No dont stop collecting whistles (in fact I stopped at the House of Musical Traditions in Takoma Park MD last week and bought a Sweetone C, a Dixon combo Low D/flute, and a practice chanter in addition to a pair of musical spoons, ad nauseum..)
Problem is this: I want to play them all at one time or another, but they all have subtle breath requirements that I wind up mastering none.
Question: How does one handle WHOA? Should I master one (I have a favorite I normally play with, but there is another in the car, another at work, another at Smootsylvania, my country estate), master the next?
Lisa,
Of all of the replies I have received, your answer is far and above the most sensible! How can I ever thank you?
Seriously, and actually, it DOES make the most sense! Problem is I have a tendency to play on one whistle, sound off-key, and switch to another whistle. I will take your advice and stick to a single whistle thru the trouble tunes… then switch to #2
Thanks
Stew
Smoot
[ This Message was edited by: StewySmoot on 2002-03-23 20:19 ]
I understand your problem, Stew. In addition to trying to play many different whistles, I.m trying to practice violin, bodhran, and sticking, and there’s a guitar, uke, and a monstrous hammer dulcimer lurking in the corner.
BTW,OT but haven’t seen you in awhile. Have you had any luck with the Ancient Secrets of the Fountain of Youth. Inquiring mind here, Gm
Make a joyful noise!
[ This Message was edited by: grannymouse on 2002-03-23 22:30 ]
The sad, sorry truth is that after accumulating them all, you’ll eventually come to find that there’re at most two Ds and one of two or three other keys you play and the rest are orphaned and abandoned.
Okay…enquiring minds want to know Grannymouse…what is sticking?? Is that where you, like, completely wrap yourself in duct tape (sticky side out…of course) and then run around the neighborhood catching cats??
On 2002-03-24 00:33, Chuck_Clark wrote:
The sad, sorry truth is that after accumulating them all, you’ll eventually come to find that there’re at most two Ds and one of two or three other keys you play and the rest are orphaned and abandoned.
Nono… the use for the others is that every now and then you play them and feel REALLY GOOD about the ones that you actually play. See how much extra joy they bring you?
Just keep on playing. It gets better.
Also one ends up playing them all,
despite favorites. Sell the ones
you never play. As to limits,
maybe ending up with good whistles
in all the keys one wants to play in.
Then sell the remainder if one doesn’t
use em.
