Whistle fingerboard

Types of whistling fingering

Theoretically speaking, according to the law of twelve averages, whistle has 12 fingerings, but some fingerings involve too many half holes, so there are actually several practical fingerings of whistle, and there are 5-7 commonly used fingerings.

Among them, the most commonly used fingering of whistle is 1 and 5, which are of great practical value and must be learned, and both are indispensable.

The fingering table of Irish whistle above is a schematic diagram of two fingering methods: press all 1 and press all 5. Of course, different whistles, different playing methods and different playing environments will lead to different fingering. Therefore, the fingering table of Irish whistle above is for your reference only. We can leave a message to discuss the details.

Interestingly, the fingering of Irish whistle and China bamboo flute is basically the same. Therefore, friends who have learned bamboo flute can learn fingering directly, without having to learn it again, and fingering is not difficult.

The fingering of the whistle with full press 1 is the fingering of this piece, because the tuning of the whistle is with full press (barrel sound) as 1. For example, if you use full press as 1 fingering and full press (barrel sound) as C key, that's a whistle in C key and full press (barrel sound) as D key.

It's D's whistle, A's whistle, B's whistle, B's whistle, and so on.