Tin Whistle Review & Comparison - Feadog, Clarke & Shaw - Mark Wooding
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- Опубликовано: 28 ноя 2024
- Here is a little review and comparison of three tin whistles, the Feadog, Clarke and Shaw.
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I love my Feadog... harder to play, for sure, but it's a great whistle if you like Celtic jigs. It has a super clean sound.
I had a Clark whistle years ago the wooden block eventually came loose. these days I play all chieftain whistle's in D, C, and low D. the sound and volume is unbelievable but they are expensive. I'm waiting for a Gene Milligan whistle to arrive soon which is made of African blackwood and nice shiny brass. I'm checking the tracking on it every day, I'm like a child waiting for Christmas morning lol!
As a recorder player you are affected by the ridge on the Clarke because you are so used to feeling a hole there lol. Great vid. Thanks.
Thanks for this demonstration. I really like the more breathy sound of that shaw whistle -- perhaps because I come at this being a flute player first and a whistle player second.
I'm tempted by a Clarke original in D. I've already got a sweetone in C and the ridge at the back doesn't bother me too much.
Thanks for the video friend. Recently started playing as well and I have to admit the occasional piercing noises from the feadog really throw me off. Time to get me a Clarke.
Your videos are very informative and help people in making a choice of instruments. Thanks for posting.
Shame about the join/sticky out bit on the Clarke- on mine, the seam is on the inside of the whistle which solves the problem. Great video :)
The Clarke can be adjusted (tweaked) with marked improvement in sound, air requirements, etc. This also applies to the Shaw, but it probably needs less adjustment. Just look up tweaking a Clark tin whistle on the net and go to Jerry Freemans great advice on the "chiff and fipple" forums on the subject.
thank you for the advice, i'm buying my first whistle
With both the Clarke and the shaw having a wooden fipple is they both play better when the wood is wet
I am not so much into the breathier whistles but if I had to that shaw sounds pretty good.
Thanks for this test. Is there a seam on BW like on clarke Original? About the BW: is it the Narrow, bore, wide Bore or the Session you own ? Thank you!
These all sound much more airy land less piercing than most recordings of tin whistles I've heard. Is that your camera's microphone, or do they really sound like that?
Can you tell pls what whistle is louder? the clarke or the shaw? and did the wood mouth piece smells in both (shaw / clarke) same intensely? thx again!
+floatingcolors
The Clarke's wood has the strongest smell. As for volume, it's difficult to compare them as they are in different keys, but they are very similar volumes.
Thank You. Nice Video. :)
I really like the Feadóg. I also would like to try out the Blackbird and Mellow Dog. And I'm thinking to add some money, and buy the tweaked versions of all by Jerry Freeman. What do you think about that? Also, I've just ordered an Susato whistle in High D, Model-F, the most thinner, narrow bore. Looking so much forward to try it. I've heard so many mixed reviews of this whistle, but I have a good feeling. 😊
Awesome. Thank you!
Do you find that you run out of breath quickly when playing the Clarke? If so, is the Shaw the same?
+S Baldwin Just bought my Clarke and I do run out of breath more quickly than my super regular Walton's... took me a while to get accustomed with the Clarke conical model, I also got wierded out by the windy-breathing sound it does because of its opening at the tip when playing in high octave.
Thanks!
Good vid man
Thanks for the info.
the shape of the fipple has more to do with the sound then the wood block.
I'm used to Americans mispronouncing Feadog, but you'd think a Brit would do a little better.
+jo7dan119 Because the UK and Ireland have 500 years of shared history, 3 of the 4 countries that make up the UK are Celtic, and even most people in England have at least some Celtic ancestry. But if you want to aspire to the idiocy of the average American, be my guest, and allow me to offer you my congratulations on your success in that endeavor. Cheers!
I got a Clarke tinwhistle last week, I am not quite impressed so far
Hey dude I brought a Feadog tin whistle and it may be cheap but not all expensive whistles are good sometimes cheap is better and also dude I am a clarinet player and bass clarinet player I been playing the clarinet for 7 years and the bass clarinet I have been playing bass clarinet for 6 years
I take it you an play other woodwind instruments, I've been playing for bout a month and feel I'm making good progress but I'm knowhere near at the level ur at my friend.
Why don't people check the sound level before making videos, it's really annoying trying to listen to low recordings
I know! I'm sorry!
Omg so annoying féadóg is an Irish word its pronounced fah-doh-g
I laughed so hard when he said it..
Now, how would anyone know that if they weren't Irish or didn't hear someone pronounce it correctly? Thanks for the correction. I expect it works both ways--Irishmen are likely mispronouncing English words.
Lol Lol quite right Lydia, I moved from an English council estate in 1972 to a Galway Gaeltacht village , and one of the few villages where Gaelige was the first language, so I know what the young fellow was struggling with
Ye can tell he isn’t Irish when he can’t pronounce feadóg properly 😂class vid tho m8 and feadóg stáin means tin whistle in Irish
The lack of an Irish accent could've told you that.
how can a beginner honestly review an instrument?
I wondered when this question would come up!
To be honest I would say "they can't" so please take or leave my video.
However when I said I'm a beginner I meant to the instrument not to instruments; I've been a musician for years.
I just got excited about these instruments because they were new to me and I could hear and feel a distinct difference between them so I thought I would share me thoughts on them.
I enjoyed making the video, and if its helps a few folk that's great, however if you want to dismiss everything I say feel free!
Mark Wooding fair enough
Quick note, Mark plays incredibly well for a beginner, and to me that was very noticeable. Even if he had no explanation, he's either not a beginner at all, or he's played an extremely similar instrument until it's wheels fell off. :D