any tips on tone etc?

as the title says, sorry if I sound a bit clueless, while my order is being processed I heard it can take months to a year. I even heard a practice set is difficult to master. so I decided to take advice and start here. but yes, what maker or brand do you recommend I buy. links would be nice if possible. thank you!!

A friend lent me their Humphrey high D whistle and I fell in love with it. I didn't mean for it to happen, but it did. 😄

I have a "Killarney-like" whistle (there's a number of copycats, I don't remember where mine came from) and it's fine. My major complaint is how quickly condensation builds up and how often I'm clearing it out. But the Humphrey - The tone is just so much more refined, the response so easy, and it never clogs up on me. Just feels like a different level of instrument.

I've also got a Dixon and a Susato which are even less responsive and less refined imo. The Dixon's intonation is all over the place. The Susato sounds like a recorder. I never play them anymore.

Sadly, we all know Gary passed away over a year ago and his instruments were always precious to come by. And now they're going to be even more coveted. Apart from hoping one comes up for sale, are there other makers that are comparable? I'm thinking both in terms of construction (fully plastic fipple, metal body) and tone refinement.

Hey everyone!

I've had my whistle forna couple of days now, and here's my attempt at Concerning Hobbits from Lord of the Rings!

I'm playing on a Tony Dixon Trad D whistle.

I'd really appreciate some honest feedback on my playing, especially my tone and breath control. I feel like my lower octave sounds a bit too breathy compared to the higher octave, but I'm not sure if that's my technique or just the whistle itself.

Any tips on what I should focus on improving would be much appreciated!

Thanks!

Ive gotten a low d whistle and Ive decided I really want to try and be good at it. and I was wondering what the roadmap to learning this instrument looked like? and what are some good ways to practice so that I can become better faster?

I just picked up a low D tony dixon whistle today, and my big goal is that I wanna become good at making/improvising atmospheric songs on the whistle, and I was wondering how does someone get good at that?

Do you know how to play that song on a tin whistle? Is there a fingering chart somewhere?

I looked at several music sheet available online but I am unable to catch the melody.

On the video above, it has slow tempo I would like to replicate on a tin whistle.

You can get a download of Honoloco first part here: https://themcdades.com/honoloco-music-pdf

Might not be the same key, but I accidentally figured this out today from boredom, so I wrote a tab for it!

Enjoy!

Sometimes I like to go back and work on old tunes that I learned when I was starting out, and try to bring them up to speed with whatever I've gained since then.

Also, sometimes I like to go back to my old starter whistles and see how they sound, now that I have better breath control!

So here's one of the first jigs I ever learned, the classic "Out on the Ocean", played on my Clarke Sweetone.

Feedback welcome!

There’s some whistle workshops and some mixed flute/whistle/pipes. Some are for all instruments. Check out Tune Supply on facebook. Most are around 90 minutes on zoom.

Space, Time and Percussion: Rhythm, Tempo and Drive in Playing Trad with Ben PowerMonday, October 26th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/oAh9ZJwG

More New York/Sligo Tunes with Brian Conway
Tuesday, November 3rd @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/k8hPVLm5

Tune Up! Techniques and Exercises for Improving Intonation and Accuracy on the Fiddle with Tom Fitzgerald
Wednesday, November 4th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/XehLdD48

Irish Piano Accompaniment with Marta Cook
Thursday November 5th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/e4hvB8eP

Galician Tunes for Irish Musicians with Santiago Molina
Saturday, November 7th @ 2pm ET
https://momence.com/l/P0hZJl6e

How to Bring Your Music to Life! with Matt Cranitch
Sunday, November 8th @ 2pm ET
https://momence.com/l/b8h9mKdB

Bringing Breath and Joy into Irish Tunes with Martin Howley
Sunday, November 8th @ 4pm ET
https://momence.com/l/WQh9mExO

Bringing the Tunes to Life: Advanced Flute and Whistle Techniques and Phrasing with Isaac Alderson
Monday, November 9th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/wyhZQ6rZ

Need for Speed? Playing at Irish Dance Tempos with Katie Grennan
Tuesday, November 10th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/mXh48aGb

Gettin’ Jiggy With It. Accompanying Tunes in 6/8 and 9/8 on Guitar, Bouzouki, and Mandolin with Jefferson Hamer
Wednesday, November 11th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/wyhZQWmK

Tin Whistle for All: A First or Second Instrument! with Nicole Rabata
Thursday, November 12th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/79hLRgPo

DADGAD Made Simple: An Introduction to Irish Guitar Accompaniment with Aodán Coyne
Saturday, November 14th @ 2pm ET
https://momence.com/l/dahMZy0D

How to Hop Jig (for Harps and anyone who wants to join us!) with Lexie Boatright
Saturday, November 14th @ 4pm ET
https://momence.com/l/vrheMRWP

From the Well - Expand Your Irish Traditional Song Repertoire With Lesser-Known Gems (English Language) with Macdara Yeates
Sunday, November 15th @ 2pm ET
https://momence.com/l/b8h9mK4W

Listening Room: Traditional Music, AI, and Resisting the Archive with Marta Cook
Sunday, November 15th @ 4pm ET
https://momence.com/l/oAh9vogJ

Bluegrass Fiddle Tunes with Luke Bulla
Monday, November 16th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/ElhDrdED

Playing with Singers for Flute and Whistle Players with Dan Lowery
Tuesday, November 17th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/15hRnjPD

Bold Bowing with Winifred Horan
Thursday, November 19th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/6kh8lOa1

That Doesn't Sound Like Standard Tuning: Irish Style in Standard Tuning with Matt Heaton
Saturday, November 21st @ 2pm ET
https://momence.com/l/Z4h2kdDj

Deep dive into Cailleach an Airgid (The Hag with the Money) with Brenda Castles
Saturday, November 21st @ 4pm ET
https://momence.com/l/VRhkd7V6

So Many Ornaments, So Little Time! with Eimear Arkins
Sunday, November 22nd @ 2pm ET
https://momence.com/l/Mjhz1Al5T

he Seven Dimensions of the Bow: Getting the Sound You Seek with Ellery Klein
Sunday, November 22nd @ 4pm ET
https://momence.com/l/OehGX1ak

Bringing out the Beauty in Tunes with Embellishments, Melodic Variations and Phrasing with Tim Britton
Monday, November 23rd @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/nmhdBoG1

Bowing for Lift with Devin Shepherd
Tuesday, November 24th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/k8hPVL7k

Better Bowing, Better Tone in Irish Fiddle Music with Maeve Donnelly
Tuesday, December 1st @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/XehLdDnP

NY Sligo Style Tune with Ornamentation & Variations with Cate Sandstrom
Wednesday, December 2nd @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/oAh9vozo

Orkney and Shetland Fiddle Tunes with Louise Bichan
Thursday, December 3rd @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/P0hZJlW2

How to Back Up Singers on the Fiddle with Andrew Finn Magill
Saturday, December 5th @ 2pm ET
https://momence.com/l/b8h9mK1W

Fiddle Technique: Ornamentation and Bowing with Tara Breen
Saturday, December 5th @ 4pm ET
https://momence.com/l/g7hq7en9

"Help! I've Forgotten My Tune!" — How to Handle Tune Amnesia with Lesl Harker
Sunday, December 6th @ 2pm ET
https://momence.com/l/x9hjyrB4

Repertoire, Phrasing, Rhythm & Variation on the Concertina with Padraig Rynne
Sunday, December 6th @ 4pm ET
https://momence.com/l/vrhe0D2n

Reavy, Set, Go! with Haley Richardson
Monday, December 7th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/R5hgmxjn

Cape Breton Medley Making with Andrea Beaton
Tuesday, December 8th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/dahMZyeL

Gimme Five: Understanding Pentatonic with Anne Johnson
Wednesday, December 9th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/79hLRgb1

Hearing the Archive II with Cleek Schrey
Thursday, December 10th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/79hLRgBP

How to Learn Old Time Tunes by Ear - and FAST!! with Sophie Wellington
Saturday, December 12th @ 2pm ET
https://momence.com/l/9kh47bKo

Lilting as a Learning Tool with Marla Fibish
Saturday, December 12th @ 4pm ET
https://momence.com/l/4ZhPaOQZ

Tune Sleuthing: Find Phrasing Patterns by Ear with Hannah Harris
Sunday, December 13th @ 2pm ET
https://momence.com/l/8Mh4VDLo

Tis the Season: Let's Deck The Halls, oops... I mean Tunes!: Dressing Up Tunes with Ornaments and Variations with Ann Marie Acosta
Sunday, December 13th @ 4pm ET
https://momence.com/l/e4hvB8PW

Flute and Piping Tunes For The Fiddle with Eileen McLain
Monday, December 14th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/ElhDrdZA

Concertina Rolls Bootcamp with Lexie Boatright
Tuesday, December 15th @ 7:30pm ET
https://momence.com/l/e4hvBLxg

I’ve recently been following Callum’s work on Rhubarb Whistles and really love what he's doing!

For anyone who owns or has played one, how easy are they to play? Also, given that they’re made of aluminium, how light do they feel in hand? I'd love to get some insights!

FULL SET Tarbolton +Longford Collector + Sailor's Bonnet. Backing track: https://youtu.be/b5NrGUZEFR0?si=iFglY0NxELgJ0Eic

Hello, guys, concert flutist here. I've got really interested in trying tin whistle recently and I've watched some anime whose OST makes me feel it. I was puzzled what kind of Irish flute/tin whisle/low whistle/something else has the similar timbre, cause it's the most brilliant sound I've ever heard. I'd really like to have the instrument which is close to it! Please, help me with that. Here is where I've heard the instrument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZ6TnKvB2rc

Hello, I am a begginer with 5 months on the whistle. I finally practiced enough to make something that sounds decent enough for me to post. Tips and criticism are welcome to help me improve, or another way to play the tune. Thanks.

I started playing tin whistle a couple of weeks ago. I'm not very good at it (yet), but I'm getting more comfortable every day. It's the first musical instrument I've ever played and I've been around for years. Without a doubt, the BIGGEST problem I have is with moisture build up in the whistle. I can barely get through practicing a song twice without having become a screech session until I clear it out. It's killing me. Yes, I've tried blowing through the whistle, while covering the opening as well has sucking hard on the mouth piece. That'll give me a minute of clear play, but that's about it.

Has anybody come up with the way to minimize the moisture accumulation? If so, please let me know. It gets frustrating. I guess I'm a wet whistler.

I've been playing the tin whistle for a while now, but I still feel like I'm stuck at level one, and I can't seem to shake that feeling. I can read tin whistle tabs and play most songs I try, but I feel like I'm just following the tabs rather than actually knowing how to play. It makes me feel like anyone could do what I'm doing, so I struggle to see it as a real achievement.

Is this a normal feeling when learning an instrument? Does anyone else experience this?

I'm a software engineer based in Cardiff, and was a bit frustrated by there not being a Welsh equivalent to thesession.org. So, here you go: https://ysesiwn.cymru/

For each tune uploaded, you can choose to view whistle tabs: just expand "practice tools" and select it in the "See" section

If anyone here's interested in learning any Welsh tunes, I hope you might find it useful! And if you know of any tunes not in the site's collection, [you can submit new ones](https://ysesiwn.cymru/?page=add)

Hi guys,

How do you play the same notes twice while making it sound different?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNFvhG-nuPQ

I thought at first to blow it again but it sounds terrible.. And the tin whistle player does not look like doing that.

Hi!

I've recently started playing at Renaissance Faires with a fantasy tavern themed stage show. I'm just looking to add some songs to my repertoire whether for noodling around or for full-song stage performances.

We stick to music portrayed in fantasy media as well as music that fits a general Renaissance faire atmosphere. I'm fairly new to the whistle so there aren't a lot of songs that I know of and I'm not sure of how to begin looking.

Does anyone have any songs/tunes they would recommend?

If it helps, I currently own a high D, a high G, a low G, and an alto A.

Thanks so much!

Would like feedback and suggestions on adding proper ornaments to the tune to make it more dynamic and enriched. Thanks

I saw this smoothone for sale, but the seller doesn't know which one it is.