The image below shows the proper right hand position for this "Modified Piper's Grip". By simply straightening this finger out when you're playing the note "B" so that the "B" hole opens slightlyyou can quite easily play a half-holed Cnatural!ĭon't use these finger positioning instructions as something that's "written in stone"! Use these instructions as a starting guide try it like this for a few days, then modify it in whatever way you see fit to be able to comfortably play your whistle. Curling the index finger around the whistle actually comes in pretty handy on your left hand. You'll probably have to curl Finger 1 your Index Finger around the whistle a little. You'll be using the 2nd pad on Finger 2 - Finger 1 will be covering the hole right at the lowest joint on that finger.
Now position your hand so that is at a right angle from the whistle just ignore the other two finger holes for now you'll be covering them in the next step. Hold the rest of your fingers and your thumb as shown above, so that your fingers are fairly straight and relaxed! Right now, your third finger is the only one that's actually on its hole, and your thumb is just kind of hanging out there doing nothing. Make sure that you're using the "pad" of this finger as shown in the image aboveNOT the finger tip! Put Finger 3 your Ring Finger down first, so that the first pad of this finger is covering the lowest finger hole on the whistle the "D" hole. Using a form of the Piper's Grip when playing the Low Whistle especially the Low D whistle isn't just a recommendation it's pretty much a requirement! Unless you have very big hands, you won't be able to position your fingers the same way that you would on your Soprano D whistle! Only the right hand is used in the instructions and images below both hands are positioned in basically the same manner. Using the modified Piper's Grip on a Low Whistle.
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