It’s like TH-cam read my mind. I was playing through some of the tutorials just now and thinking “Wow, my family really must hate me for playing at 12:50 in the morning.” Thank you so much for the tip! And now I probably should go to bed😂
@@morningrosie3684 my devotion to the penny whistle knows no bounds and laughs at the concept of time…Or in other words, procrastination for going to sleep…yup. That apparently also knows no bounds
Awesome trick! Isn't it basically what the Shush guys do, gluing a little thingy on the windhole of a feadog? BTW in Europe this "blu tak" would be better known as "patafix" (also it's yellow here, not blue)
Hiya. Would you be willing to make a video to teach us how to play the flute section of Down under, by Men at work? It's kinda rich and elegant. Many best wishes, Nicky. I need the tabs. Xx
Thank you for demonstrating the different makes of whistles from your collection. I decided to purchase the Sweetone "D" whistle and was blown away with the remarkable improvement in sound that it produced. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
@@CutiepieTinWhistle thanks for responding🙂 Actually I'm violinist but, I have a D Clarke whistle which have a great tune in octaves included but, when get wet it's hard to play in lower octave and the instrument just turn in the highest octave. Maybe the next level on the market could be solved this issues? Thanks again for responding!!
@@TheSyngapur well, you could try a Dixon DX005, or an iVolga wooden whistle. Both lovely whistles! Otherwise, next price band up from those would be a Lír whistle, McNeela Wild whistle, or Killarney.
@@CutiepieTinWhistle great, I was looking both and are truly nice instrument, I think first to get will be the Dixon 005, Ivolga wooden it's beautiful as well. Nice brands to search on the market 👍
@@parthamukherjee3014 it's an adhesive putty used for putting up posters. You can buy it. I'm not sure if you can make it... Maybe a thick kids slime? Or chewing gum 😁
You can get other adhesive putty 😊 play-doh, or chewing gum are fine to try out though. They're VERY temporary solutions. I have other videos on how to make a whistle quieter, though they don't have the same sweetening effect...
Mostly because it's a simple tube with just 6 holes in it, that you can get roughly 26 notes out of by just blowing 🤣 You're relying on a faster/more forceful airspeed to hit higher notes, which tends to push them a little sharp.
@@MaxisaBandKid you can try yes, though sax has a little bit of give in the reed on the mouthpiece where tin whistle doesn't, so it's not always successful. You can try and compensate by covering a little of some of the holes though.
I've never heard of "bluetack" before (though we surely have that substance under a different name), so i watched the whole video thinking it was sponsored content paid by "bluetack" :D
You can use lots of other things to make your whistle quieter, though none of them make the whistle quite as sweet sounding, in the same way. You could maybe try chewing gum, haha, though I don't know what effect that would have on the whistle itself... You can see more ideas here: th-cam.com/video/1fBQ_dWJEyY/w-d-xo.html
Blu Tack is a reusable putty-like pressure-sensitive adhesive produced by Bostik, commonly used to attach lightweight objects to walls, doors or other dry surfaces. Traditionally blue, it is also available in other colours. Generic versions of the product are also available from other manufacturers.
@braincellnumber1 You can't really ruin a whistle with a bit of blu-tack. It's removable and leaves the whistle just as it was before. Did you damage the blade somehow? Or leave blu-tack inside the mouthpiece?
@@artistjoh some do 🙂 that's why a lot of whistles are more expensive that Clarke whistles for example. Higher end whistles tend to be both easier to play, and easier to hit clean notes on. Losing volume is not generally something a musician wants though, as when you're playing in a session or gig, you want to be heard! That's why there's a fine balance between sweetening the sound and not losing the impact the instrument has. The blu-tack technique is great for practicing or playing at home, but you wouldn't want to use it for performing ❤️
@@CutiepieTinWhistle I appreciate the way you have been answering my questions and generally giving me encouragement. It is huge for me. When I was a child my father refused to allow me to learn any music. We had a music teacher who was trying to help and my father made certain that I was not to attend any music class, and that the music teacher was not permitted to talk to me. My father believed that only homosexuals and women learn music. It is sad, but it was the 1950's, and a lot of uneducated fathers in farming communities had similar ideas back then. Now that my father is no longer with us I feel free to finally learn music. I may be old, but I am already taking the baby steps and are devoting a minimum of 10 minutes a day to practicing. I initially wanted to learn the recorder, and I may get back to the recorder in the future, but Sarah Jeffery at Team Recorder made an excellent introduction to tin whistle, which lead me to your inspiring videos, and purchasing a silver Clarke Sweetone in D. As I begin this (what is for me) huge and emotional journey I have loved your videos and communication skills. I have made that connection that the acolyte has with the experienced master, and look forward to one day, in a few years, being able to send you a recording of my playing, and being able to thank you for your role in inspiring me to be able to do that, along with a CC and thank you to Sarah Jeffrey for starting the journey. So now, thank you from me in Sydney. I now have to start your beginner video and get today's practice done. Tony.
@@CutiepieTinWhistle Haha I know now, thanks to your video. We actually have some at my work, I just never heard that name for it before (I think I’ll take a piece home for my whistle!)
Thank you greatly, one of my whistles was always very screechy, with this it was fixed.
Woww I can't believe I've never heard of this before! Thank you, absolute game-changer!
I definitely hate the volume while practicing, learning and making mistakes, this is great and I can't wait to try!
so useful ! now i can finally practice my whistle at night
Im an old guy. Been playing whistle a long time. Beeswax works well. (Its a fipple inclination thing) Your tone is great, and i support the advice.
Question! Does it work better than the blue tac? Is the sound better? Is it messy? I'd love to hear from you! Cheers!
@thesteveshowfoodfestroadtest I haven't done a side by side. As long as it can be cleaned up either should work 😊
@@JeremyPickettGonna give it a go! Thanks!😊😊😊😊
Thank you so much! I have sensitive ears, and it tends to hurt them. This definitely looks like it will help.
It’s like TH-cam read my mind. I was playing through some of the tutorials just now and thinking “Wow, my family really must hate me for playing at 12:50 in the morning.” Thank you so much for the tip! And now I probably should go to bed😂
Those things are developing now
But maybe they already have them?
What on earth are you doing playing a whistle at 12 am?
@@morningrosie3684 my devotion to the penny whistle knows no bounds and laughs at the concept of time…Or in other words, procrastination for going to sleep…yup. That apparently also knows no bounds
Wow - that's crazy - but works Very Well!
Thank you!!
GENIOUS !!!!! Thank you and much love from Transylvania 🦇 🌲
Amazing!! Thank you so much 😀
Oh, THANK YOU!
Thank you cutie pie!
Wow, and it even adds vibrato!
Omg this has saved me!!! Thank you so so much!! !
THANK YOU. THANK YOU!
Thank you! 👏👏👏🔥
Definitely gonna try this
Why havent i heard about this before?! I just thought i was a poor player. Thanks for the unexpected confidence boost !😊
thanks for the tip
thanks for the tip it works
Im school, we are doing we wish you a merry christmas and one part makes me really scrretchy thanks it worked😅😊😊😊!
No i made a mistake, it didnt work! Please make another tutorial😢
Hey I'm going to try
Your only after making my day.. that helped so much.. thx
You can also take a piece of card stock, bend it in a V, and hang it from the blade of the whistle.
Awesome trick! Isn't it basically what the Shush guys do, gluing a little thingy on the windhole of a feadog?
BTW in Europe this "blu tak" would be better known as "patafix" (also it's yellow here, not blue)
Hiya. Would you be willing to make a video to teach us how to play the flute section of Down under, by Men at work? It's kinda rich and elegant. Many best wishes, Nicky. I need the tabs. Xx
Thank you. Nice tip. I also like watching you because you are weird in a nice kind of way.
Ohmygod. I have that same tin whistle 😮
Thank you for demonstrating the different makes of whistles from your collection. I decided to purchase the Sweetone "D" whistle and was blown away with the remarkable improvement in sound that it produced. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Спасибо!У меня и у дочери тоже такие же дудочки.У нее свисток нормальный,а у меня-нет, я теперь последую Вашему совету,-спасибо!❤
Excellent video!!!! Please could you recommend me some good brand of whistle?
Thanks in advance!! 😊
Are you just starting out? Or do you already have a whistle? Where do you live? I'll see what I can recommend.
@@CutiepieTinWhistle thanks for responding🙂
Actually I'm violinist but, I have a D Clarke whistle which have a great tune in octaves included but, when get wet it's hard to play in lower octave and the instrument just turn in the highest octave. Maybe the next level on the market could be solved this issues?
Thanks again for responding!!
@@CutiepieTinWhistle I'm from Argentina, living now in Warsaw, Poland
@@TheSyngapur well, you could try a Dixon DX005, or an iVolga wooden whistle. Both lovely whistles! Otherwise, next price band up from those would be a Lír whistle, McNeela Wild whistle, or Killarney.
@@CutiepieTinWhistle great, I was looking both and are truly nice instrument, I think first to get will be the Dixon 005, Ivolga wooden it's beautiful as well. Nice brands to search on the market 👍
You... yes you.. please be my neighbor if you have a flute with bluetack on.
I thought i had a knack for the penny whistle and then I heard you play
Amazing ty
Where did you learn this this is AMAZING!❤
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK U
Thank you very cool
Nice!!
i often using it
any fipple flute, recorder also can
👁️👄👁️ game changer
Wow!!
Nice, the other day i used my recorder trick of putting a small piece of paper/card in the fipple hole but that had more of a mute effect
in the case of the Clarks original, should i just put it in the groove for the blade
Does this work on a regular whistles, im trying to play one somehow
❤❤
what i can use instead of these "bluetacks"? I never heard of this here in brazil :(
anything malleable that stick to plastic, like modelling clay / wax
What is blue track? What do I make it with? With flour?
@@parthamukherjee3014 it's an adhesive putty used for putting up posters. You can buy it. I'm not sure if you can make it... Maybe a thick kids slime? Or chewing gum 😁
@CutiepieTinWhistle thanks for answering me. You are so kind lady and that's why a true musician 🙏🙏
How thick of a layer are you putting on? Its kind of hard to tell w/o a side on view.
Any other alternatives for blue tack?
You can get other adhesive putty 😊 play-doh, or chewing gum are fine to try out though. They're VERY temporary solutions.
I have other videos on how to make a whistle quieter, though they don't have the same sweetening effect...
@@CutiepieTinWhistle great.. thanks a lot.
Why is the top note sharp? Is that a tin whistle thing like the top note of Scotland the Brave always being off?
Mostly because it's a simple tube with just 6 holes in it, that you can get roughly 26 notes out of by just blowing 🤣
You're relying on a faster/more forceful airspeed to hit higher notes, which tends to push them a little sharp.
I would assume youre trying to make it in tune by dropping your jaw similar to a saxophone?
@@MaxisaBandKid you can try yes, though sax has a little bit of give in the reed on the mouthpiece where tin whistle doesn't, so it's not always successful. You can try and compensate by covering a little of some of the holes though.
@@CutiepieTinWhistle so you have to combine sax clarinet and whistle technique. This doesn't sound hard at all.
I've never heard of "bluetack" before (though we surely have that substance under a different name), so i watched the whole video thinking it was sponsored content paid by "bluetack" :D
Cool
Noooo way I’m so doing this
Could a piece of a Band Aid or washi tape be used?
You can use lots of other things to make your whistle quieter, though none of them make the whistle quite as sweet sounding, in the same way. You could maybe try chewing gum, haha, though I don't know what effect that would have on the whistle itself...
You can see more ideas here:
th-cam.com/video/1fBQ_dWJEyY/w-d-xo.html
now i need to try this on my recorder
DOES IT WORK WITH CHEWING GUM SO YOU CAN REMOVE IT LATER???🎉😂
Omg i have exactly this whistle and this problem :(
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
Can you just use tape?
You can use tape, but it doesn't quite have the same effect.
@@CutiepieTinWhistle Thank you!
What is bluetack?
Re-useable adhesive putty for putting up posters 😊
@@CutiepieTinWhistle damn…i don’t know hot to translate that to Polish 🤔 i don’t think we’ve got something similar in here 🤔🙈
@@panskadolina7876 how about, kids clay? Or chewing gum? 😁
What brand of blue tack do you use?
I think it's the original Blu Tack (made by Bostik) it's non toxic 😊 airways a good thing to make sure of!
@@CutiepieTinWhistle awesome, thanks!
Has anyone ever told you that you look like Hermione from Harry Potter? Hahaha I'm just learning to play, your videos are amazing! Thankyou
@@millievirtue4869 yes 😅 haha. Though not for a while. Glad you're having fun!
😘😘😘
What is "blue tack"?
Blu Tack is a reusable putty-like pressure-sensitive adhesive produced by Bostik, commonly used to attach lightweight objects to walls, doors or other dry surfaces. Traditionally blue, it is also available in other colours. Generic versions of the product are also available from other manufacturers.
@@CutiepieTinWhistle thanks---I've never heard of it.
Is this a bubblegum?
It's not, no. It's an adhesive putty for putting up posters. You can try gum, but it hardens when exposed to air, where blu-tack remains soft.
This did not work for me
👍🏻
😯👌🏻
ruined my whistle, what did i do wrong?
@braincellnumber1 You can't really ruin a whistle with a bit of blu-tack. It's removable and leaves the whistle just as it was before. Did you damage the blade somehow? Or leave blu-tack inside the mouthpiece?
I don't have a bluetack.
Get some? 😊
If it is this simple, why don't manufacturers make mouthpieces like this?
@@artistjoh some do 🙂 that's why a lot of whistles are more expensive that Clarke whistles for example.
Higher end whistles tend to be both easier to play, and easier to hit clean notes on. Losing volume is not generally something a musician wants though, as when you're playing in a session or gig, you want to be heard! That's why there's a fine balance between sweetening the sound and not losing the impact the instrument has.
The blu-tack technique is great for practicing or playing at home, but you wouldn't want to use it for performing ❤️
@@CutiepieTinWhistle I appreciate the way you have been answering my questions and generally giving me encouragement. It is huge for me. When I was a child my father refused to allow me to learn any music. We had a music teacher who was trying to help and my father made certain that I was not to attend any music class, and that the music teacher was not permitted to talk to me. My father believed that only homosexuals and women learn music. It is sad, but it was the 1950's, and a lot of uneducated fathers in farming communities had similar ideas back then.
Now that my father is no longer with us I feel free to finally learn music. I may be old, but I am already taking the baby steps and are devoting a minimum of 10 minutes a day to practicing.
I initially wanted to learn the recorder, and I may get back to the recorder in the future, but Sarah Jeffery at Team Recorder made an excellent introduction to tin whistle, which lead me to your inspiring videos, and purchasing a silver Clarke Sweetone in D.
As I begin this (what is for me) huge and emotional journey I have loved your videos and communication skills. I have made that connection that the acolyte has with the experienced master, and look forward to one day, in a few years, being able to send you a recording of my playing, and being able to thank you for your role in inspiring me to be able to do that, along with a CC and thank you to Sarah Jeffrey for starting the journey.
So now, thank you from me in Sydney. I now have to start your beginner video and get today's practice done.
Tony.
Interesting. Could also work with chewing gum 🤔
There’s just one problem… I have no idea what bluetack is
You could use the internet to find out 😜 hehe. It's adhesive putty used for putting up posters 😁 x
@@CutiepieTinWhistle Haha I know now, thanks to your video. We actually have some at my work, I just never heard that name for it before (I think I’ll take a piece home for my whistle!)
Cant you just put your thumb on the thipple and blow on it?
Some one elses thumb perhaps! 🤣
Well can we at least talk about how beautiful you are for a moment? 🍒
Thanks for the tip too
If you're good enough, you only need skill
I literally hear no difference
If I don’t have blue tack. Will a wad of gum work. 😆
Mine sounds worse with tac. I used sticky tac. Maybe it’s because is a Generation Whistle lol. Cheap