Hi~

I play oboe along with some other instruments such as *drum roll* FIFE!!! I was just wondering if anyone else out there played this instrument. If so, I`d love to hear from you, either by email and msn im(boovp1@hotmail.com)or aim (myoboerules) I hope to hear from somebody!!!! And also, if any of you play oboe, I`d still like to hear from you!

~Corinne

does this mean that nobody does play it??? i think it`s a cool instrument!!! do any of you think that you could march with it???

Sorry, what is fife?

a fife is about the size of a piccolo....(not sure though, never compared them) it has an air hole, and and 6 key holes.....mine, just the holes, but i think some have an actual key on them. they were used during the civil war and things like that. they sound sorta like a piccolo, if you watch a `war` movie, something prolly about civil war or if you`ve seen The Patriot with mel gibson, what sounds like a picc is a fife....i don`t really know any other way to explain it...
~Corinne

well i kno u wrote this a while ago, but ill post anyway. I dont actually play the fife, i just have 1, as a matter of a fact i think ur the person who told me it was a fife, i found sum fingering charts and im learnin it so yeah close enough to playin it.

yes, i do believe it was i who posted in the "wooden flute" one. so, do you already play flute or anything, or are you just going to start learning fife now? anyways, best of luck, byebye

i play flute and a few other instruments and im gonna try to learn the fife.

Hi, I am trying to play the Fife, anyone got any tips...help needed here.

well, what are the problems? maybe i have some answers. do you already play flute??

Hi, the problem is i do not know which holes prduce which note.I have got the blowing side to a note, but I cant find any info on what the keys are. Its a fife in c, not really that high pitched.Please if you can assist me in the matter of what key is what, i will be very gratful.
Thanks Dill

hey.
~well, i can help ya with the fingerings. but it`ll be just as easy to go to ~http://www.wfg.woodwind.org/tinwhistle/index.html
~any other questions i`d be happy to answer.
~Corinne

I play the fife and trumpet...the fife is a really cool instrument. I`ve played the flute b4 too..and I think the fife is harder to make a sound on than the flute.

I play the fife and i love it. It is suck a great instrument and it is a shame that some people have a problem with the sound! I play it with a Rev War reenactment group!! I would be happy to hear from anybody who has some great new music or anything!!

Hey, I just got a fife when I was in Gettysburg. I play the flute and I found this a lot harder to pick up, but I`ve finally got the hang of it. How`d you get involved in playing in reenactments?

I play the whistle and the low whistle but I really wanna try a fife. does anyone know wer i can get a keyless one or how to play?