For me personally it's the top hole in low C whistles that causes the most problems because the stretch makes me tilt the index finger in a way that makes sealing the top hole difficult
Just ordered mine. My 7th or 8th - because no-one can own just 1 whistle. I been playing my Howard's low D with a reed mouthpiece for some time, but realised not everything I play is Irish music and something in C would be useful. I love Howard's always. The only other whistle missing from my collection though is a high D from Roy McManus and they seem crazy rare.
Been playing for a few days. It just comes down to relative finger length, for me. I index on 3 & 6, then move my hands close to the instrument until 1 & 4 are comfortable.......and then I find 2 & 5 are the problem. Not a big problem though. Feels like I need to roll my fingers a little to get better coverage. But it's fun to relearn the vanilla key again after a year playing in D almost exclusively. Honestly, I had a Reed mouthpiece on my Low D and Balanced mouthpiece on the Low C and that difference is noticeable too, in the basic difference in sound. Might order more alternatives. Interesting - same diameter, so I swapped the Reed mouthpiece from my Howards low D to my new low C (I bought the low C with a Balanced mouthpiece) and it eliminated quite a bit of the squeaks and odd sounds. So that's one way to start with the low C.
I was so lucky I found the last C# Howard low for sale 🙂 spoke to the person selling them now and he said they haven't even the spec for them anymore. Felt chuffed. Have just ordered the low D just love these whistles. Once you get the hang the upper octave is as sweet as honey 🍯
A Doozie of a whistle for sure; it would make my fingers cramp up 😀But in the hands of an artist like yourself, the sound...full bodied and rich especially with the edited sound, is amazing.
The whistle has a very rich and warm sound. Great review. The Carbony whistles are great, and a premium price. A couple of features Carbony has that a lot of people don’t know, you have 30 days to return it if you do not like it, and it has a lifetime warranty on the whistle.
The sound is amazing! 🤩 For me personally I might have challenges covering the holes. But I am also still a beginner 😅 Thank you for all the amazing reviews and other videos you are doing, they are so helpful!
Thanks so much Nina, that's great to hear! :) I still have a few new whistles to review coming soon! Hopefully it'll help you choose which one to treat yourself to next ;) x
I would like a whistle that plays the low C whistle notes, but all the low C whistles are expensive. The low G whistles are a lot more affordable and they can play the same notes. Would I be missing out on anything by getting a low G whistle instead?
The low G whistle doesn't play the same notes as a low C whistle, as it's higher pitched. So if you got a low G, you wouldn't be able to play the low C, C#, D, D#, E, F or F# that this whistle plays. You'd be starting at the G higher up in this note list, and play higher notes from there.
@@CutiepieTinWhistle I guess what I meant was how a whistle can also play (using fully covered holes) the notes of the major scale of the fourth note of its scale (how a D whistle can play the notes of a G scale)
As far as I know, if you buy directly from the maker, they offer free shipping worldwide and fast shipping for like 10 quid, so I reckon that might do the job :D
Shipping direct from Howard's is "[FREE] 7-21 days Worldwide Shipping (1-2 days UK)". But my low D was about 5 days to Arizona, I recall. And I paid $223.24 this week for the low C black silk & balanced head.
Recorders are played in the UK, and are a lot more popular and well known than tin whistle! Most people I speak to here in Wales don't know what a tin whistle is 🤣🙈 As for recorders, they're usually the first instrument children get introduced to in schools. In Ireland, tin whistle is definitely more popular, everyone's heard of one, though I imagine there are plenty of recorders around too.
@@timgehman4029 well there are many ancient flutes, so being a little simpler in design, the tin whistle is likely to have been closer to the earlier flutes in design 😊
For me personally it's the top hole in low C whistles that causes the most problems because the stretch makes me tilt the index finger in a way that makes sealing the top hole difficult
Best whistles so far! The quality is WOW (I have a D one and I love it!!)
Just ordered mine. My 7th or 8th - because no-one can own just 1 whistle. I been playing my Howard's low D with a reed mouthpiece for some time, but realised not everything I play is Irish music and something in C would be useful. I love Howard's always. The only other whistle missing from my collection though is a high D from Roy McManus and they seem crazy rare.
Been playing for a few days. It just comes down to relative finger length, for me. I index on 3 & 6, then move my hands close to the instrument until 1 & 4 are comfortable.......and then I find 2 & 5 are the problem. Not a big problem though. Feels like I need to roll my fingers a little to get better coverage. But it's fun to relearn the vanilla key again after a year playing in D almost exclusively.
Honestly, I had a Reed mouthpiece on my Low D and Balanced mouthpiece on the Low C and that difference is noticeable too, in the basic difference in sound. Might order more alternatives.
Interesting - same diameter, so I swapped the Reed mouthpiece from my Howards low D to my new low C (I bought the low C with a Balanced mouthpiece) and it eliminated quite a bit of the squeaks and odd sounds. So that's one way to start with the low C.
Listening to your absolutely perfect cover of this magical music is a pleasure, you are a very talented musician.
Thank you CutiePie
👍👏🌹🌹🌹💕.
I was so lucky I found the last C# Howard low for sale 🙂 spoke to the person selling them now and he said they haven't even the spec for them anymore. Felt chuffed. Have just ordered the low D just love these whistles. Once you get the hang the upper octave is as sweet as honey 🍯
A Doozie of a whistle for sure; it would make my fingers cramp up 😀But in the hands of an artist like yourself, the sound...full bodied and rich especially with the edited sound, is amazing.
The whistle has a very rich and warm sound. Great review. The Carbony whistles are great, and a premium price. A couple of features Carbony has that a lot of people don’t know, you have 30 days to return it if you do not like it, and it has a lifetime warranty on the whistle.
Excellent video thanks
Thank you for the video and the comparison review 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thnx for the good work madam
The sound is amazing! 🤩 For me personally I might have challenges covering the holes. But I am also still a beginner 😅 Thank you for all the amazing reviews and other videos you are doing, they are so helpful!
Thanks so much Nina, that's great to hear! :) I still have a few new whistles to review coming soon! Hopefully it'll help you choose which one to treat yourself to next ;) x
Wow!! It sounds like a fairytale 😊
How about foing a review onbthe alba base c ,and a.....?
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I would like a whistle that plays the low C whistle notes, but all the low C whistles are expensive. The low G whistles are a lot more affordable and they can play the same notes. Would I be missing out on anything by getting a low G whistle instead?
The low G whistle doesn't play the same notes as a low C whistle, as it's higher pitched. So if you got a low G, you wouldn't be able to play the low C, C#, D, D#, E, F or F# that this whistle plays. You'd be starting at the G higher up in this note list, and play higher notes from there.
@@CutiepieTinWhistle I guess what I meant was how a whistle can also play (using fully covered holes) the notes of the major scale of the fourth note of its scale (how a D whistle can play the notes of a G scale)
@@jeffreycordes6518 well yes, you csn certainly play in a few different keys on one whistle 😊
Love the review! Do you know of a shop in the US that carries these low C's?
I don't know I'm afraid. Sorry. x
As far as I know, if you buy directly from the maker, they offer free shipping worldwide and fast shipping for like 10 quid, so I reckon that might do the job :D
Thanks, ordered a low C with 2 day shipping directly from his site. Very not painful. So excited!
Shipping direct from Howard's is "[FREE] 7-21 days Worldwide Shipping (1-2 days UK)". But my low D was about 5 days to Arizona, I recall. And I paid $223.24 this week for the low C black silk & balanced head.
Are recorders played in England and Ireland? Here in the United States, recorders are much more common than whistles. Any input on the history?
Recorders are played in the UK, and are a lot more popular and well known than tin whistle! Most people I speak to here in Wales don't know what a tin whistle is 🤣🙈
As for recorders, they're usually the first instrument children get introduced to in schools.
In Ireland, tin whistle is definitely more popular, everyone's heard of one, though I imagine there are plenty of recorders around too.
@@CutiepieTinWhistle Do you know which came first, or I mean is the older instrument?
@@timgehman4029 well there are many ancient flutes, so being a little simpler in design, the tin whistle is likely to have been closer to the earlier flutes in design 😊
@@timgehman4029 - if you want old instruments, I was looking at an Ocarina this week.
@@healingenso7923 They seem very little known. Not very popular.
You are a very beautiful pretty girl 💐💖.