tin whistle

Noun

Meaning

tin whistle (plural tin whistles)

(music) A small, high-pitched metal whistle with six holes that is blown using a fipple.

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He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle. Aneurin Bevan

Kwela main Kwela is a genre of music created in South Africa in the 1950s, and is characterized by an upbeat, jazzy tin whistle lead. Source: Internet

Bob Hallett of the Canadian folk rock group Great Big Sea is also a renowned performer of the tin whistle, playing it in arrangements of both traditional and original material. Source: Internet

Due to its affordability the tin whistle was a popular household instrument, as ubiquitous as the harmonica. Source: Internet

Lambchop uses the tin whistle in the song "The Scary Caroler." Source: Internet

Nevertheless, there is no real consensus on how tin whistle music should be written, or on how reading music onto the whistle should be taught. Source: Internet

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