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Pretty Saro - penny whistle
musician/member name: Strumelia
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I'm practicing a tune from the American Appalachian ballad called Pretty Saro. I've been learning to play penny whistle..tin whistle..for two months now. As a beginner I have a long way to improve...but it's proving to be such an enjoyable journey!
I'm playing a Jerry Freeman tweaked Blackbird 'D' whistle.
I'm playing a Jerry Freeman tweaked Blackbird 'D' whistle.
Cynthia...even mid-range good quality pennywhistles are way cheaper than say lyres, ukes, or autoharps etc. Just sayin'...
Lisa you are doing great with that, and what a nice penny whistle. It sounds really really nice. No, no, no, not buying another instrument...I want one too though. And what a pretty setting with your beautiful orchid in the background.
Thank you so much my friends, your encouragement means a great deal to me.
You are well on the way, very well played.
Thank you all for your nice comments.
Thanks to Jeffrey for putting the thought in my head to make a new video.
Sam, Iris' porch version in that movie is actually my Saro 'gold standard'- it's spine tingling , isn't it? So wow, thank you!
I've put in many hours this past two months on the whistle, and I'm pleased with the slow steady progress I'm making. When i started it, I could barely play Hot Cross Buns..and had little idea what i was doing. As opposed to a couple of more difficult-to-play kinds of instruments I've struggled with over the years, the whistle seems to return immediate results --when I put the time and effort into it. That's real inspiration to keep at it!
If sitting alone with eyes closed it is LITERALLY spine tingling.
Lovely, Strumelia! And--gracious!-- with all those embellishments, you really don't sound like a beginner!
Thank you all for your nice comments.
Thanks to Jeffrey for putting the thought in my head to make a new video.
Sam, Iris' porch version in that movie is actually my Saro 'gold standard'- it's spine tingling , isn't it? So wow, thank you!
I've put in many hours this past two months on the whistle, and I'm pleased with the slow steady progress I'm making. When i started it, I could barely play Hot Cross Buns..and had little idea what i was doing. As opposed to a couple of more difficult-to-play kinds of instruments I've struggled with over the years, the whistle seems to return immediate results --when I put the time and effort into it. That's real inspiration to keep at it!
Strumelia, your rendition is every bit as haunting as Iris DeMent's singing it in Songcatcher. You've learned so well in such a short time.
Very nice, you are doing very well Lisa.
Sounds Like you're doing good! I always wanted to learn to play one of those.
Nice. Not the easiest instrument to play.
Jeffrey, I too have a couple of instruments around the house that I have never managed to figure out very well.
Thank you, friends!
Your playing is wonderful... Thanks so much... Robert.
ya know I have 2 penny whistles that I havent figured out yet and a native american flute too my dad made the flute for me