Intro to TIN WHISTLE! | Team Recorder

[@JadeDRail]

Whenever I feel unmotivated to practice recorder (and soon the whistle) I picture myself as a freaking Satyr, dancing and playing beautifully with no trouble, mesmerizing travellers and luring them into the woods so I can trap them in the feywild.

[@veronica4316]

Omg hahahahaha, I love this, now I know how to motive my self either xd

[@msk-qp6fn]

Or the pied piper luring the children away from their parents as a punishment towards humanity for not keeping its promise

[@Reeldin58]

The wonderful thing about the whistle is it puts music within the reach of anybody. For just a few pounds you can buy a perfectly playable instrument and start having fun. One thing you didn't mention is, if you are thinking about buying a first whistle then the key of D is the best place to start. That way you can play along with the tutorials here on YT. That's how I started, I don't claim to be any good but I'm loving the journey. Great post.

[@runrig97]

And all of the tunes I have are written in the key D. Some tunes are in G, but meant for a D whistle anyway, as it's easy to play in G on a D whistle within a certain range.

[@amandasteven1400]

yes and no :) Low D for a first whistle might be a mistake? however, High D would be ideal. the wide spaced finger holes on a low D instrument could create a possibly insurmountable challenge for inexperienced players (dont ask) haha

[@aragorn1780]

they're also really easy to learn compared to other instruments! practice for a few weeks/months and you'll already be able to attend trad sessions, few years and you can be a virtuoso!

[@NathanielDowell]

First, and most importantly, 3:40. Secondly, what a lovely and enthusiastic introduction to whistles.

[@Springer5]

Thanks for the great video Sarah and well done for giving a shout out for English Traditional Music. England has a rich folk music history and a diverse repertoire, and it's great to hear it mentioned here. Happy playing everyone :)

[@alfredconqueror4422]

Never clicked so fast on a notification! I love the sound of a tin whistle, greetings from MX

[@flutechannel]

I gotta get back tin whistle playing! Thanks for the video Sarah!

[@SoggySandwich80]

I’m a pianist and organist but I appreciate how fun they are to play and gorgeous the recorder and all the wind instruments sound, team recorder power

[@lemoneez4485]

organ is my favinstrument

[@SO-ym3zs]

Great intro! Whistles are a fun, inexpensive entrée into the world of wind instruments. I often have both recorders and whistles sitting around and jump back and forth or play the same tune first on one, then the other.

[@GayleHallAZ]

I was thrilled to see you do a video on tin whistles! In fact, I wish you’d do more! I’m teaching myself to play the alto recorder, having been a modern flute player in an orchestra setting for approximately 10 years some time ago. At the same time I purchased my Yamaha 312 recorder, I also bought a Feadog Pro High D whistle and set it aside to concentrate on the recorder. But this past week, I found myself drawn to the whistle every day. I’m compelled to overcome the tonal challenges of the 2nd octave and transitioning between octaves. I can reach the higher notes, but I feel like I’m in “attack mode” when I do! I don’t remember ever having this embouchure issue while learning to play the flute, but it’s very humbling. Anyway, I hope you’ll do more whistle videos because you make it seem effortless to go between the recorder and the whistle, and I’m sure you can offer some excellent advice!

[@soslothful]

A tutorial devoted to the full range of cross fingerings to make a chromatic whistle would be a great boon!

[@SC-rb2jr]

Amazing playing. Very natural video style. Thank you.

[@riannehelmus8]

Great video Sarah! I got a Tony Dixon high wistle for my birtday. It's tuneable and made of plastic, I love the sound! I used it a little while ago to play in a wedding service in an coustic setting band, worked perfectly in the church acoustics and the bride and groom loved it! :D

[@christophertsiliacos8958]

8:32 If you're enamored with your "all-time favorite": "My Heart Will Go On," you'll love it's counterpart from the same movie and from same composer: "Unable to Stay, Unwilling to Leave." 😊 ♫

[@NatureAndTech]

Best introduction I've ever seen. Thank you.

[@clawhammer704]

The expensive one might be louder but the cheap one had a open more folk sound to it. But what do I know I'm a North Carolina bluegrass player and never played Irish music.

[@PhilipDaniel]

I've written chamber ensemble pieces that include the English and/or French seven-keyed flageolet--an instrument that seems to me as well-suited for involvement in complex chromatic polyphony as the recorder.

[@amandalittley7120]

Because.....physics....! Simples 😍

[@runrig97]

Because an open first hole on the whistle is like playing natural harmonics on a guitar (on the 12th or 7th fret..depending on whether you close all the other holes or just the 2nd and 3rd.

[@onetouchtwo]

Just the video I was looking for! So well done!

[@lillavanderlek6737]

Proof that a good musician can make even the cheapest instrument sound good

[@lulu12345575]

Thank you! I didn't know how to hit the high D in my clarke sweet tone until you showed me!

[@christianrosenkreuz6931]

I thought that was an old video. I should turn my notifications on. I bought an alto recorder last week thanks to you ((:

[@itsmeGeorgina]

And I bought both an Alto and a Tenor and have started to learn how to read music again,,, after 36 years New life for me, I made my old Aunt cry with my newly mastered "Silent Night"

[@DeeBroughton]

And I just ordered the plastic Mollenhauer Adris Dream because of Sarah.

[@gsco82]

Nice that you included South Africa in the countries where the whistle is played. I became aware of the pennywhistle through the videos of the S. African pop group Mango Groove.

[@klarajelinkova1577]

Amazing!!! Please do as many of whistle videos as you possibly can!

[@christophertsiliacos8958]

And do an ocarina video, too! 😊 🎼 ♫

[@Escapetosea]

You’re just a doll Sarah , love your videos 😊

[@darthmazing]

I started off playing the tin whistle last year and got a bit bored of having to wait for tabs tutorial on KZbin 😂 soon after I found team recorder and started learning how to play the recorder . I adore the sound of recorders and the repertoire. I love my whistles but I feel like I have more flexibility with one recorder.

[@NathanielDowell]

A large part of Irish music tradition is learning to play by ear. Aside from that, there's a lovely Welsh lady (CutiePie) who has a channel devoted exclusively to helping beginners learn popular tunes on the whistle.

[@hopefulhyena3400]

Penny whistles are also fun crafting projects. I made one myself out of pvc pipe and some wood and all I needed were a hacksaw, a ruler, a pencil, a pocket knife, a pair of scissors, and a phone (calculator and tuner). I don't really understand if it's a low g or a g, so I'll say that the G it is tuned to is G4, which is typically the 4th G on a piano, or the g string of a ukulele (tuned re-entrantly)

[@michaelrs8010]

Greetings from Orange County California. I'm no rank amateur with the whistle, but I can only dream of my fingers flying over it like yours do. Good show.

[@steveclarkmusic9]

Love to see you start a Irish Whistle channel. I saw some vids you did about 4 years back with some great experimentation. I know you probably have little time...but just a hope. Amazing. Thanks. Steve Clark. Australia.

[@steveclarkmusic9]

Yes. I have watched a number of her vids. Thanks.

[@geekbynight]

Sarah, I really enjoyed the video. When I first started playing the tin whistle, someone told me that if you immerse the plastic head in boiling water for a brief time, it melts the glue and you can pull the head off. After that, you can tune them just fine.

[@geekbynight]

Oh I forgot to say that it works!

[@franklott834]

My favorite music teacher. :)

[@phadeezz]

Just lovely!

[@luckybarrel7829]

OMG I'm watching this again and noticed your Irish accent noice and I'm rolling in laughter cause it's accurate!!!

[@alkistisbush7589]

Yes!!! Finally Sarah ....that was very helpful video...you are an amazing musician ❤️

[@edgewaterz]

Wikipedia says flutes have been reliably dated back to 40,000 years ago. I wonder what the source is for the 80k years ago. Maybe a different type of carved flute or whistle. Impressive we've had music so long! The Low G whistle looks like a heavy metal Drop D bass guitar of the flute world. Great video.

[@theshengplayer]

Nice video about the Tin Whistle! 😊 👍

[@johnroberts262]

I have played the tin whistle for many years and found the Clark original is flute like in sound. Also ,you don't have to play Irish tunes as the whistle covers many other types of music, I for example like to play classical tunes and English folk songs. Happy New Year to everyone.

[@fredoliveira4882]

Happy New Year from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!

[@KaganB]

Bless you. This video is an exceptional tool for learning this instrument for orchestration.

[@Post-ModernCzechoslovakianWar]

The tin whistle is a great instrument, I love playing mine. Great video. The Tin Whistle is also played in Traditional Provincial South African Music called Kwela. It’s a very beaitiful form of music with many similarities to Jazz.

[@mjsuraci]

It's unfortunate that Kwela Music is so seldom written down. Most of what we have are brilliant recordings. kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6K2hpeeqMaMfbc

[@WayneKitching]

I wanted to mention Kwêla music. I am South African and used to (badly) play "Special Star" by Mango Groove in B flat on a C whistle.

[@Post-ModernCzechoslovakianWar]

@@WayneKitching Thanks for sharing that with me. I didn't realize I listened to that before, till I looked it up. Nice to relisten to a good classic. Playing in B flat on a C Whistle, that's pretty nifty, I find it extremely difficult to play a Chromatic notes on the whistle. It'd be cool to visit various places in Africa, South Africa probably being one of them in the future. I hope things get better over there. Thanks for sharing.

[@gk411]

Happy new year 😎 your vlogs are cool 😊

[@livewireyoutube]

"My heart will go on " was actually the first piece of music I learnt on my flute ...now I think this would be more fun (mostly easier) for me to play on tin whistles .

[@stevewolfe3214]

"My heart will go on" is a great song... Just "perhaps" played too many times.

[@RubenTura]

Thanks! I'm a guitar player, nothing to do with whistles, but in the recent years I just got to know and love celtic music, especially things like Lunasa or Dervish for example, and I finally decided to buy a tin whistle just yesterday! I can't wait for it to be delivered! Thanks for the video, it was very helpful, as I know virtually nothing, aside from a couple of small things they taught me in the early years of school on a cheap recorder.

[@pedro-e-o-lobo]

You should totally listen to Omnia if you haven't already :D

[@runrig97]

When I started many years ago, I got two books, Geraldine Cotter's and L.E. McCullough's. I much preferred Cotter's.

[@deaconsyxx322]

Me: There’s no way a recorder/whistle channel would work Also me: Ooooooooooh a new video!! Eeeeeeeeee!

[@Team_Recorder]

Yaaaaay

[@JadeDRail]

I ordered an irish whistle, I had no idea you played those too!!!! I guess I know where to go for info about that.

[@FloJV06]

I loved your introduction! (And your accent!) I play the flute and I like to explore new boundaries through all the woodwind instruments.. My brothers recently bought me a 'quena', the way you have to put your fingers is a little bit different and not easy at all but you should try it sometime. Its sound is charming, too. Thanks for your post! Greetings from Argentina!

[@annawhistles]

Just to throw it out there... I have a tin whistle with a thumb hole on the back! Great video, didn't know you played tin whistle too!

[@eltrompetachica]

Thanks for the whistle love 👍

[@FiddlingwithmyWhistle]

wow... very good

[@FindlayG]

I am a Scottish fiddler and whenever someone is like “do you have the music for this” I’m like give me a second *me opens up the session on my phone* “Here you go!”

[@Maevea13]

I had 2 tin whistle for Christmas xD Thank you for the video

[@bajoelectrico]

Good video! I write only to say that "El cóndor pasa", as a folk South American song, it is played with a "quena", a sort of wooden whistle, where the mouthpiece is open at the top, with the bevel starting there. Better explained here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quena.

[@SgtMacska]

Thank you for the reference!

[@DellaStreet123]

Thanks for the video. Tin whistles are really a great invention. Isn't it funny how low the low whistle appears to sound when, in fact, it isn't that low at all? With D above Middle C as its lowest note, it's still a soprano instrument, like a flute or an oboe.

[@projectq2412]

I like your pronunciation and playing. Thanks

[@Free_Snooki]

I think tin whistles sound even more distinct than the flute. When she plays, I always think of the DCOM The Luck of the Irish. _🌈_

[@roykilgore5342]

Thank you Sarah, your music is as pretty as you are 😘

[@PDTUFI]

Hapy New Year Sarah !!!!!

[@lilyraimey3499]

0:50 Now THIS is beautiful.

[@RaynLeatemia]

Hi Sarah, would u please do a review of Yamaha Venova? Would be great to see you do it!

[@DellaStreet123]

Hi, I am a "reedocorder" player, and I think if you don't want an instrument that you can play everywhere, including the bathtub, I'd rather buy a Kunath Clarineau with 3 keys. Better tuned and you can get it in recorder fingering for the lower register.

[@carlafogarty923]

Great to see some Tin Whistle content, I follow Dean at @TinWhistleTV as in sure he would love your content on the Tin Whistle as he is trying to learn the Tub Whistle.

[@tenienteramires4428]

Here in Valencia and Catalonia we have something similar called "flabiol" (or "flabiol de gralla" in Catalonia), which is like a wooden recorder, but with only six holes (in Valencia it may have seven) plus a thumb hole.

[@deldia]

Yes, that’s another fipple flute.

[@idraote]

Thank you, Sarah, for this interesting video! I love whistles, they are so d*** cheap and yet they sound good. Of course there are the top of the range ones who sound best but they cost a dear penny, whereas the cheaper ones sound good and you can take them to the beach, to the camping site, to do a bit of trecking and they don't get damaged... And if they do, you buy another. I remarked though that there are relevant differences between cheap ones. Some, as said, sound good. Others not so much. And they cost more or less the same, so it's not a matter of price. I have a D Sweettone by Clarke which has a conical bore and sounds extremely good, very mellow and "flutish". I also have a Waltons C and a Waltons D. They have a cylindrical bore and are somewhat more "tinny" but are still lovely. Of course I couldn't resist but buy a low D even though they are so incredibly expensive. I ended by buying a MK pro low D and it sounds sooo nice. But it's heavy... And you need a lot of breath control.

[@gabrielvieira9832]

Unfortunately in my country is not cheap at all

[@idraote]

@@gabrielvieira9832 I'm sorry to hear that. It's probably because they have to ship them overseas from Ireland or England and all the taxes.

[@TinWhistleTV]

Great video Sarah, do you have a playlist for the Tin Whistles?

[@irishrocker225]

Have you ever played a Mike Burke whistle? They have an added thumb hole for making the fingered C natural actually in tune. Highly recommend checking them out

[@harrisonmin5190]

New Year, New Great Videos!

[@chrisgay4786]

mmm more random knowledge to impress my friends with at the pub.

[@JHVermaat]

El Condor Pasa is of course known by the Simon and Garfunkel version, but is was writen far before that by the Peruvian composer Daniel Alomía Robles (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Cóndor_Pasa_(song) ). It was based on traditional Andean music.

[@teenanguyen217]

Sarah you're beautiful and talented and your content is fantastically educational. Thankyou!

[@damionwhittington302]

Happy new year!

[@Binary._.]

Happy New Year 2022

[@thomaswright7841]

The large whistle sounds so much like a flute!

[@andrericardos6554]

Hey!!!! Happy new year!!!! Let's go 2019.

[@lilapiselloduga1752]

I have a little question, I've played the flute for quite a while and I was wondering if you need to clean the inside of the whistle after playing like you would with a flute or other woodwind?

[@pbeck15]

Apologies for no whistle content: what is your preferred method for members of your fandom to communicate with you? I don't have a big problem with the wide-open way it's done on KZbin (e.g., comments on a whistle video including a request for a jazz recorder session), but it seems inefficient. Happy New Year!

[@Team_Recorder]

Hi! Depends what for: business enquiries can be sent to [e-mail] For questions about recorder/music you can shoot them to me here, or on twitter or instagram (@sockmyshoe) and I’ll respond when I can. For long/detailed questions, you can try me on Patreon. I get a lot of messages through facebook too but rarely have time to check the ones not from friends! Hope that helps!

[@pbeck15]

@@Team_Recorder I'd be greatly obliged if you would devote a segment to legato playing. You must have some tips and favorite exercises for smoothing out the rough bits? I know there's really no substitute for putting in the time with a metronome and a ruthless ear, but maybe you can offer some advice and optimism?

[@pbeck15]

My bad -- you've done it already. There it is, July 6, 2017, in a Q&A segment, and quite helpful it is, too.

[@iskandartaib]

Making whistles are fun. Around 1995 or so I came across plans for making a low-D whistle out of aluminum shower curtain rod, and a couple weeks later I had four of them. NOT so easy to play.. those huge holes.. And you really need lungs for those.

[@ahmedsalem4057]

Because of this video i made an Irish whistle from a multilayered water pipe and it was so good to play THEEEEEEEN I accidentally found a feadog key of D in junk store in a touristic place in Tunisia, i took it for less than 2 $ !!!

[@jessicapsalmist8205]

Thanks. Very interesting and useful

[@laurencemann4952]

I enjoy your videos Sarah but I would be really interested in your opinion about the Chalumeau ?

[@Machodave2020]

Yeah, you can play any music on any instrument just as long as you like it and can transpose it/get a score for it.

[@Caglarcomposes]

At 03:40 after hearing the pitch change, I made the exact same face :o Thank you for this very valuable information. I really didn't know there was a reliably tunable whistle.

[@MaddMystro]

@Team_Recorder thank you for this insight. I play many wind instruments but my favourite by far is the harmonica which is also diatonic. A key part of playing Diatonic Harmonica is to play in different "positions" (eg. a C harmonica can be played in 2nd position as G or 12th as F) Is this also done on diatonic whistles or are they always played in the prescribed key? Thanks.

[@TheGenflute]

Sarah! At 6:52, what is the tune!? My early music group has played it! I cant think of it! And Musipedia didnt find it! HELP! 🎶🎶🎶

[@TheGenflute]

Is it a Cantiga? A sephardic tune? Hmm...

[@alejandrocastillo6664]

I was curious about the tin whistle because of Eluveitie.. it sounds very cool in their folk metal style xd

[@barnsibl6523]

Anyone know what she's playing at 4:16 to show the difference between the two instruments?

[@funkykoval2099]

Happy new year for all family ! Will You show some hiper-simple yet catchy tunes for whistle in the future?

[@soslothful]

Check out tutorials by Cutiepie.

[@dombombed]

Would I be able to practice these quietly? I live in a rented room with multiple people in the house and I don't want to bug anyone

[@pedro-e-o-lobo]

I feel you, bro. It's not really possible to practice quietly, so what I do myself is to go out somewhere open and practice there. Don't mind people passing by (from my experience they are often delighted hahah)

[@dombombed]

Pedro Miguel Abdo Fidélis de Paula this is literally what I've been doing lol blowing quietly in the my room just did not work

[@runrig97]

@@dombombed especially not in the upper octave. Maybe the bottom two or three notes.

[@dracopalidine]

I started using Susato ones because they just produce a lot more volume for pubs or for me at the time to play along with a pipe organ. I honestly just like the sound more now. I use my generation ones when I need to be quiter lol.

[@emorybatten284]

Really fun. I love tin whistles. Thank you and Happy New Year.

[@EarlOfMaladyCrescent]

Cool video! Subbed! I've been recording some tin whistle over the last couple of days. (It's not my instrument really). I like the look of those tunable ones. Mine seem to have gone 44% of a semitone sharp from concert pitch. I had to do some backing tracks for the whistle parts and sharpen them.

[@Fretfeeler]

I have C and D tinwhistles, currently ABS because I hate the sound of the metal ones, but honestly I much prefer the versatility of the Recorder, although the Tim whistles are sometimes handy for octave tremolos that don't work on Recorder. Still the tinwhistles mostly stay in my bag.

[@josevalverde2656]

I love you, greater flutist

[@mihokradovan]

Because physics....... You are great, sarah...

[@xarv368]

"Condor Pasa" is not a pop song, it is a zarzuela from Peru, composed in 1913 by Daniel Alomías Robles. The fragment you play corresponds to the fragment of the peasant festival and which is currently played in Peru using the quena (Andean flute).

[@Cysubtor_8vb]

Hmm, the many diatonic variants of tin whistles may play in my favor as a B-flat low brass player. Been interested in possibly adding a bass recorder to have another bass instrument to go with my tuba (and electric bass), but it's fingering of flats/sharps look more complicated than brass or even a bass ocarina I've picked up recently. Still, a B-flat whistle (along with some other select key signatures; possibly as low whistles as I simply prefer the lower register) could fit in with my brass decent enough with a simplified fingering system. Definitely going to look into a possible B-flat concert whistle, but do you have any experience with ocarinas to make a comparison between the three different styles of flutes?

[@ChildOfKingJesus57]

Hi, I play trumpet, and as you know is a Bb instrument and we are always having to transpose when we play with other instruments. With the tin whistle being in so many keys, this really frees us up to play with others more easily. I also have a key of C trumpet. I also play tin whistle, and I too have a Bb whistle and an Eb and an F and my gift for Christmas is a Tony Dixon low A whistle. It's a nice size, not too big at all. I have wee little hands. One thing about this lady is.. she wasn't doing any tonguing while demonstrating. Tonguing makes the tin whistle sound much better than it did when she demonstrated. She say she is a professional, so she probably does do this when she seriously plays. The tin whistle sounds much better than her demonstrations here. Go to other tin whistle players sites such as Cutiepie.

[@chrispalmer2136]

But which one does Picard use on the inner light episode?

[@joshhallmark9777]

Because...physics, (scrunches face). :) Good video. Thanks.

[@paulosoares7034]

Nice! Thanks!

[@quailypoes]

Those low whistles are amazing! Do you think they're something I could play being a 5'3" shortie with small hands? Thank you so much for your wonderful content and all of your enthusiasm!

[@spacewad8745]

You should have no problem. Go at it.

[@joshuapettus6973]

You should try an american fife, has the exact same fingerings, except it's a traverse flute rather than a fipple one

[@richardcrilley11]

Sarah, could you do something on the intro to Irish Heartbeat by Van Morrison. Are they using a recorder or a tin whistle? Could you do the notes and/or tab to this intro?

[@runrig97]

Opening the first hole on the whistle to get the octave root tone (e.g. D) is analogous to lightly touching a guitar string at the 12th fret to get the octave harmonic, and for the next octave, fingering the 2nd and 3rd holes but not the first is like the harmonic at the 7th fret of a guitar string, where you get an octave and a fifth above the root tone..but since you're starting with the fourth (e.g. G), you get the next octave of the root (D!).

[@runrig97]

And for those who don't know, the 12th fret is the halfway point on a guitar string, exactly halfway between the nut and the bridge. The 7th fret is one-third of the way between the nut and the bridge. On a whistle, the first hole is effectively halfway between the whistle and the open end of the whistle, or one third of the way between the whistle and the open fourth hole (when you close the 2nd and 3rd holes).

[@runrig97]

This was a slightly longer explanation of Sarah's comment "because physics" in the video.