How Do You Play The Tin Whistle?
The tin whistle, also known as the Irish whistle, penny whistle and occasionally the fipple flute, is one of the most basic musical instruments in existence and is beautiful in its simplicity. It is a hollow tube with a mouthpiece called a fipple at one end, open at the other, and it has six holes in a line along its length. Notes are sounded by blowing into the fipple and covering the appropriate holes with you fingers. It is one of the easiest instruments to learn, almost anyone can learn to play a tune in a relatively short period of time, but it is also very difficult to master. Pick up and examine your whistle. If you purchased a soprano D whistle this means your whistle plays notes in the key of D and that D is the lowest note which can be played on this whistle. If you were to sing the scale in the key of D using Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do then the corresponding notes would be:D, E, F#, G, A, B, C#, D(# = sharp) Sit comfortably upright and relax your shoulders. You’re going
