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The Scottish Whistle

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Mixed

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Books

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Welcome to Nigel Gatherer's Scottish Whistle pages. These pages contain all sorts of things which will be of interest to the whistler, from playing techniques and tunes to maintenance instructions, musician biogs and links to other whistle sites around the web. I hope you find it useful - email me with any comments, criticisms or links.

Nigel Gatherer

Whistle Tutorials

Aimed at beginners, the tutorials will get you started on the road to playing the whistle.

Tunes in "Whistle" Notation

A small but growing collection of tunes using my whistle notation. Explanation here.

Scottish Whistlers

A fledgling page about the whistle in Scotland. Not much there yet, but watch this space...

Scottish Whistle History

A short essay on the background to the whistle in Scotland.

Classes:

GFW Improvers Whistle Class
A beginners class in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Craigroyston Whistlers
An adult daytime group in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Crieff Traditional Music Group
A mixed class, partly with whistle tuition.