Toss the Feathers played on a Shaw Low D Whistle

A demo of the Shaw Low D whistle. Some people say it needs a lot of breath but I think its more the speed of air that it needs so I breath through it like I do with my trumpet - concentrating on the speed of air rather than the quantity.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• low whistle
• shaw
• tin whistle
• penny whistle

[fabzcardon]

nice I'm thinking of gettting one of these also in low D but mine is 29 cm what size is that you are playing?

[hostroute]

@fabzcardon This is a low D so double that size.

[fabzcardon]

@hostroute ah so its low D and about 60 cm?

[hostroute]

@fabzcardon Yes

[hostroute]

@BlackFolkAndPiano I rarely play Irish music in real life. And you are right, the Scottish style has almost completely disappeared. Scottish music is being subsumed by a sort of homogenised "Celtic" music which is mainly irish influenced.

[BlackFolkAndPiano]

@hostroute then why do you play irish music so often? we'd like to hear scottish tunes played in scottish style...

moreover: many scottish players as the ones in Silly Wizard or Tannahill Weavers don't use such an invasive tonguing... have they adopted the irish style of playing?

[TheIrishboy67]

Nice job on a difficult tune!! Great video!!

[u2poz]

hey you play with the tips of your fingers too!! :))

[raganhildis]

Really nice. It's a difficult tune to play and I like your rendition very much:)

[hostroute]

@Roberdezam I am Scottish and we tend to tongue notes more than the Irish.