The Butterfly and The Road to Lisdoonvarna Irish Whistle

Two slip-jigs I learned today. I'm having some trouble since my fingers are so long keeping the holes covered O_o so that explains the random squeaks and such. Enjoy and tips and feedback encouraged!!!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• folk
• world
• music
• Irish
• Whistle
• tin
• celtic
• butterfly
• road
• lisdoonvarna
• flute

[Reepicheep77]

Are you playing with your fingers curled just because they are so long?

[sklrjkt]

That's probably part of it...also is force of habit from playing saxophone as my primary instrument and they keys are more offset and a curved finger is how your hands naturally fall...on low whistle now i dont curve as much i think but on hight i still do...not sure why but i do...

[AtharAqua]

You got a bit flustered - it shows with the quality of your playing. But very well done :D

Just smooth over those rough bits, and take your time so you don't lose the timing :)

(And as for long fingers - don't use your fingertips. You said you learned Sax, which accounts for you hand shapes, but try to teach yourself to use the middle of your fingers for the whistle - better coverage, and better for larger hands. I've been playing whistle for 13 years now, and that's what I've learned :) )

[IdarkphoenixI]

If your having trouble wrapping your fingers around a think tin whistle maybe you should look into low whistles, i love my tony dixon but it takes a LOT more air to use. They sound great though

[Vaskis4life]

my two favorite tunes...... =D really nice, thanks =]

[ttimothymurphy]

i like the ornaments you add on the butterfly

[JonasOrlas]

THe first tune is the first Irish tune I ever learned on whistle I think. Nice playing, I like the slides you add in there. :)