Tinker ☀️

I've been enjoying learning the Irish Whistle / Tin Whistle. Bought a very inexpensive $15 USD whistle and been tooling on it for a couple of months learning off of free youtube videos.

I suck at it but I really enjoy it and want to continue learning.

So since I'm sticking with it, I figure I ought to take some lessons. Gonna sign up with https://oaim.ie .

Also looking at getting an "expensive" tin whistle. Looking at some between $150 to $250 USD for a single high D whistle.

As an aside, I really have enjoyed listening to the Uilleann Pipes and looked into how much a cheap set would cost...

...nope. Gonna stick with my penny whistle. 😅 (at least for now 😝)

#tinWhistle #irishMusic #uilleannPipes #tradMusic

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Show threadMoe Lassus5d ago
@tinker good luck with the learning! Uilleann pipes are quite costly! I’ve become (very) omodestly proficient with the Bodhran. Maybe I need to check this out! Thx!
Show threadTinker ☀️5d ago

@moelassus - Yeah! They have three courses with the Bodhran: https://oaim.ie/courses/

I think its a wonderful percussion instrument. Just so cool to be able to have a drum in your knee 😆

They really fill out a session.

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Show threadPaul_IPv65d ago

@tinker

DM me if you want more info on "high end" whistles. (i *may* have a whistle habit...)

tinwhistle is an incredibly fun and mostly accessible instrument. the music is a blast.

it's also not a bad intro to simple (6 hole, maybe a couple of keys) flutes.

Show threadNeale5d ago

@tinker Hi!

I'm building 3d printable #uilleannpipes. Right now I have the chanter, chanter cap, stocks, and blowpipe. If you can supply a bag, bellows, and reed, I can supply the rest. This will save you maybe $400 on a practice set.

I'm about a year away from having a complete set: I still need to make the parts for the bellows, and then design sewing patterns for the bag and the bellows.

Hope is on the way, in other words. Stick with the whistle as you building your repertoire: the pipes are cantankerous, and learning tunes at the same time you learn the pipes is just going to max out the difficulty.

For what it's worth, I play a $180 MK Kelpie Low D, and a $20 Clarke "high" D. I have a $200 McNeela Wild that's a fine instrument, but it's not 10× better than the Clarke, and I wind up playing the Clarke more because it feels less snooty.

So stick with it (OAIM is excellent), learn a bunch of tunes, see if you can find a local learner's session or slow session, learn more tunes, pick up some ornamentation, learn more tunes, and at that point I might have a $60 Uilleann Pipe set for you :)

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Show threadTinker ☀️5d ago
@neale - Hahaha! Will do! Cheers for the encouragement and 3D printing instruments is so cool.
Show threadCityhallin5d ago
@tinker I picked up novice tin whistling a few years ago on and off. I too started with a cheap $10 USD whistle and moved through a few others of varied price. I ended up staying with a polymer Tony Dixon High D that has a tunable brass insert. At $50 USD online, the price was not outrageous, but the sound is great. Hope you continue to have fun with it all!
Show threadLee Holmes 5d ago
@tinker You might enjoy messing around with a Saxophone (very similar fingering), an Ocarina (similar fingering, and there are fairly high-quality 3d printable ones), or a Native American flute (similar fingering, can be made out of PVC, and magical in a pentatonic scale)
Show threadTinker ☀️5d ago
@Lee_Holmes - Fipple flutes are just the best 😆
Show threadLee Holmes 5d ago
@tinker Edited out the point about Uilleann Pipe practice chanters, those are only for Scottish bagpipes. Still expensive and still not fun :)
Show threadTinker ☀️5d ago
@Lee_Holmes - Hahaha, fair 😄