I'm afraid Kerry cost twice as much, at the time being, at least.

The Goldfinch seems built for that carol.

Very joyful, perhaps triumphant. It is not snowing here. It is 80 and sunny!

I really enjoy your channel Scott. I’m glad you got to be with your family. Thanks for everything.

lovely tune 🥰🥰

I am grateful for everything you share through your videos--they have provided much valuable guidance and inspiration for me. Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy thanksgiving Scott i was with my son and his girlfriend too :) you are so right

Happy Thanksgiving Scott!!!! I learned INISHEER today and am super grateful for my flute right now. How wonderful to be with family. Mine is mostly on the other side.

Thanks for making these videos. Enjoy your family time.

Happy Thanksgiving and thank you for your wonderful channel and your kind generosity. You inspired me.

Fantastic Scott!!!! Just what I need right now and I am beginning to appreciate that yes I can now play my LIR low D whistle (have a thumb rest). Easier on my hands than the higher Lir A strangely enough. I appreciate your videos very much!!!!

Excellent. Thank you.

"A broken record." The reference may elude some younger viewers!

Lovely video Scott 🥰🥰🌹🌹☘☘

Funny you should have a talk on that :) my son came over today and showed me the Dunning Kruger effect don't know if you heard about it i'll stick the link in the next comment very enlightening . Overcoming challenges kinda thing the valley of despair etc . I hit the valley of despair the other day when i was upset about my progress with the faster tunes and had to take a wee hiatus from them so as to not demotivate myself sat in that VALLEY :) . You are right company helps to stay focused. Claire in the whistle group pulled me along this summer with great tunes she shared that seemed to be what i like too and her determination was infectious.

Taping/recording yourself playing always you to compare how well you play over time. Actual sound rather than your memory.

i might get that little cheap Lir c whistle :) just for fun to see what it's like

Hi Scott i managed finally to do the next little whistle review if you'd like to share this along :) may help someone i find these reviews so great myself so here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWLJk6WjbNCDZrc

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.” - Frederick Douglass

Dear sir, I received my low d whistle today and I am interested in the sheet music for this instrument (do-re-mi...etc.) if you can help me. thank you very much

My low C is still oooooouch, and my Bb bansuri Ouch!!!!!!!!!

I have an A in both the LIR and the WILD whistle. Both are made with excellent craftsmanship, however the WILD IRISH hurts my hands (some arithritis) because it is heavier than the LIR. However, with a high D whistle, the added weight may not be an issue with the Wild one. My Tony Dixon tunable high D is a good reliable whistle which I am using. I ordered a rosewood Harmony high D, but the mouthpiece was rough and looked like it might crack in the future. I had bad luck with the wwoden Volga tuneable as well, and cold hear a brassy rattling sound. I wish I could find a nice wood flute. I will probably return my Harmony for a carbony high D.

Even though I purchased a close spacing Carbony early in my journey, I never truly felt comfortable with low whistles until I had played an A then G then F. Suddenly things seemed simple. The craftsmen have certainly paid more attention to the spacing issue in the last few years and the options are multiplying quickly. Great information.

I’m lucky enough to have each of these whistles and I love them all. Another excellent video Scott. Thanks.

I am loving my Carbony Low D with close spacing. My hands and fingers are small, so the spacing makes a lot of sense for me. That Howard with the clarinet key over the sixth hole is fascinating.

Thanks for this!

They all sound beautiful, and I am quite content that I have a Tony Dixon. I listened just out of curiosity, because I don’t want to buy any more whistles. I also have a wild Irish. Both of these I really love. I am really amazed at how good the Tony Dixon sounds for as inexpensive as it is

Thanks Scott and Jim

Glad it was of some help Scott 🙂👍

Of all the trades a' goin' surely beggin' is the best. For when a man is tired he sit him down and rest. This song might be part of the evolution of "Gilderoy," a song first collected in 1783 about the 17th Century Scottish outlaw Pàdraig MacGriogair, aka Gilderoy. "Gilderoy" is usually played in a minor key rather than in Dorian mode. In American oldtime sessions, it seems that no one knows "The LIttle Beggarman" but everyone knows "Red-Haired Boy." 🙂

So why you're.not impressed with the Lir? It's got tons of material thickmess on it...

The low tones of the Mazur are quite nice, I had not heard that one before. The Dixon is always reliable and should be in every kit. Love these videos.

Practice is hard, but eventually rewarding! :)

I come from Native American flute so I prefer the wooden harmony high D. However the particular whistle I got had a rough mouthpiece so I returned it. I like my Tony Dixon tneable high D but the high G sounds a bit shrill. But I am fairly new at this and everyday sound a little better. You make them all sound really good. I like the tone of the metal ones but prefer the FEEL of wood or polymer. How abot Carbony?

That Rui Gomez reminds me a bit of the Shearwater (full, breathy, and mellow), and sounds like it just needs a bit more push throughout the range to hit those top notes cleanly. I've noticed that a lot of whistles will tolerate underblowing up to the top two or three notes, and then they get rough, but if you push a little harder from the start, and maybe pull the slide out a bit more, you can get the whole range to sound cleanly. The rest of the whistles, particularly the Dixon, are more air efficient and require less push and more precision. I suspect the Rui Gomez takes noticeably more air to play than the others.

The Lir indeed sounds pretty good!

Of the four, I own and prefer the Killarney in that range and Sindt style. At a slightly lower price I prefer the Freeman Mellow Dog and Blackbird Great comparison video, thank you for doing so.

I heard LIR has a new low cost whistle and that it is quite good. Was this the one? Or the main LIR?

Thank you so much for this comparison. I am deciding. How much difference is there on the WEIGHT of the 2 whistles? This makes a difference with my 70 year old hands.. I already have a Lir Low D whistle with a wide bore, so I am thinking about getting a narrow bore.

Thank you so much for the comparison. They both sound good but I am leaning towards the narrow bore. Is there a difference in the weight of the whistles. I find my 70 year old hands hurt more with heavier whistles. I still find it hard to remember to totally relax while playing.

Hi Scott, I have the first three of these whistles. It's not easy to get across the differences in sound and tone but they do have slight differences and other build differences... Here's my take on them which hopefully will add to your thoughts and help others. The Killarney has a very easy to reach second octave and a slightly sweeter sound in the higher octave, it requires the less air of the three, it's the lightest and has the thinnest bore. It also has the thinnest windway which may clog easier than the others but personally I don't have a problem with that though I know others do. The Wild requires just a tiny bit more air, it is a bit louder but more muted in the higher octave but a strong lower octave. I would guess it is the heaviest and has a wider bore than the Killarney but the same as the Lir. The windway is broader terms of in height but slightly narrower width ways than the Killarney, may lead to less clogging issues if people suffer much with more moisture while playing. The Lir has the most open windway height wise, broadness about the same as the Wild. The Lir has a more flute like sound out of the three with a fuller tone, not as sweet in the second octave as the Killarney and needs a bit more air/push to reach the second octave. It's probably the loudest when pushed. These are all tiny differences in reality so any of them would be a great choice but after playing them for almost 2 years side by side, I have to give the edge to the Killarney for it's ease of playability and the sweeter second octave. Looking forward to your next video 🙂👍 Oh and I do have the John Sindt as well. It has probably the most traditional sounding whistle with that slight raspiness to it but not quite as sweet in the second octave as the Killarney.

I skipped intermediate whistles. I went from a beginner high D to a Carbony. I like all four of these. They fill different niches. Thanks, Scott.

So I have a question for you about ornamentation, timing, and especially hornpipes. Maybe this is a tough one, maybe actually simple; not sure myself. With a hornpipe having a swing to it (usually), does that extended note and bouncy nature create longer times notes for ornamentation that normally wouldn’t work time-wise?

Very good advice on the core tune being so important before ornaments. I honestly didn’t know when to start introducing them, and often did too soon I think

I play in an old-time session on Monday nights, and yesterday someone called this tune. Since I watched this video a couople of days ago, this tune was already on my mind and under my fingers.

I've owned mine for over a month now. I had a standard fingering low whistle and my fingers would get fatigued over time and could no longer make clean sounds. This whistle solved that problem. Not only that, I'm also getting better at my standard fingering low whistle. You are correct about playing it at a low volume to keep it in tune. I play mine in bed while watching KZbin. I think of tunes with which I am familiar and try to play them from memory. So peaceful.

I still don’t know how to tap my foot, no joke lol

Excellent advice.

100% agree! I also use bodhran metronome recordings if I want to spice things up when I'm practicing :D

This is a wonderful expansion of why and how to use a metronome. Metronomes are practical and helpful. They are not sexy. Yet I have found nothing comparable to helping improve technique quickly and efficiently. I'm glad you liked my onn sentence comment in the last video, and I am thrilled that you were spurred on to create this one.