key than the key of the tune.
I found I could play along easily with the key of F part on a C whistle (same as G fingering on a D whistle) and I could play along easily with the key of A part on an E whistle (again, same as G fingering on a D whistle.)
Best wishes,
Jerry
Yeah, and we could always keelhaul DiCaprio. Actually, I think Iâd have liked the music - if we hadnât had to hear it so much in a short time frame.
While Titanic can be blamed for many things, I appreciate the fact that it gave Gaelic Storm a real boost in popularity
(in fact, itâs pretty much responsible for anyone having heard of them at all!)
I saw Gaelic Storm at Duke University a year or two after the film came out.
They were apparantly asked to come there by a Girl Scout troop who had loved their work in Titanic.
Theyâve been back to Duke several times since (incredible each time).
Otherwise, I donât think the group would have come to the east coast at all⌠So at least James Cameron gave me that.
(I think Gaelic Storm is more deserving of a Las Vegas theatre than Celine Dion, but what the heck do I know?)
I saw Gaelic Storm in Mt. Pleasant a couple of months ago.
They put on a really good show. I enjoyed it.
âJames
I think Gaelic Storm is ONLY deserving of a Las Vegas Theatre! 
Theyâre just as âtraditionalâ as Titanic was. Sheesh! A fun bunch of guys to chat up at the pub and even some fun to play some trad. tunes with after hours - but their concert? PUH-LEEEEEEZE!