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@aTunes
4 жыл бұрын
whistletutor woohoo!! Messaged you on insta. Thanks!!
@mpmansell
3 жыл бұрын
The DX004 is my favourite 'go to' whistle and the one I recommend to those I am helping to learn. It is only a little more expensive than a really cheap whistle and, even at its price, is a very cheap instrument for anyone wishing to play something. I find a really cheap instrument can put people off through having flaws that only an experienced player can circumvent. Sometimes the same is true for a really high end instrument. The Dixon, however, sits nicely in the middle and is flexible enough to learn on, and play for many years, even when the player has more specialised whistles to play with.
@deanmarkey7630
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Sean, I'd say "I Buried My Wife And Danced On Her Grave" is my favourite tune, especially on the low D whistle. It has a good wide range and isn't a difficult tune. People also get a good kick out of the name too ☺.
@paledeerwoman
4 жыл бұрын
I’m pairing this tune with “Haunted House” 😋
@k.b.5445
4 жыл бұрын
I'm not here to enter the contest, just want to say how much I love this Dixon whistle. I've been playing this brand for the past 3 years. I bought it while recovering from pneumonia because this whistle requires very little air and is a breeze to play. I didn't think anything could ever tear me away from my beloved Clarke Original, but this Dixon whistle replaced it because it's more lung-friendly for me. I love that it's tunable because it's good to be in tune with the other whistlers at my session. Also, I find this whistle to be squeak-free and so easy to transition to 2nd octave. I really miss playing my Clarke, but I have to say the plastic Dixon is now my whistle of choice. Thanks for this review, Sean, and your generosity. So kind of you to find a good home for this whistle and to whoever that may be, they won't be disappointed! Favorite tunes- Quarry Cross, Cold Frosty Morning, Banish Misfortune, Spancil Hill.
@tim6151
Жыл бұрын
I would love for you to do a comparison between your Gary Humphrey and the Tony Dixon DX006, which is Dixon's aluminum D whistle. Also, thanks for videos. I've learned Down by the Sally Gardens, Inisheer, Southwind, and taps, cuts, rolls, and slides by watching your videos. I know you're busy with The Sternwheelers band, but I hope you keep these videos coming. By the way, you and the Sternwheelers have some groovy songs.
@freya7669
4 жыл бұрын
King Of The Fairies and The Star Of The County Down are currently my favourites.
@wgandy9541
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for all the informative videos! I have really enjoyed them and learned from them. My favorite tune right now is Si Bheag Si Mhor. I've just recently retired and have picked up learning to play the tin whistle to enjoy during my retirement.
@lucymcturner1858
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the review. The Foggy Dew is one of my favorite songs to play.
@HibahAfnaan
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the review, I’ve been thinking about getting a Dixon so I’ll definitely be looking more into it now. I’ve been leaning to play Celtic Hym (by Aural Axiom) , still working on it but been playing it non stop 😊
@kirklagory5230
4 жыл бұрын
I just learned The Blarney Pilgrim. I really like the three parts, especially the third part. I'm also very fond of the Humours of Ballymanus which I've been playing after seeing the you tube of your session. For some reason, the middle part tricks me up frequently even though it seems simple enough. Thanks for the tunes and these comparison videos!
@neopower
4 жыл бұрын
Great review! My fav tune that can't stop playing now is the Killavil Jig
@gabel7131
4 жыл бұрын
Been playing Inisheer recently but just starting wild mountain tyme. Thanks for all your vids.
@JoesFavoritesUno
4 жыл бұрын
A favorite tune... man that's tough. The wise maid is a blast, as is trip to herves. Favorite is probably Sally gardens reel or Launching the boats!
@dogwalker350
4 жыл бұрын
Have had a very cheap non-tunable D tin whistle on the shelf for many years, with retirement finally providing time to get started. Amazing Grace just now (along with lots of practice in covering the holes well and blowing consistently for the octaves), long list of others on deck to learn.
@justwhistlinpixie
Жыл бұрын
My teacher helped me pick this whistle out while we were at a Celtic festival, probably around 2005. I still play it today since I like that chiffy, raspy sound.
@user-ri5et4yt5v
3 жыл бұрын
I have has a Tony Dixon for now on 18 years and I love it.
@CarlRich
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks , my favorite tune is Celtic Hymn, love it.
@ketobarbelle8051
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite tune right now is The Mermaid. It’s one of my favorite songs that Trail West does, and I happened to run across the sheet music for the tune on a website and I’ve just gotten the hang of it and can actually keep up with with the Trail West version about half the time. Thankfully they recorded it in G so I can play along. It’s a fun bouncy song considering the ship sinks and everyone drowns! 🤣 I’m pretty tickled being able to play it considering that I’ve only been playing since March! It sounds pretty sweet on my Dixon DX006 aluminum whistle. My other favorite is Canan nan Gaidheal. It’s a hauntingly beautiful minor tune. I dug up the sheet music online and then transposed it so I could play it on my D whistle.
@ruairiburke6679
4 жыл бұрын
Cooley's reel has been my favourite since I've started
@nataliecarpenter6051
4 жыл бұрын
I've only really started playing the tin whistle this year, so my tune library is pretty basic, morrisons jig is a favorite to play at the moment. Thanks for inspiring me!
@jakeharkins7972
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review! My favorite tune changes, but right now it's Far Away waltz
@david_1214
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review and giveaway. Ive been finding myself playing Health To The Ladies lately, so i gues its at least a temporary favorite.
@LongJohnWeatherwax
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, I'm currently playing "The Star of the county Down" and "Down by the Sally Gardens". Another cool video.
@kenstephens1141
Жыл бұрын
Just saw your video, and I like the honest comments and comparison. I am considering getting into playing a whistle, so honest info is what I need to help make a purchase. Thanks. I currently play bagpipes, so think a whistle is a natural expansion instrument to consider.
@denisebanning6973
4 жыл бұрын
My favourit tune has always been and still is amhran na labhair. And thanks a lot for your great videos! I always enjoy watching them:)
@tw90210
4 жыл бұрын
Nice review. Currently learning the Windmill reel after hearing Orlaith play it
@jetlui87
4 жыл бұрын
it's great how music heals the soul
@taptapdan
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review, the whistle sounds nice. My favorite is The Parting Glass. I see you've done it with flute a few years back, but I'm not finding it on tin whistle. Would love to hear that. Thanks!
@Emanuel-hd2lk
4 жыл бұрын
Hey, my favorite tune right now that I'm playing is probably greensleves. I love that tune :D
@NVRMTmotion
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome review! I'm only at the point where my favorite is whatever I'm assigned to learn at the moment. Right now it's Jim Ward's Jig!
@heatherjones5983
4 жыл бұрын
Hi! My current favorite tune to play is "Be Thou My Vision" on a Clarke Sweetone in D
@fedor5063
4 жыл бұрын
Monaghan jig. I quite like the way it sounds)
@jessou17450
4 жыл бұрын
one of my favorites tune...Honesty bar and steps!
@joeldelashmit
4 жыл бұрын
I like hornpipes, the one I'm currently learning is Humours of Tullycrine.
@glenndove6369
4 жыл бұрын
very good review! favorite tune is Celtic Hymn,
@djlogan1222
4 жыл бұрын
I'm currently digging and learning The Golden Stud.
@doomednecro
4 жыл бұрын
I recently started working on a set starting with The Soup of Good Drink, great fun tune, from the O'Farrel's Pocket Companion.
@sahamal_savu
4 жыл бұрын
The Humours Of Tulla is one of my favourites.
@yiannidemo6587
4 жыл бұрын
Great video as always, Sean. My favorite time to play is James Kelly’s reel. Love Brian Finnegan’s version in Night Ride To Armagh.
@yiannidemo6587
4 жыл бұрын
Of course I meant “tune”, not time. Ya can’t play time.
@johnsward66
4 жыл бұрын
I love may morning dew, & also the twisting of the hay rope.
@linusorri
4 жыл бұрын
Just learned to play Trip to Pakistan this week and can't stop playing it. Works surprisingly well with Wind That Shakes The Barley.
@msk-qp6fn
2 жыл бұрын
Humphrey sounds more assured and sweet overall. It could be due to it being brass but Humphrey and Dixon both are pretty chirpy and I am actually imporessed Dixon managed to achieve this with plastic.
@seanmorris
4 жыл бұрын
I keep circling back to these tunes at the moment. Calliope House, Kid on the Mountain, The Monaghan Jig, The Coleraine Jig, Apsley Cottage, Fair Haired Canavans (sp?), Teatotaler, Eileen Óg, Cliffs of Mother, Maid on the Green, Fig for a Kiss.
@mariapalmer5671
3 жыл бұрын
Woaw! You have just given a list of ace toons
@seanmorris
3 жыл бұрын
@@mariapalmer5671 Hope you enjoy them. (Just realised autocorrect murdered 'The Cliffs of Moher')
@thisone9
3 жыл бұрын
Love my Dixon Poly Pro with the brass slider. Have lots of other more expensive one but I always come back to the Dixon. Finbar Furey grabbed it from my hand and played it backstage a few years ago so I dare not sell it!
@BobNevins420
4 жыл бұрын
I like Road to Lisdoonvarna, and Silver Spear.
@msk-qp6fn
2 жыл бұрын
For those who like the traditional chirpy chiff of the cheaper tin whistles but wants an instrument that is easier to maintain, Dixon is definitely a good investment.
@mikerobison8877
4 жыл бұрын
Ty! I enjoy The Auld Truangle
@TunesFromDoolin
4 жыл бұрын
I love playing "The Fox on the Town" on tin whistle, a great Richard Dwyer tune!
@erat999
4 жыл бұрын
I like reels. I want to learn St. Anne's Reel. I would also love to hear what you think of the Killarney D whistle. I'm really enjoying your videos. Thanks so much!!
@jonathanbtodd
4 жыл бұрын
Favorite is tough. I always love Sonny's Mazurka.
@tintintin
4 жыл бұрын
Current all-time favourite; The Plains of Boyle. That's just today mind! Still, I do tend to keep coming back to the hornpipes. Play us some more please!
@user-zh3bv6xx2o
7 ай бұрын
Good vid information
@janborax8348
4 жыл бұрын
My favorite irish tune is the Morrison's Jig, which I play a lot. I also like the Wise Maid.
@stokiepeas
4 жыл бұрын
I'm really enjoying playing The boys of bluehill at the moment, and the Kerry polka 😁
@SusanJERitta
4 жыл бұрын
Picking my favorite tune feels like having to pick my favorite flower on a blooming cherry tree! Right now I'm leaning into a lot of A Polkas on the box - Bill Sullivan's is a current fave.
@ChrisGamer-zs6ij
4 жыл бұрын
My favourite tunes to play are rolling in the ryegrass and dunmore lassies
@jimmytan1742
3 жыл бұрын
My current favorite is Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing
@HymnWhistle
4 жыл бұрын
My favourite tunes to play at the moment is Ashokan farewell, Scarborough fair, Men of Destiny (March)
@joereynolds3061
4 жыл бұрын
Right now I like the combination of "The Skye Boat Song" and "The Barren Rocks of Aden." I also am working on two I learned from your videos, "Jerry's Beaver Hat" and "The Kesh." Yea, I know, not one of your favorites, but your treatment made it cool. And it pairs well with "JBH."
@jamielowry5728
4 жыл бұрын
I've been playing The Killavil a lot recently!
@jimyates8294
4 жыл бұрын
I'm liking a lot of metal music using whistles such as To Erebor and The Returning Race by Wind Rose. Also trying to get Morrissons Jig dialled.
@jboulderct
4 жыл бұрын
Playing the DX-005 right now, myself. I like it for playing indoors. I've been on a Slip Jig roll lately, so I've been working on Humors of Ballymanus and Gort Na Mona. Probably spend equal time on Roaring Barmaid and Calliope House as well.
@donaldstuart2278
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for video.Have a Dixon (Cupro nickel Trad). COOLIES and THE WISE MAID.
@FireElizabethElement
4 жыл бұрын
my favourite is a northumbrian lullaby called bonny at morn
@paledeerwoman
4 жыл бұрын
I learned that tune on the harp, but I bet it sounds lovely on a low whistle!
@coadyowens9665
4 жыл бұрын
If I have to choose my favorite....it’s Red Haired Boy and High Reel!
@mattdeblassmusic
4 жыл бұрын
I think my current favorite tune to play on whistle is "Banish Misfortune" (which is also fun on mandolin); the one I'm currently working on is "The Maid Behind the Bar."
@sumeshinnaicker2626
4 жыл бұрын
Currently playing Fee Ra Huri by Omnia!! This song has really opened me to a whole new world of music. Next I wanna learn An Irish Pub Song by The Rumjacks.
@flutemermaid
4 жыл бұрын
Well... currently I've just learned You raise me up and I really enjoy playing it but I think that my favourite at the moment is King of the fairies 😁
@hillbillyhill4018
3 жыл бұрын
I'd like to hear how "Drunken Sailor" spunds
@bonenfant96
3 жыл бұрын
I just can't believe the speed of your fingers.
@mowzrascal2350
4 жыл бұрын
Been practicing the cliffs of moher jig for a while now on my sweetone. Its been the hardest song for me yet. Especially since I'm new to ornamentations (which your vids have been a big help, thanks!), and this song is heavy on the ornaments(ornamentations?). But I've been enjoying it. Still practicing the roll and tryna get it up to speed. Love the song a lot, its very beautiful and has a deep reflective mood to it thats a little hard to describe. Definitely wouldn't recommend it to beginners tho (as I am one) lol.
@Elysah
4 жыл бұрын
Hello, I like both whistle sound but I think the humphrey sounds softer... Otherwise, I like Karuna from Faun, these days :) but i did not tried it yet on my whistle, I'm currently training with Bo mhin na Toitean, and the butterfly. Thank for your video, they're helping me a lot to progress!
@patrkcirtap
4 жыл бұрын
My current favorite is probably Inisheer.
@dmacseain
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Sean. Working on Tripping Up the Stairs, so as to make an Ador-D-G jig set... Rakes of K ... Tripping ... Out on Ocean... that's the goal.
@dukesc5562
4 жыл бұрын
My favourite at the moment would be "pretty girl milking" , at least I think that's what it's called! Just enough but not too much of a challenge 😄
@vinniejones8009
2 жыл бұрын
I like the tone of a recorder because they are clear and bright, some of them are a bit bland, but some do have character like the Aulos Haka.
@mazkraut9776
4 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to figure out how to play "Farewell to the creeks" right now, which at the moment is my favourite.
@himasf
4 жыл бұрын
My current fave is Lucky Dozen by Matt Heaton
@hushmore1
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, for the moment i'm working on "Morrison"s Jig"... a classical one !
@marcandrew2148
4 жыл бұрын
Kesh Jig
@stokiepeas
3 жыл бұрын
Is this the only video on KZitem without a thumbs down?
@MrCybergoku
4 жыл бұрын
Me I like playing the Kesh Jig
@manubishe
3 жыл бұрын
Whoa, the higher octaves are Really Loud.
@quickdogz
4 жыл бұрын
I currently (mostly) play a Tony Dixon trad nickel and like it for the most part - responsive, light, in tune but find that the high B is finicky, requiring a frustrating level of concentration and a considerable tightening of embouchure so I've put a new whistle on my birthday list... Have you looked at the Goldfinch whistles or the Clover whistles (there was a draw for a Clover Big Baby recently but I sadly didn't win)? I think they are the two contenders for me. My current favourite tune right now is King of the Fairies but that may just be because I'm working on a lullabye collection for my new grand nephew and King of the Fairies gives me a nice quick, playful tune to switch off to when I get tired of lullabies. Thanks for the videos!
@lukeb.perrett8036
4 жыл бұрын
I'm enjoying video game tunes such as Lion's Pride from World of Warcraft and the various Zelda songs. Next to learn is Concerning hobbits from Lord of the rings.
@barteklala
4 жыл бұрын
Sí Beag Sí Mór - waltz; Tam Bain’s Lum - march; Highland Cathedral - strathspey; Saint Anne’s - reel; The Swallowtail - jig.
@brianburdette2283
4 жыл бұрын
Sorry for being so basic....I used to like, probably the first one that I learned after “Amazing Grace” was “Rowan Tree”.
@lelandreid5425
3 жыл бұрын
I play one of these in low d...
@johnatkinson5693
4 жыл бұрын
Danny boy is my favourite!
@AngusRobins
4 жыл бұрын
Trying to get to grips with James Browns March after listening to Michael McGoldrick’s Fused album
@ConnorGeorge
4 жыл бұрын
my favourite tune is King of the Fairies
@zsuzsakatahorvath7203
3 жыл бұрын
Hi! I think if you are the whstle tutor, you should know about and should have compared Tony Dixon tunable high D Traditional brass or traditional brass-nickel coated (with polymer fipple). Those are in tune, and still are responsive, and cost about the same as the whole polymer Tony Dixon, and their price is much better as Humphrey's. This whistle is not in tune, as you heard the porblems between low and high G, A and B notes. What do you think?
@wilmaliles6277
4 жыл бұрын
Been playing about a month, have some tunes down: Britches full of Stitches, Sally Gardens, Roddy McCorley, Skye Boat Song, Wild Rover, Scarborough Fair, My Heart Will Go On, and one of your last tutorials tunes Inish Oir which I love. Really enjoying the whistle and your tutorials help so much.
@andrewwigglesworth3030
4 жыл бұрын
Have you tried the Susato VSB (very small bore) whistles? I've had one for a couple of weeks or so, so I'm getting more used to it. The sound and how it feels t play are quite different to the more well known Susato small bore D. The octaves are far more balanced, it doesn't blow your ears out at the top of the range, and it sounds, well, like a tin whistle. Personally, my "go to" whistles are still my old Generations, but they don't have the volume (or wind resistance) for playing outside that a Susato has. This VSB whistle, though, is much, much less of a compromise for me than the standard Susato and I'm growing to quite like it.
@laurasilsbee8906
4 жыл бұрын
Working on a tune written by piper friend called Celtic Flavor (as a remembrance), otherwise having fun with Ger the Rigger
@paledeerwoman
4 жыл бұрын
I have a similar tunable, plastic Dixon so I’m not really interested in entering the contest, but wanted to comment anyway. For faster tunes, I enjoy playing “Haunted House” and “The Lilting Banshee,” and for slower ones “Hector the Hero,” “Carolan’s Dream” (not technically a Carolan tune but I’m blanking on the correct name - possibly Molly McAlpin?), and “Pulling Bracken.”
@seanreidy143
4 жыл бұрын
Farewell to McCarthy's by Niall Vallely!!
@LarryShone
3 жыл бұрын
Have you tested the Tony Dixon DX005? I'm wondering how much of a difference there is between the two
@kimberanne
2 жыл бұрын
Have you tried any of the Dixon alto whistles?
@whistletutor
2 жыл бұрын
I haven't, this is the only Dixon I've played but others seem to have good things to say about the other models.
@kevinsullivan6356
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Sean I am a beginner tin whistle player and looking for a tin whistle that I can tune. The one I’m learning on is a cheap knockoff, but after 50 years playing the Fife it is very similar
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