Blow - don`t suck! (Whistles)

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Product:	Whistles
Date:	03/10/00 (4 review reads)
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Advantages: Easy to pick up

Disadvantages: A bit limited

The Penny Whistle is a lovely little instrument. I`ve got to admit up front that I`m no expert at playing this, but my girlfriend is. I have only just started playing, but I`m hooked already. The difference between this and many other instruments is that the Penny Whistle is nice and cheap, as well as being relatively easy to learn to play.

It`s a very smiple instrument to play - you basically blow into it and move your fingers over the holes. I know you could say that the piano is just case of hitting some white bits with your fingers, but it`s not quite a fair comparison. The Piano is a lot more difficult to play (trust me :-) ).

The problem I`ve found with the penny whistle is that there isn`t a huge amount you can play with it. You can play melodies easily enough, but it`s not possible to start playing chords or anythign else that makes the music more interesting.

Basically the Penny whistle is suitable for a first instrument - it will help you learn to read music and understand the terms used, and if you like it you can move on to another more complicated instrument. if you don`t like it then you`ve not spent much on the whistle, so you haven`t lost much really.

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