Low D Whistle Cuts: How and When
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 พ.ย. 2024
- In this video we talk about how and when to play cuts on an Irish whistle.
Cuts are embellishments, or ornaments we use as we play tunes. They highlight passages of a tune and add more life as we play.
Cuts are played by begining a note by jumping off of a higher note. Many say use any note, others say cut off of two notes above, but in this video I give a recommendation I received from some traditional players. This recommendation is more for us as beginners anbd intermediate players.
As much as we need to know how to play a cut we need to know when to play a cut. I discuss this as well in the video.
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Good job! Thanks for this video
Thank you very much. Hope you are well. Let me know if there is something else you'd like to see.
i can really hear how you have put time into your practice, i have no practiced any irish music, not ones with ornaments, recently got myself a bass a whistle, from carbony, so back to learning finger holes for me haha, i have been meaning to learn ornaments from irish music, but never found the motive, yet, always time though, thanks again, happy low whistling friend!
Thanks for touching base. I hear Carbony makes some great whistles. I think the site I'll share soon will help some. For me it's often about finding tunes that are easy enough for me to learn to play and play well. Adding a few ornaments to them makes the playing even more enjoyable.
@@LowDWhistle absolutely, the most important thing for me atm is to be playing from my feelings, and being able to express what i want to, on another not though, i really should learn some good ol irish music
@pollyon I’m finding some and will begin sharing very soon.
when you say "cut with a G" considering the note is made when the top hand third finger is lifted should not that be called an A? I apologise for splitting hairs but when all the fingers of the top hand are on the holes the whistle makes a G - the air goes out through the hole that was covered by the index of the low hand. this is what confuses me: to me G=all fingers of top hand down, when in fact it is the hole below that makes the G so should we call G the hole or "G" the finger that stops the sound from being an A? this is really deeply troubling as to me you press a key on the piano and the G key plays a G same thing on the cello: i stop the vibration of the string at a certain point and it makes a G so the spot my finger presses is called G (let's ignore just intonation it's another story) can you offer any info or view that could help me get this? it actually hurts my head when i think about it! (not joking) many thanks and very best wishes once more! (if i ask too many questions let me know - i so want to learn i sometimes become a bit "too much" which is certainly not something i want to be in this lovely community) cheers!
Yes, and yes and no. 🤣 I used the common way people say it, but I should not have. You are right. You are jumping to an A ever so briefly when using the third finger to cut. It would be better to say cut by momentarily lifting and lowering the third finger that is covering the G. And please, please continue to add comments and questions. I am happy for the conversation. Clarifying conversations help all of us.