minstrel: fun with fipples

[Melissa Frolli]

I cannot attest to that transposition, but as a former clarinet play and now 
a pennywhistle player, I can attest that fingerings are pretty darn close 
(without all the sharps and flats and buttons and whistles, no pun intended, 
on the clarinet). The fingering for The Rakes of Mallow, starting on low F 
on the Bflat clarinet is the same as starting on low D on a whistle, same is 
true of starting on middle C on a Bflat clarinet and starting on G (three 
holes covered) on a D whistle. I don't know much about recorders, still 
trying to teach myself to play my alto one.
Just remember transposing music on the fly is fun!
Blessings!
~Aibhilin, Shire of the Isles, Kingdom of Caid


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Melissa Frolli
http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/rabbitlady

To see a world in a grain of sand,
and heaven in a wild flower
To hold infinity in the palm of your hand
and Eternity in an hour.
    -- William Blake, "Introduction to the Songs of Innocence"





>From: "david ball" <dkball at hotmail.com>
>To: minstrel at pbm.com
>Subject: minstrel: fun with fipples
>Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 15:44:01 -0700
>
>Playing about with an irish whistle and then a recorder... has anyone else 
>noticed that if you ignore (leave open)the last hole on a standard recorder 
>(key of C) it plays just like an irish whistle in the key of D? And if you 
>ignore the last hole on a recorder in F, it plays just like an Irish 
>whistle in the key of G. So I'm guessing that if I build a 6 hole 
>transverse flute a bit longer and give it an extra hole, it could play just 
>like a recorder. Not sure what this means except that perhaps I am one step 
>closer to finishing my universal theory of musical relativity......
>
>David Falcone
>
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