What is BACK PRESSURE when it comes to Tin Whistle? | TIN WHISTLE TERMS

[@HarryVu-n1n]

Very good explanation. Would be good to mention a few examples of low and high pressure whistles. Thanks

[@BB-pn2qv]

Did NOT know this, thank you!

[@ZengHuaXiansheng]

That’s really interesting, thanks for sharing! I only knew that you also can achieve a breathier sound with a steeper angle of the blade.

[@HouseofToads]

Thank you for all these informational videos along with your thorough tutorials. I've only been playing since late January and your channel has made it significantly easier to learn and your song/tune picks are 🤌

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

Thank you so much 💚💚

[@TheMtnmamma]

Thank you it’s a concept I have been trying to understand

[@RR-mt2wp]

Clever stuff, nice technical video in playing instruments.

[@bradydavis6365]

thank you cutiepie!!! Im having a blast learning on my Feodog D whistle! I do have an issue with accidentally goin into the high octave but Im starting to get it down and getting better all the time. This video was super helpful as per usual!❤

[@PaulStevenUK]

Very useful video explaining a term I had seen mentioned a lot but not explained. Some examples of each would be a useful too if you ever do an update to this one even if just in the description.

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

I was going to include this, but unless the whistle maker has it listed on their website, I'm only really going to be guessing...I didn't want to put up any incorrect info, but if I find some reliable examples I'll make a follow up video or list 😊 You can usually ask the maker before you buy though if you'd like confirmation 💚 they should hopefully be able to give you some reliable info 😘 x

[@PaulStevenUK]

@@CutiepieTinWhistle Thank you for your reply. I was just curious to identify which of my ever growing collection of whistles have high back pressure and which have low but I suppose I should in theory be able to work that out myself haha

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

@@PaulStevenUK well, I guess the easiest way is to go by air hunger. If you've got a whistle that leaves you taking breaths all the time, that's definitely low back pressure 😊 One you don't think about will be a mid range, and one you have excess breath left over with, will be a very high back pressure whistle 😊

[@PaulStevenUK]

Thank you for the air hunger test suggestion. 💨

[@arthureames9715]

Great video! Your channel has been my go to as I have learned tin whistle over the past year. Any recommendation on a slightly higher backed low D whistle?

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

The Dixon Polymer one piece whistle is actually pretty reasonable, as far as affordable whistles go...I don't recall having to take too many breaths with it...but I'd have to play a selection of low D's I own to really confirm... I'll see what I can do. x

[@macronencer]

How interesting! This is honestly the first time I've heard about this difference. I'm now curious about how my two whistles would be classified. I have a Lír high D and an MK Pro low F. The MK Pro does have a nice low mellow tone, and the Lír is very agile and cuts through well on recordings.

[@Tremendouz]

I have a low D MK Pro and the backpressure is a lot higher than some cheap low whistles like Dixon and Goldfinch. I don't think it's too high at all, it's very comfortable apart from the very top notes requiring quite a lot of push.

[@macronencer]

@@Tremendouz Thank you - yes, I think that matches my experience with the MK Pro low F. It's the high notes that are a bit trickier.

[@ВолодимирСтеців-г6ъ]

Very interesting video. Thank you CutiePie 👍👏🌹🌹🌹💕.

[@bealmor1963]

Did you just arrive from the 70's?

[@wimgoedheer745]

Hi Stephanie, thank you for sharing your knowledge on the physics of (blowing) a whistle. I will see what it implies for my choice of whistle - tune combinations. Now I know better how to match them, considering problems like running short of air or reaching the higher octave(s).

[@tomcartmill401]

Both.

[@Coconutcrinklefries]

Well that makes the fact that my Clarke with a wooden fipple takes so much air. The space is a really wide compared to my Lìr

[@KlausBeckEwerhardy]

Something I had registered, but never thought too much about. But the Flo Ryan and the McNeela Wild show this quite convincingly. The Wild needs far less air - but both sound great. Sometimes I use the Flo Ryan simply to exercise my lungs more.

[@MichaelLevine-n6y]

Flo Ryan is a whistle maker?

[@KlausBeckEwerhardy]

@@MichaelLevine-n6y Steph reviewed a whistle from him about a year ago.

[@ubizmo]

I'd add that under certain conditions, such as in performance, it's natural to try to "lean in" a bit more, and for that you want more back pressure. On a low back pressure whistle, it's easy to overblow when playing in a session.

[@jeandemezerville1469]

Thank you. As I always comment, please consider a Ballad of the Windfish or an Into the Unknown tutorial.

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

Here's one to be getting on with ❤ kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4rVlouDa6uUfdUsi=za8P65GGqEPJRKy-

[@-RONNIE]

Both are nice I think it really depends on the musician. In what a person chooses but they can always have a wide variety tin whistles like a lot of people

[@bradydavis6365]

what do I do about my whistle filling up with moisture and jus sounding like nothing but scratch every so many seconds or so,,, its excessive

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

Lots of things you can try: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3u3nqNur850Y5osi=ZhiX-JKk83LuQL-E

[@giorgiolamborghini813]

I prefer whistles and recorders that aren't too hungry for air and with a decent back pressure that allows you a more personal and expressive sound.

[@Tremendouz]

Same. I can play phrases up to 25 seconds long in the first octave of my Goldie low F soft-blower because it's so efficient. Meanwhile with my Clarke Original D I have to stop after like 15 seconds max.

[@CutiepieTinWhistle]

I'm a huge fan of a bit of back pressure. I'm not overly keen on the more open toned whistles with lower back pressure. I find it easier to hit the high notes, easier to play long phrases and easier to be more expressive with some push required, but too much and there's nowhere to put your excess air! It all becomes a bit unpleasant then 🤣

[@MichaelLevine-n6y]

Doesn't David Bowie have a song about this? It would be interesting to hear a few bars of a tune played in comparison to each other with on a high and low pressure whistle.

[@steveg601]

CIRCULAR BREATHING. Cutiepie, your videos are amazing and I enjoy and learn a lot from them. Thank you so much for putting these out there. Just for fun, have you ever tired circular breathing? It is very easy to do on a digeridoo (lots of backpressure) and I am beginning to do it on an EWI (has some backpressure), but on the tin whistle, so far there is just not enough back pressure for me to have much success as yet - it is going to take more practice. I found two people that do a phenomenal job of circular breathing on the whistle and you might enjoy hearing them. Here are the two links, kzbin.info/www/bejne/oYC7oZqumc92qdU and kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5yseqGVd75mm5I ...Enjoy!

[@ВолодимирСтеців-г6ъ]

You are a very pretty girl 💐💞.