Lance Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 I'm all for banning wistling, but I have an add-on. Please ban kazoos at the same time. Preventative measures you see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarimbasaurusRex Posted June 22, 2006 Share Posted June 22, 2006 (edited) My reference to usage is born out by wikpedia... No one said it isn't. It is an instrument that percussionists sometimes play. But, that doesn't make it a percussion instrument unless you whack it hard enough. Note that the LP site markets whistles as "sound effects." As always Mike, whatever floats your boat. Believe the sky is green if you want. -------------------------------- For anyone interested, adding some info on Organology (the study and classification of musical instruments - yeah, I'm an instrument geek :) ) distilled from "Musical Instruments of the World," Paddington Press Five classes of acoustic instruments: Aerophone - wind Idiophone - the object itself produces sound, like a woodblock or xylo key Membranophone - drums and mirlitons (sympathetic membranes) Chordophone - strings A percussion instrument produces sound when struck and could be either an idiophone, membranophone or chordophone, because objects, membranes and strings all produce sound when struck. Brass and woodwind instruments are subclasses of aerophones along with organs and bull roarers. There are two classes of whistles, aerophones within the woodwind/flute family, "whistle flutes" and "vessel flutes." Further divided into those which produce multiple pitches or a single pitch. Quoting MIOTW: "A whistle flute, sometimes called a fipple flute, is an end blown flute in which air is directed through a simple mouthpiece against the sharp edge of a hole cut in the pipe just below the mouthpiece." Recorder, slide whistle, tin whistle, cuckoo whistle and some bird calls included. "A vessel flute is characterized by its body shape, which is globular instead of tubular." Police whistle, dog whistle (now THERE's some GE! woof), train whistle, and some bird calls included. Why do I stick on this point? Because woodwinds have been in drum corps forever. They are just primative in design and left to drummers to play, as it is in band and orchestra. Do they sound good on the field? Not to me, but to each their own. Edited June 23, 2006 by MarimbasaurusRex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madscout96 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 "A whistle flute, sometimes called a fipple flute, is an end blown flute in which air is directed through a simple mouthpiece against the sharp edge of a hole cut in the pipe just below the mouthpiece." Recorder, slide whistle, tin whistle, cuckoo whistle and some bird calls included."A vessel flute is characterized by its body shape, which is globular instead of tubular." Police whistle, dog whistle (now THERE's some GE! woof), train whistle, and some bird calls included. Why do I stick on this point? Because woodwinds have been in drum corps forever. They are just primative in design and left to drummers to play, as it is in band and orchestra. Do they sound good on the field? Not to me, but to each their own. I think there's a big difference between a slide whistle and a tin whistle, as far as how they're USED. All the whistles that are currently allowed and used in drum corps (slide, police, boatman's, samba, etc.) are used as sound effects, and if they are used musically, it's only in the RHYTHMIC context of the music. They are never used in the music's TONAL context. In other words, you'll probably not hear someone play a boatman's whistle "in tune" with the chords being played by brass or mallets, and you probably won't hear someone play a melody on the slide whistle. Perhaps why all those whistles are legal in drum corps, but recorders, tin whistles, ocarinas, flutes, and bassoons are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drumcat Posted June 23, 2006 Author Share Posted June 23, 2006 Just curious, but is it because you can't truly control its pitch that a whistle is legal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblamb1401 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I can't believe no one has mentioned this. 9 people have voted in favor of banning ALL wind instruments. That would include banning trumpets, melophones, baritones, euphoniums, and tubas. Yes, drumcorps would be amazing with no wind instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbc03 Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I can't believe no one has mentioned this.9 people have voted in favor of banning ALL wind instruments. That would include banning trumpets, melophones, baritones, euphoniums, and tubas. Yes, drumcorps would be amazing with no wind instruments. Hey, some people like their drums and guard I guess... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Until I hear a concerto for Police Whistle I'm going to consider it auxillary percussion. that might actually sound kinda interesting. but... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krista Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 I can't believe no one has mentioned this.9 people have voted in favor of banning ALL wind instruments. That would include banning trumpets, melophones, baritones, euphoniums, and tubas. Yes, drumcorps would be amazing with no wind instruments. :spit: this is why I enjoy dpc. :lolhit: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 No one said it isn't. It is an instrument that percussionists sometimes play. But, that doesn't make it a percussion instrument unless you whack it hard enough. Note that the LP site markets whistles as "sound effects." I can't recall the last time these instruments were passed out to the WW section, which is why I said through usage they have become percussion instruments. As always Mike, whatever floats your boat. Believe the sky is green if you want. Really? You mean the sky is not green to you? <**> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdewine Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Won't be long before we see DWCI....Drum and Whistle Corps International. A corps of dwarfs playing "Whistle While You Work" Someone deciding to do "Chattanooga Choo Choo", and putting a locomotive on the field for that 'authentic' train whistle sound! b**bs Can't wait... :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.