TIPS TO STOP YOUR TIN WHISTLE CLOGGING
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- čas přidán 5. 07. 2024
- Do you suffer with a wet whistle? Trouble with clogging while you play? Noticed spit dripping down your fingers? Never fear! The solution is here. I researched the top tips to combat tin whistle clogging and shared them all here for you in one play. I hope you enjoy!
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Warm up your whistle
01:36 - Adjusting your breath temperature
03:06 - Keeping your whistle warm
03:57 - Addressing your playing angle
05:13 - Correcting the mouthpiece position
06:44 - Trying waxed dental floss
08:00 - Polishing with toothpaste
09:11 - Utilising dish soap
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When I'm playing a gig and it's cold or humid, I keep my whistle head in my armpit in between tunes. This has the added advantage of ensuring that no one wants to steal my whistle.
I tried clogging, but I've never danced well...
Thanks so much for this I'm a wet whistle blower and I just couldn't find a proper way of playing without clogging you've saved me quite a bit of stress finding a solution lol. On a side note I wish you had a song book for sale with the tabs to all these awesome songs you play on here
I like that idea also
Best channel on tin whistles🖒🖒👏👏
Thank you :) xx
@@CutiepieTinWhistle 😊😊😊
Good suggestions, thank you 😊 One interesting option is also a feather. Cleans up the wind way beautifly and does not pose a danger of damaging the sharp lip part. Of course one has to find an appropriate size of the feather depending on your flute. Thats how they did it in the olden days hehe.
In the very olden days, they used Dodo feathers.
Good advice. I never new Manchester was so important to the tin Whistle.
The dish soap and water solution works well in both plastic whistles and recorders and, as you rightly say, best avoided in wooden ones. I have been using this method for a long time and also with plastic reeds in musical instruments such as crumhorns. I have experienced for a long time that, if once wet with the solution the air duct of the whistle, recorder or reed is left to dry, for about a day, a patina forms which avoids clogging them for a long time and clearly, it must be repeated every now and then; in this case I would recommend a slightly higher concentration of soap, about 1/10 - 1/20.
New whistler here, as of a few minutes ago👋🏼 Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us! Been following you for a while now and I knew I wanted to choose you to be my teacher with this instrument. ❤️
Thank you so much for this video. This is a problem with me. You are so wonderful and I look forward to your next video, they are great!
Very interesting video. Thank you again Stephanie to share with us your experience, advices, and talent ! Your videos help me everyday to improve my practice of tin whistle.
thanks for these unusual but helpful tips.
i too am a whistle wetter. which usually shows up in the last few notes of a tune, especially the last lower note. until i saw your brilliant video i was in despair. i thought about attending WWs anonymous but would be too embarassed to stand up and state the words - - my name is ronnie and ive been a WW for 3 years!
at GFW whistle class in glasgow (scotland), my fellow students were mainly non WWs.
someone even stuck my whistle tho a polysterene cup as a joke. even the phrase " fancy a pint to wet your whistle" had a hidden significance for me.
seriously this condition is worse than BW. if my wife asked if i had just been WWing, i would rather say that i had been with a call girl.
although in scotland this can mean one of 2 things. the second being a person who was born in Coll,an island off the scottish mainland,
anyway scottish "humour " aside- your tips,especially the cold breath whistling helped enormously.
i am keen to hear you play. do you have any vids online?
and if so, do any of them feature my personal favourite whistle tunes?
lastly, what make is your whistle? you didnt really play it for us.
thanks for posting, my whistle playing just got better
live well and prosper
aw the best and sorry about the long rambling comment.
regards
ronnie
Very useful tips. Going to try out a few now.
Thanks a lot for those unusual but useful tips!!👍❤️
Very helpful video in preventing clogging.
Thank you. These were so very helpful
I hadn’t thought about the temperature differential as one possible cause so I’ll try that, AND a more horizontal adjustment, as well as moving the mouth piece further out and see how it all goes. Thank you so much for the suggestions.
Thank you Stephanie very useful tips
I find your tips very useful in handling the difficulties I have had while whistling. Keep up the GREAT job !! Later, Paddyboy
thank you again Cutiepie!!! I am definitely a very wet whisler
I think that putting the whistle less in my mouth will help. Thanks for posting this.
Thanks for your swift reply Bonny lass , l will certainly give some of your tips a try .yes I’m fed up of the problem. I’m just learning and l feel I’ve wasted my money buying this whistle . You play effortlessly and so beautifully which makes me feel such a failure before I’ve even started . Bill .
Tooth paste on swimming goggles stops them from fogging up so it probably would help with whistles too. Nice video thanks for the tips!
I use dish soap, works like a dream:)
Thanks for the tips! 😍
I used to use a pipe cleaning. Like the craft ones to clean or unclog my whistle and it kinda worked a bit. I'll be sure to use some of these tricks in the future.
Thank you very much for these tips.
Thank you so much, Sfephanie ❤
Thank you for this! 🙂 I've been teaching myself some tin whistle tunes, but I seem to have a lot of trouble keeping spit out of my whistles. After watching your video, I tried holding the whistle up higher and more towards the corner on my mouth, and it seems to help! I'll keep going with that, and see how I get on, as it would be a great shame to forgo the whistle at gigs etc. I've also subbed, and I'll check out more of your videos. Cheers! ☘
Very helpful! Thanks!
I'm not a really wet whistler, but I do find that when I'm playing really fast songs (particular fast songs with second octave notes) that a lot of spit builds up in the mouthpiece. Sometimes I have to give the whistle a few sharp flicks during instrumental breaks to clear it. I'll have to try a few of these tips. Thanks for the great video.
Great video! What whistle do you use? Do you have a video with recommendations?
Thank you!
Hi Stephanie,
The dish soap works for me! I finally eliminate all my problems whith clogging. I can't believe, but it's true!
Thanks!
You might have to re-do when you notice clogging, but it's a pretty neat trick!
Thanks!
Great advice! I'm not a particularly wet whistler but when I first got my whistle I drank a lot of water right before I started playing. It was dripping a few seconds later. Oops :D
My new Killarney clogs quite easily but I have discovered a trick. When I take a breath I draw in sharply through the mouthpiece like sucking a straw. A bit gross but works well and you don't have to stop playing!
I just got a Kilarney and I cant play a song 2 times through without a clogging. I will try Stephanie's tips
In elementary school we learned that if you hold your recorder mouthpiece in your armpit while you’re not playing it’ll keep it warmed up, I suppose the same goes for tin whistles. But you probably want to have sleeves for this cause that could get a little gross if your mouthpiece is all sweaty...
Deodorant, anyone? The French carry naked (unwrapped) bread loaves via their armpits - gross!
Hi Cutie. Try out the new Chieftain Custom Low D... Awesome low whistle with smaller and narrower holes
Great tips, Could you do one on carrier bags?? Thanks for all you do. It has really helped me as a beginner!
Thank you 😊 I have a video on tin whistle storage that you may find useful...
I recommend these Esty craftspeople: OJoyous and Division Street Designs. I have several bags from both these merchants. Excellent quality and very fairly priced. OJoyous bags are padded fabric. She offers single whistle bags, double and a five pocket bag, all in several colors and prints. Division Street bags are all single crocheted bags in a choice of colors.
Great tips, but I have to say, there is no way you can change the temperature of the air you are breathing out, except perhaps to change the temperature of the air you are breathing in. It is physics. A more vigorous stream of air, as with pursed lips, cools your hand more effectively and feels cooler, but the air is the same temperature as it was in a soft breath. That is how fans work...they move a greater volume of air across your skin at a higher speed, increasing evaporation and convection and cooling your skin, but they do not change the temperature of the air being blown. :) However, the volume of the air moving through the whistle does effect how much moisture accumulates...as increased air volume and speed increase evaporation...so your whistle stays dryer. That is really what is going on with the pursed lipped breathing. Sorry, I just can’t help myself sometimes. :)
That may be so, but using the terms 'warm' and 'cool' are very easy for people to understand and it helps them create a greater change in airspeed. I play flute and changes in airspeed are vital to play in different registers. My high school flute teacher would often have us blow on our hand, and it's far easier to make your mouth blow a different temperature than a different speed, because noticing the temperature difference on your hand is easier than noticing the speed difference.
I really need these methods and tips when playing the Killarney whistle~~~
Alex Wong I found a trick with the Killarney. See my other comment.
Can you make the tuto of the song Comin Thro the rye ? It would be amazing !
Ok that hero image worked. I'm here.
These tipps are excellent, by plastic mouthpieces. Bubbles are crazy, let's do it
😂😂
To avoid clogging you may also address liquids or foods used just before playing. For example, public speakers avoid drinking milk just before speaking.
I always rinse my mouth or preferably quickly brush my teeth. And I have found over eating or carbonated beverages can adversely effect playing.
@@soslothful ...as in belching during a performance...
Can you play streets of new york or fields of athenry
Today I learned wheat bags exist, and people heat them! I find playing straight out with a warm whistle solves most of my issues. A short beaked whistles (e.g. Susato) prevents me from putting it farther back in my mouth where more moisture is available. My Oak has a long beak and it's easy to forget.
Wheat bags are FABULOUS, providing you don't have an allergy. Few minutes in the microwave and you have hot flexible comfort 😍 definitely a must-have item in the UK wintertime 🤣
The heated rice bag is a big hit with the cats too. They help to keep the whistle warm as well.
Very interesting tips! Thank you very much... Oh, and for a suggestion of whistle demonstration: have you tried any of the Shearwaters yet?
Yes, I had a polymer Shearwater on my first ever review :) czcams.com/video/uRFswjamGjo/video.html
I've been curious about Shearwater as they offer an interesting bass Bb. However they were soundly trashed by a reviewer on Chiff and Fipple. And the Shearwater site states they will not accept returns. This does not bode well for their product. Especially when one is spending over $100 USD.
Oh yes! I had actually watched this before, I had just forgotten! I have been thinking about a low D Shearwater for a while, but I've seen mentions of PVC's health impacts cropping up occasionally, and at first I thought it's probably not so bad, but when I got round to looking into it, I think it is something to be taken seriously and I'd rather have a non-PVC plastic whistle, like the Dixon, for instance. But Shearwater also make a lot of metal low and alto whistles, and I'm still tempted by them... :)
Hi cutie i love your whistle playing..thank you for helping me to improve mine..would you play the lonesome boatman sometime..id love to master this one with your tutorial of course
czcams.com/video/6wF7TqNQAL0/video.html 😉
Using dish soap and making bubbles during playing the whistle - it would be the new 'must have' in the scene 😂😂😂
👏👍 I also use Tip #1 for my recorder, flutophone, and slide whistle, considering that they all have similar mouth pieces. BTW: Tip #1 also discharges condensation.
12:23 As for whistles we would like to see you play, have you considered entertaining your loyal subscribers with the slide whistle? 😖 🎶
Thank you for your suggestion. Korea has less information and people who whistle, so video like you is very helpful. I am not good at English, so I am not good at it. So I have a question.
I wonder if I should soak it in soapy water and rinse it again in clean water. And is that less condensation when you blow the whistle?
I also wonder if I should apply toothpaste and then rinse it again. And is this also less condensation when you blow the whistle?
Soak in warm soapy water, then rinse with cool water. You will have less condensation.
If you're using toothpaste, don't rinse the whistle.
No need to do both soap and toothpaste. They have the same effect, but probably won't have double the effect used together.
I understand. Thank you.
I'm waiting for a video of your Killarney Whistle. I've heard that Killarney Whistle has a lot of snogging, and I'm waiting for your review of that whistle.
Also, I heard that Killarney has a back pressure, which makes her breath a little stuffy, but I wonder what it's like compared to other Whistles.
I've tried the toothpaste technique
Hi. Can you make a video about the history of tin whistles, Celtic music and why it would be a good idea to pick up a whistle. That would really help. Also, why did you decide to learn to play the whistle? Do you think it is a serious instrument?
I'll look into it :) in the mean time, this video explains a little about why I decided to play tin whistle: czcams.com/video/IQ6r8uaVrwA/video.html
I follow you always. You are great. I'm passionate about whistle playing thanks to you. Oh I have one propose for you... You can do the song Run fron the band Skald 😊 I think you can do it great. Bye bye from Italy 😊
Send me a link, I'll check it out :)
@@CutiepieTinWhistle czcams.com/video/s9NIBZfVBW4/video.html
Good folk viking band
You can't actually change the temperature of the air only the speed. The reason it feels cooler on your hand is because the fast stream of air carries the cool surrounding air along with it. When your lips are sealed around the mouthpiece the air doesn't mix with the surrounding air regardless of the speed. The speed of the air will simply push water droplets through and out of the mouthpiece through pressure.
Hi Bonny lass . I can’t get through a tune on mk low F without it clogging up . I have a high C with plastic mouth piece which will play for a long time without clogging. Do you think some whistles. are more prone to clogging? Regards , Bill .
Yes definitely! I find the full metal mouthpieces clog quicker than anything else, but these tips do make a bit of difference, so definitely worth trying and repeating regularly to help keep clogging to a minimum. You can play through it, eventually the whistle will make a clear sound again, but it's definitely frustrating at times!
Did you ever find a solution to the clogging? I have the same whistle.
actually higher pressure does not mean lower temperature. It only feels like that because of the other air (that was not in your body) that gets moved by your blowing. Try this: blow into your hands that form a tube and touch your mouth: Now the faster you blow the hotter it gets because there is no outside air that gets moved and instead when blowing stronger you push more warm air through your hand which will make your hand warmer than blowing less strong.
But thats just from a blowing point of view maybe it actually works on a whistle very well. Anyway very good video love it
So funny! I used to put my whistle in a cup of boiling water before a gig. I couldn't explain why I was doing it.
Can you please make the tabs for this song: Barbatuques - Baião Destemperado ?
Send me a link 😊
Update. Solutions for me = Cool breath. Side of mouth on my Killarney. You’re the Whistle Woman!!! Whistle & Recorder = You & Sarah Jeffery. Thanks! Happy holidays! 🌞🎅🏻🎄🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
So is this what happens when I cant get a crisp and clean note? Too much moisture in the flute? I play my plastic Dixon Low D and after awhile it will not play a note very well.But If I take a hard breath in with the flute, it will then continue to play clean and crisp, like I cleared the pipe with my breath
Yup 😊 that's exactly what's happening. You can shake the whistle to clear the build up, or blow/suck sharply, but these techniques will help you play cleaner notes for longer without having to dislodge any condensation or saliva 🤣
Not fully covering the finger hole can also cause tone problems.
I mostly only clog when I play low whistle - I think the aluminum body of mine is hard to keep up to temperature. I'll have to see if I can find a really long heat pack! 😂
You can get long hot water bottles now! 😁 but the floss/dish soap option works pretty well!
What model of whistle in the video?
Feadog Pro D
Just got my brass d Killarney and it won't stop clogging!
I’ve got the same problem same whistle no bother with cheap whistles
Could have used this last night when practicing. Dribbly tunes all around 😂😖
Have you tab for "Dribbly Tunes All Around"?
Liquid polymer car polish and Rain-X work well. Rain-X is easier.
Are there toxicity concerns? These do not seem like products one would want near one's mouth.
@@soslothful Sorry, Chris is no longer with us, and therefore can't answer your question.
Could you do a tin whistle cover of the song, "In Christ Alone"?
Send me a link to a version you like on CZcams and I'll check it out 😊
This channel is the first cultural product from UK I've ever appreciated.
Keep your chin up, raise your music sheet to eye level that helped me
first!!!!
I don't use a hot water bottle - I use a Chihuahua.
Chihuahuas were used before the invention of hot water bottles, to treat patients.
LETS SEE HOW TO END WITH THIS DAMN 😂😂😂
6:31
You kinda look like this actress from the Shannara chronicles 🤔
Tip number 2 seems strange to me because I assume that the temperature of the air in lungs is equal, blown fast or slowly, because it comes from the same place, the comparison you are doing about blowing at your hand is fallacious because of venturi effect, basically when you blow fast, air around your mouth get propelled foreward, that's why you feel it colder, because fundamentally the air in your lungs get mixed with the outside air. you can easily test it by making a funnel with your hand and blowing fast to a mirror (you have to be very close to it, almost attached) and then blow fast without the funnel.
Finally what I want to say is that the temperature of the flute does not depend on how fast you are blowing, and I suppose that blowing fast get the flute near to the temperature of lungs air faster than if it is blown slower.
I hope my english is understandable, because it's not my first language.
Thanks for your great comment! 😊 Yes, you may be correct, it's simply a technique to try...I don't have hard scientific evidence that any of these work, but they've been useful in their own way for me and for others in the community.
Often the language used in the video is to help people understand HOW to replicate the suggestion (rather than completely accurate scientific descriptions).
The air leaving the lungs will be the same temperature, granted, and the speed of air through the whistle won't have much effect on temperature scientifically, though once the air comes through the mouth and into the whistle it's still affected by outside forces, as you mentioned, as it's interacting with new material (the air already in the whistle, the plastic, metal or wood etc.) The 'speed' was a simple way to explain how to achieve cooler air in a way viewers would understand 😊 though faster air may help to dislodge condensation that's building up in the whistle.
There's a theory out there that the depth of the breath may have something to do with moisture too, though I wasn't sold. They theorised that shallow breaths may have less moisture than deeper breaths...who knows? 🤣
now u got me crying like a kid . . .you didnt play the bubble !!! 10:53
ps for a wooden recorder i use ammoniak to clean it. if this is too strong and u need something quick natural at hand, use vinagre too !!
Thanks for helping us in the way. Btw Are you single !?
I've been married for seven years 😉
@@CutiepieTinWhistle it hurts :'(
Stay blessed ♥
Are you still bubbling? 😁😂
Honey, you talk too much, we are not stupid you know XD i think we can see ourselves too ;) haha lol