Fingering chart

    
Fingering chart    17:56 on Wednesday, January 26, 2005          
(Sarah)
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Does any one know where I can find a tin whistle fingering chart?


Re: Fingering chart    18:27 on Wednesday, January 26, 2005          
(itmflute)
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Yes! There are so many great resources out there. Basically though, a tin whistle is a diatonic instrument, so in it`s most simple form each note is formed by lifting up the finger below it, and then blowing harder for the higher octaves. Also, due to the thin walls of most tin whistles, you can get reasonable tone on the accidental notes by half-holing (raising up the tip of the finger to uncover only half of the hole), although using these in faster music is difficult. A simple fingering chart might look like this:

(1st octave on a D whistle)
x x x x x x D
x x x x x o E
x x x x o o F#
x x x o o o G
x x o o o o A
x o o o o o B
o o o o o o C#
o x x x x x d (2nd octave -- first finger optional)

cross-fingering notes generally sounds just "ok". The tone isn`t so strong. So you can do things like this depending on your instrument (the C natural is the one exception that works on any instrument like this):

o x x o o o C
o x x x o x C
o x o x x x C (this one I can`t remember without my whistle, but I think the last three fingers are optional)
x o x x x x Bb
x x o x o o g# (2nd)

experiment on yours to find more!

Also check out:

http://www.rogermillington.com/siamsa/brosteve/
http://www.chiffandfipple.com/table2.html

have fun..


Re: Fingering chart    18:27 on Wednesday, January 26, 2005          
Re: Fingering chart    20:30 on Wednesday, January 26, 2005          
(Sarah)
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Thank you soooo much! I need to learn a solo on tin whistle for one of the pieces we`re playing in band so yeah. lol.


Re: Fingering chart    06:09 on Thursday, January 27, 2005          
   




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