@Lee_Holmes - Oh neat! I'll look into it, thank you!
On the topic of making fipple flutes yourself, I've seen several 3D printed ones used online. I might try my hand at that in the future as well:
#TinWhistle
Was going to get a Clarke Sweetone as my first tin whistle (based on online research), but the Feadog is what my local Irish store had. - So it's the one I grabbed.
I haven't played an instrument since I played trumpet as a Freshman in highschool.
So I wanted something straightforward and inexpensive. I had originally looked at playing the clarinet or oboe, but I can't put down that money (even for a rental) right now. I like the concept of fipple flutes and looked at a recorder, but the simple fingering of a tin whistle looked approachable.
I want to play the low whistle at some point as I love the sound, but I figured I'd start with a penny whistle. If this turns out to be a flash in the pan and a quickly put down ADHD passion project, then I wont be out too much money and will have had a fun experience for the time and effort spent.
If it DOES stick, though (and I'm approaching this as a lifelong project), then I'll invest a bit for a better whistle or even look at other instruments.
But this looks challenging enough, approachable enough, and just fun.
So I'll try it out.
Mary Had a Little Lamb and Twinkle Twinkle have been played. So I'm moving on to some simple folk ballads to start with.
First day. Wish me luck.
Girl who has only played the ocarina since high school: Wow, this tin whistle is giving me ocarina vibes!
#TinWhistle #Ocarina
Il me semble que je n'avais qu'un lien YT sur mon site. Voilà : il n'est plus cliquable (tu devras copier-coller) et accompagné d'un gentil rappel.
https://opentrad.net/fr/workshop/aerophones/flutes/duct/tube/design/gonzato/
Si quelqu'un'e se sent de faire des tutos #tinWhistle sur Peertube, je change mon lien !
@Aznorth en quel accord ton #tinwhistle ?
Ce coup-ci c'est démarré !
Mon 1er financement participatif sur #ulule
"Le Noël des bergers", un projet d'EP (mini album) accompagné par @Agrume
Des chants et musiques de Noël #noël
Tous les détails via le lien ci-dessous.
https://fr.ulule.com/le-noel-des-bergers
#boulyprod
#moutonraye
#recorder #fluteabec #blockflöte #blokfluit
#bombarde #whistle #lowwhistle #tinwhistle
#carols #christmas #weinachten #chantdenoel
Ca y est, c'est pour bientôt !
Je pré-lance mon 1er financement participatif sur #ulule
"Le Noël des bergers", un projet d'EP accompagné par @Agrume
Des chants et musiques de Noël #noel
Tous les détails via le lien ci-dessous.
https://fr.ulule.com/le-noel-des-bergers/coming-soon
On croise les doigts 🤞
#boulyprod
#moutonraye
#recorder #fluteabec #blockflote #blokfluit
#bombarde #whistle #LowWhistle #tinwhistle
#carols #christmas #weinachten
Had a super productive week: finally submitted 5 puzzles to a podcast I listen to. First time I’ve ever sent anything in, excited to see if they get featured.
Still grinding away at finger whistling (so much harder than expected. I've watched a dozen tutorials, and still can't do it!), and starting to tackle the Irish tin whistle too. Haven’t picked my first song yet. Any suggestions?
#TutorialComplete #PuzzleWriting #LearningMusic #TinWhistle #FingerWhistling
We got to play on this impressive stage in a truck at the Out of the Ordinary festival today. Not sure the whistle comes through very well, but might be for the best as I knew the tunes to varying extents. Here's one that we all know! #Cambridge #IrishTrad #TinWhistle
The Out of the Ordinary Festival is this weekend in #Cambridge. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24z2prl08jo
> The free event sees artists roaming the streets as well as musicians performing with other acts on Christ's Pieces.
Cambridge Comhaltas will be playing tunes at Christ's Pieces on Sunday (as well as singing). Today I'll be doing some last minute practice of those tunes 😅
🎶 🪈
#IrishTrad #TinWhistle
#Cambridge #Comhaltas, including me on #TinWhistle (🎶), will be part of The Big Session on Sunday 27th (from 10:30) at the Cambridge ‘Champagne’ Fringe Festival (running 25-27th July), at the rugby club in #Letchworth (free but with donations to Garden House Hospice)!
Full programme for the festival is at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uDJGIz6Ek4ZQc-1hlK2OAgpWl-0zNVBf.
I also recommend Frank Corr, a somewhat more skilled Comhaltas member! #FolkMusic
Had some good fun today with Cambridge Comhaltas #busking at Market Square #Cambridge and later at the NCI building in Chesterton. The event was organized by https://www.cambuskers.org/ fundraising for the Strawberry Fair https://strawberry-fair.org.uk/SaveTheFair
#IrishTrad #TinWhistle
There is #busking in #Cambridge all weekend. https://www.cambuskers.org/RunningOrderPage.html
I will be playing whistle in the Sunday Cambridge Comhaltas sessions (13:15 Market Square; 16:15 The NCI). Although not sure how it will go outside as I need it to be pretty windless! #TinWhistle #IrishTrad
Toot tunnel (only a portion as full video is a bit long for here). #TinWhistle #Narrowboat #Canal
Panne d'électricité en Espagne et Portugal et sud de la France, pensez à acheter un #tinwhistle ou un #ukulélé avec vos doigts et de votre bouche cela devraient toujours fonctionner
Got my adjudication sheet from the Midlands #Fleadh. Some good critique of my ability to play with rhythm and in tune but not too harsh about the extent I played the right notes in the right order.
Didn't seem to imply I'd failed to meet any unwritten minimum standard. (Was worrying as I was 2nd of two in the category, potentially by quite a long way.)
I have a blog post about the day (with some recordings of the tunes):
https://coffeenow.moomop.uk/post/2025/04/fleadh-2025/
#TinWhistle #IrishTrad #FolkMusic
I found some recordings I made in 2023 of "The Foggy Dew" with tin whistle, mandolin, guitar. I decided to properly mix the track and add some bass, kantele and percussion.
*Share & Enjoy!*
You can also listen to the track on #SoundCloud and download a FLAC file from there:
"A Swingin' Safari" is a 1962 #instrumental composed by #BertKaempfert. It was recorded by Kaempfert on #PolydorRecords and released in the #UnitedStates on #DeccaRecords. The song features a distinctive main theme played on the #piccolo as substitute for the traditional #tinWhistle, and a trumpet solo by #ManfredFredMoch. The prominent bass line is by Ladi Geisler. Kaempfert's recording of the song did not reach the charts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvZfGzgwrSQ
My first Fleadh
https://coffeenow.moomop.uk/post/2025/04/fleadh-2025/
#fleadh #TinWhistle #FolkMusic #IrishTrad #IrishTradMusic
In a new departure for me, I recently ventured into the world of competitive tin whistle playing; last weekend was my first experience of attending a Fleadh…
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