16 Ways To Make Your Tin Whistle Sound Better
- Check For Mouthpiece Defects. ...
- Play It Don't Spray It (the Super Straw Method) ...
- Cover the Holes Completely. ...
- Finding the Perfect Breath Pressure. ...
- Finding the Secret Fingerings. ...
- Use a Stabilization Finger. ...
- Warm Up the Whistle. ...
- Keep a Clean Tongue.
Do tin whistles have a hole at the back?
Tin whistle players usually do not tongue most notes. ... A common method of achieving vibrato is to finger a note, and then quickly flick a finger on and off, not the hole below the fingered note, but the hole two below the fingered note, leaving an open hole in between.
Do you have to tune a tin whistle?
If the whistle is generally out-of-tune, but the notes are a proper distance apart, you may be in luck. You might be able to fix it by adjusting the mouthpiece with a tuning slide. If your whistle doesn't have a tuning slide, you might be able to make a makeshift tuning slide.