The singer in this video (08:50) sings a couple of Irish tunes. The first is definetly the Black Rogue. Can someone identify the others? Also, seems like the Black Rogue is a lullaby of a sort. Does someone here know or understand what is it about?
TNX
A family member is currently traveling in Scotland (Glasgow and Edinburgh) and asked if they should buy me a whistle there.
I already own a Walton, a Busker and a MK Midgie (all high D). My main whistle is the Walton and currently not looking for a new high D. Is there an opportunity to buy a whistle from a local Scotland maker/dealer? If so what key is recommended for someone's first "not high D" whistle?
TNX
Hi fellas, recent recording of these two lovely reels. Would appreciate any advice, suggestions and slams :-)
Context: 39 y/o, playing since February 2025, Walton's Melow D
Cheers and thanks in advance
Context: I'm 39 y/o, playing since February 2025. Learning by myself
My first whistle was a Walton Mellow D. As expected, like the Feadogs and Generations, it's a perfectly fine whistle for beginners: easy blowing, pretty forgiving, not really in tune and is not tuneable.
After about a year I bough a second hand MK Midgie, which is fantastic and became my main whistle. It is much harder blowing and requires more focus and accuracy of breath control, but it just gives you so much more. The Walton was relegated to be my travel whistle.
A few days ago I got my hands on a Phil Hardy's Busker. It's really really good, with great craftsmanship, good intonation, and powerful sound. However it is prohibitively loud. Absolutely non-starter for indoors playing, and even outdoors I can't practice w/o drawing way too much attention than I'd like.
After two days of trying to tame that Busker, I find myself drawn back to playing my Walton, of all things. Suddenly I'm re-discovering the joy of effortless playing, not needing any tonguing to start even the highest notes, the classic chiffy sound, the forgiving nature, and being able to not think about sound production much at all thus having more brainspace for phrasing and ornaments. Honestly don't feel like picking up my beloved Midgie. I just want a chill whistle.
Here are my questions:
Have you ppl experienced this before? Do you ever find yourselves attracted to your simpler whistles over the fancier ones?
Eventually I'll start playing with other ppl. When that happnes, what commonly available whistles can give the same qualities of a classic pennywhistle (especially being an easy blower) but with good tuning and a tuning slide?
TNX in advance