Very interesting, some thing has both low and high in it, plus giving a good octave from A to A! I think I got my answer thanks to you.Very interesting, some thing has both low and high in it, plus giving a good octave from A to A! I think I got my answer thanks to you.
Very interesting whistle and love the thickness of that carbon fiber. Beautiful demonstration from a beautiful player. As always grateful and blessed be.
About a year ago I bought a whistle/recorder hybrid made by the Chinese company called "HiXing" It will play using the regular whistle fingering and recorder fingering too. There's no reason why you can't combine the fingerings in the same tune. It has the thumb hole on the back that can be half uncovered to get the sharps and flats as on a recorder. Also the seventh hole is handy for an extra note at the bottom of the scale. I bought it intending to learn the recorder fingerings to open up some new possibilities. Of course I haven't got around to it yet.
With the natural G beeing easily made with the classic fingering (closing holes 2 and 3), making the left thumb hole not mandatory, why wouldn't they designed the left hole to get a natural F ? That would mean you can alterate 3 notes instead of 2. Classic tin whistles with no thumb hole can alterate 1 note. I am designing tin whistles, hurdy gurdies and bagpipe and would love to get in touch with you :) Using 3D printed parts and Carbon fibers parts (as well as PVC for prototyping).
Carbony has a interesting warranty, there is a 30 day trial period. You have 30 days to try it out, if you don’t like it, you can return. They also I have a lifetime warranty. They sell Irish flutes, bagpipes, Gaitas, and Didgeridoos. They are a bit expensive on some of the items, but since it is made of carbon fiber and metal, it will last a lifetime. I guess you can say, you only need one. Yeah, like that will never happen, LOL.
I own two Carbony whistles: a high D and a Low D. I bought them a couple years apart from Carbony's owner/designer Rob Gándara himself at the Kansas City Irish Festival. Rob has been coming to the festival for many years. He sets up an impressive large display of all his Carbony instruments. In fact, Rob will often play the whistle himself - he's quite good! It is not uncommon for people to come by and try them out. A few months ago, at the 2022 Irish Fest, I returned to Carbony's tent shop (a huge fairgrounds style tent occupied by many vendors,) in search of a whistle roll-up storage bag. I had seen them on Carbony's website, but wanted to check the size, capacity, etc. So, as I am speaking with Rob, I am looking at this large display of all the many whistles in their various keys. I joked "will you offer me a discount, if I were to buy a complete set whistles in all their keys?" As I recall, it would be a just a SMALL discount! LOL! So we ended our transaction with me buying a medium roll bag and a short discussion of how my free bass accordion with converter works. He was quite interested in the concept.
Aww you're such a sweetheart. Thank you so much. I appreciate your kindness! I'm really pleased I could be helpful with your next whistle search ❤️❤️❤️
U're welcome! Learned so much from u. Love practicing & have the patience to keep at it. Hoping to find a course or playlist to keep me engaged for a year to hit a good level. Been playing another instrument since childhood, so I get music theory, tones, and scales. But a few months ago when I tried the whistle (and wind instruments in general) made me realize it's my true instrument all these years. So I like to spend another many years for this. Thanks again!
@@jantonisito You could play around with alternative fingering with these thumbholes and the main finger holes and hit most notes, yes 😁 (but it would certainly be more complicated than half holing in my opinio, haha) 😅 and unfortunately I think you'd still need to half hole for anything below the bottom thumbhole (to get the Bb for example).
Great video and review. I have a question. I tried to look this up first, and found conflicting information. Conflicting information on the Internet, who would have guessed. LOL. What is “Mezzo” as it applies to these whistles?
I am trying to find a carbony mezzo whistle in D but no luck finding one! Is there a reason why mezzo D is not common? Is there a second best key to a D, I am so used to D whistles ! Thanks !!
There's isn't a Mezzo D in any whistle, simply because of how scales work. The low D is an octave down from a high a D. There's no D inbetween 😊 the whistles in-between are called 'mezzo' because they're not high and not low, but they fill the gaps between the most common key - D 😊
@@CutiepieTinWhistle yes, it makes perfect sense. I just ordered the carbony f whistle with the chimney design. Also, I have another question: I watched your other tutorial on harmoniz(s)ing notes. If I am playing a melody in high D, also if I play the same melody using the same fingering tabs with a low F whistle, this should “automatically” harmonize the melody, correct? Because of the natural “third” gap between a D and F. Thanks, again!
@@prifreds no! It doesn't work at all 🤣🤣🤣 I've tried a million times 😂😂😂 it's very frustrating. I don't QUITE have the music theory knowledge to explain this one, but I'll try...
When playing a D whistle, you're playing in the scale of D major. The notes D E F# G A B C# If you were to play a D note, the 'third' harmonising note is F# (two fingers up) If you played on an F whistle, the notes in the scale are F G A Bb C D E F So if you played six fingers down on a D whistle, and 6 fingers down on an F whistle, you'd be one note out (a semitone). Now you'd THINK you could remedy that by playing on an F# whistle, BUT the F# scale is: F# G# A# B C# D# E# F# so although you play a harmonising note when playing all 6 fingers down (all holes covered, D and F#) when you moved up to E (5 holes covered) you'd be playing E and G#, instead of E and A. If I give you any more than that, it gets really complicated 😂🤣 and I'm not the best person to pass on that knowledge. But the only way to harmonize thirds is to play everything 2 fingers up on the same key of whistle.
Wow, beautiful.
Thanks! Happy holidays! 🌞🎅🏻🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Very interesting, some thing has both low and high in it, plus giving a good octave from A to A! I think I got my answer thanks to you.Very interesting, some thing has both low and high in it, plus giving a good octave from A to A! I think I got my answer thanks to you.
Incredibly beautiful music and very interesting video.
Thank you Cutie Pie
👍👏🌹🌹🌹💕.
This is such cool feature! I will try to include those holes in my whistles. Thanks!
Very interesting whistle and love the thickness of that carbon fiber. Beautiful demonstration from a beautiful player.
As always grateful and blessed be.
Hello 항상 유익한 렛슨 감사합니다 👏👍🙋♀️
About a year ago I bought a whistle/recorder hybrid made by the Chinese company called "HiXing" It will play using the regular whistle fingering and recorder fingering too. There's no reason why you can't combine the fingerings in the same tune. It has the thumb hole on the back that can be half uncovered to get the sharps and flats as on a recorder. Also the seventh hole is handy for an extra note at the bottom of the scale. I bought it intending to learn the recorder fingerings to open up some new possibilities. Of course I haven't got around to it yet.
Love that tune 🥰🎶x
Beautiful with chords thanks. Salah from morocco 💔💔💔
With the natural G beeing easily made with the classic fingering (closing holes 2 and 3), making the left thumb hole not mandatory, why wouldn't they designed the left hole to get a natural F ? That would mean you can alterate 3 notes instead of 2. Classic tin whistles with no thumb hole can alterate 1 note.
I am designing tin whistles, hurdy gurdies and bagpipe and would love to get in touch with you :) Using 3D printed parts and Carbon fibers parts (as well as PVC for prototyping).
Carbony has a interesting warranty, there is a 30 day trial period. You have 30 days to try it out, if you don’t like it, you can return. They also I have a lifetime warranty. They sell Irish flutes, bagpipes, Gaitas, and Didgeridoos. They are a bit expensive on some of the items, but since it is made of carbon fiber and metal, it will last a lifetime. I guess you can say, you only need one. Yeah, like that will never happen, LOL.
I own two Carbony whistles: a high D and a Low D. I bought them a couple years apart from Carbony's owner/designer Rob Gándara himself at the Kansas City Irish Festival. Rob has been coming to the festival for many years. He sets up an impressive large display of all his Carbony instruments. In fact, Rob will often play the whistle himself - he's quite good! It is not uncommon for people to come by and try them out.
A few months ago, at the 2022 Irish Fest, I returned to Carbony's tent shop (a huge fairgrounds style tent occupied by many vendors,) in search of a whistle roll-up storage bag. I had seen them on Carbony's website, but wanted to check the size, capacity, etc. So, as I am speaking with Rob, I am looking at this large display of all the many whistles in their various keys. I joked "will you offer me a discount, if I were to buy a complete set whistles in all their keys?" As I recall, it would be a just a SMALL discount! LOL!
So we ended our transaction with me buying a medium roll bag and a short discussion of how my free bass accordion with converter works. He was quite interested in the concept.
Thanks!
Aww you're such a sweetheart. Thank you so much. I appreciate your kindness! I'm really pleased I could be helpful with your next whistle search ❤️❤️❤️
U're welcome! Learned so much from u. Love practicing & have the patience to keep at it. Hoping to find a course or playlist to keep me engaged for a year to hit a good level. Been playing another instrument since childhood, so I get music theory, tones, and scales. But a few months ago when I tried the whistle (and wind instruments in general) made me realize it's my true instrument all these years. So I like to spend another many years for this. Thanks again!
I have a question, do you have any review for Busker Mezzo A? Thx
@@unclecode I don't, no
It's fine, found a video, sound was nice @@CutiepieTinWhistle
Great demo - is there a way to get full chromaticism without having to half-hole?
@@jantonisito You could play around with alternative fingering with these thumbholes and the main finger holes and hit most notes, yes 😁 (but it would certainly be more complicated than half holing in my opinio, haha) 😅 and unfortunately I think you'd still need to half hole for anything below the bottom thumbhole (to get the Bb for example).
What is the tune you play on the sound sample? Sounds amazing!
The tune is Dunmore Lassies 😊 Tutorial here: th-cam.com/video/kUSzWN02-38/w-d-xo.html
Great video and review. I have a question. I tried to look this up first, and found conflicting information. Conflicting information on the Internet, who would have guessed. LOL. What is “Mezzo” as it applies to these whistles?
Mezzo and Alto are used interchangeably just to mean 'somewhere between high and low whistles' 😊
Is it just me but do some carbon fiber whistles sound pitchy. This one didn't but others I know do & thanks for the video
I am trying to find a carbony mezzo whistle in D but no luck finding one! Is there a reason why mezzo D is not common? Is there a second best key to a D, I am so used to D whistles ! Thanks !!
There's isn't a Mezzo D in any whistle, simply because of how scales work. The low D is an octave down from a high a D. There's no D inbetween 😊 the whistles in-between are called 'mezzo' because they're not high and not low, but they fill the gaps between the most common key - D 😊
I hope that makes sense?
If you're looking for an in-between size whistle, a mezzo G or F (may also be called low G or low F) is a great choice
@@CutiepieTinWhistle yes, it makes perfect sense. I just ordered the carbony f whistle with the chimney design. Also, I have another question: I watched your other tutorial on harmoniz(s)ing notes. If I am playing a melody in high D, also if I play the same melody using the same fingering tabs with a low F whistle, this should “automatically” harmonize the melody, correct? Because of the natural “third” gap between a D and F. Thanks, again!
@@prifreds no! It doesn't work at all 🤣🤣🤣 I've tried a million times 😂😂😂 it's very frustrating. I don't QUITE have the music theory knowledge to explain this one, but I'll try...
When playing a D whistle, you're playing in the scale of D major. The notes D E F# G A B C#
If you were to play a D note, the 'third' harmonising note is F# (two fingers up)
If you played on an F whistle, the notes in the scale are F G A Bb C D E F
So if you played six fingers down on a D whistle, and 6 fingers down on an F whistle, you'd be one note out (a semitone).
Now you'd THINK you could remedy that by playing on an F# whistle, BUT the F# scale is: F# G# A# B C# D# E# F#
so although you play a harmonising note when playing all 6 fingers down (all holes covered, D and F#) when you moved up to E (5 holes covered) you'd be playing E and G#, instead of E and A.
If I give you any more than that, it gets really complicated 😂🤣 and I'm not the best person to pass on that knowledge. But the only way to harmonize thirds is to play everything 2 fingers up on the same key of whistle.