Chords for Half Holes and Advanced Fingering - TIN WHISTLE TIPS - sharps and flats on tin whistle

Hi guys, Stephanie here and thank you so much for tuning in again today.
Now today I'm gonna be doing something different
I'm gonna be speaking very fast by the looks of it
_ _ A lot of you have asked whether there's a specific technique to
_ Half holing on tin whistle.
So today I'm going to show you some advanced fingering techniques for tin whistle
That will get you more than just the standard notes in the key of whistle that you own now
Tin whistles are diatonic instruments.
They're designed to be played in a specific key.
This one is in D
So when I put all my fingers down I play a D _
_ In traditional tin whistle music a lot of the music is designed for this instrument
So you don't necessarily need any additional notes outside of the key of D
_ but if you're like me and you want to try and play everything on tin whistle then you will need to try and
Improve the flexibility of what you're able to play by finding a few additional notes
Now half holing will give you notes that aren't traditionally on a tin whistle in your chosen key
so for example
this D tin whistle starts with D, E, F sharp, G, A and B
_ You can easily get C sharp by taking all your fingers off and you can also get a C natural
By putting two fingers down and leaving the top hole open
_ Now in the second octave you have much the same thing
The higher D is played without the top finger E, F sharp, G, A and B
And sometimes you can get the C sharp as well
It's not very often on a tin whistle that I can get the C natural or the whole C in the upper octave
It depends on your whistle.
It depends on your experience
Sometimes you need different fingering again to be able to get that note
But when it comes to half holes, you do gain that extra flexibility
Now the most common holes to half hole on the tin whistle are the second finger
the fifth and
the sixth finger and
_ Here you'd get basically an A sharp.
I don't read music.
So I'm not familiar with the difference of B flat and A sharp _
But as we're going up, _ _ I'm going for A sharp
_ _ So
_ _ with a half hole _ _
The only requirement is to effectively cover half of the hole
so whether you do this by
rolling your finger upwards slightly and revealing some of the hole whether you
straighten your entire finger and try and cover half the hole or whether you slide your finger back to
Reveal a little bit of the opening it doesn't matter
Whichever way you find easiest and whichever way works most effectively with your whistle is the way to go
Now with this Clark tin whistle, this is a sweet tone.
I tend to find that straightening the finger and thus
_ Lifting the finger pad from the hole tends to give me a pretty good note.
So for example _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ You can see the difference.
So we've got A, _ _ _ _ _ A sharp _ _ and B _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ The most difficult part is actually getting the consistency _ now depending on the size of hole you're trying to
Half hole some of the holes on the tin whistle are smaller.
So on these holes you will need to be more precise
The larger holes are easier to half hole because you've got more space to work with.
So it's actually easier to get _
the A sharp for example on the A hole and
the F
Using the E hole now
_ _ F is quite a useful note to have because we've only got F sharp by covering four fingers a
_ again
_ Easily goes to a sharp quite a useful note
[Ab] You can get sharps and flats on everything in between
But as I said [D] the smaller the hole the more difficult it is to actually achieve that _
The only way you can get better at this is to practice
You can try and be as precise as you like but depending on the speed of the song you're playing it can sometimes be difficult
To hit the notes that you need now
The only way to improve on tin whistle is to practice there are alternative fingerings for
different notes [Eb] and I'll put that up on screen and play these notes through with you to give you an idea of how they sound _
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_ As I mentioned it all depends on your whistle and your experience
More expensive or better quality whistles will or should be able to get _
_ more notes
_ _ cheaper whistles
Maybe not so much
_ _ Yeah, it's all experience.
It's all practice.
Just start somewhere choose a style
I'd recommend almost rolling the finger up a little bit by straightening rolling the finger pad
I suppose by straightening the main finger and that should give you everything you need
So good luck with that
I hope you found this video tutorial useful best of luck with all the tabs of mine out there that have half holes
I'll put them on the screen here for you now
Try them out enjoy