You might need to use the pinky of your dominant hand to help support the whistle when none of the holes are covered. Progressively remove a finger at a time, starting by uncovering the hole at the end and working your way up to your mouth until you're playing the note with no holes covered (C#). Blowing just right will create a steady, low tonic pitch.
Blowing too hard will produce the upper octave or a squeak. Blowing too softly will make the note airy or nonexistent. This will produce the tonic (a D on the D whistle). (You don't need to press hard, just make sure each hole is completely covered.) Blow a steady stream of air, with your mouth shaped as if you were saying "toooo". It looks easy and is easy! Play the lower octave notes. Hold the whistle with all the finger holes covered.
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White holes indicate that it is uncovered, black indicate covered, and plus signs below the fingerings indicate the higher octave. Read the tablature for a D whistle below. (It is possible to make sounds above this range, by blowing with sufficient force, but, in most musical contexts, the result will be loud and out of tune.) As you go up a note on a whistle you generally lift one finger. For a D whistle, this includes notes from the second D above middle C to the fourth D above middle C.
#Chiff and fipple b flat whistle how to#
Learn how to finger the notes. The standard range of the whistle is two octaves.Place the tip of the fipple between your lips, but not between your teeth. Cover the six keyholes with your fingertips. Pinkies are not used except to support the whistle while playing certain notes, or when playing the largest (and lowest) tin whistles. Place your dominant hand at the bottom and your other hand at the top of the tube. Hold the whistle correctly. It should face downwards and away from you at a 45 degree angle. Often placing a piece of tape over one edge of the fipple slot (just below the mouthpiece) to narrow the fipple will improve the instrument's tone and playability significantly. Inexpensive rolled metal whistles, such as those from Cooperman Fife and Drum (which also produces high-end instruments) may be very airy in sound, and may be difficult to play in the upper register (second octave). Clarke style rolled metal whistles tend to have an airy "impure" sound, while Generation style cylindrical instruments tend to have clear or "pure" whistle sounds. The tone of the tin whistle is largely determined by its manufacturing.The lowest note of a penny whistle, with all the fingers covered, is called the tonic - on a D whistle the tonic is D. The second most common, a C whistle, can play in the keys of C and F major.
The most common, a D whistle, can play in the keys of D and G major. Purchase a tin whistle at a local music store or online. Whistles are available in all the major keys.
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