 the tin whistle, also called the penny whistle,oxford english dictionary english flageolet, scottish penny whistle, tin flageolet, irish whistle, feadÃ³g stÃ¡in (or simply feadÃ³g) and clarke london flageoletthe clarke tin whistle by bill ochs is a simple, six-holed woodwind instrument. it is a fipple flute, putting it in the same category as the recorder, native american flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria. a tin whistle player is called a tin whistler or simply a whistler. the tin whistle is closely associated with celtic music. == history of the whistle == the tin whistle in its modern form is from a wider family of fipple flutes which have been seen in many forms and cultures throughout the world. in europe such instruments have a long and distinguished history and take various forms; most widely known of these are the recorder, tin whistle, flabiol, txistu and tabor pipe. almost all primitive cultures had a type of fipple flute and is most likely the first pitched flute type instrument in existence.the tin whistle tutor edition: 3 - 1991 by michael raven a possible neanderthal fipple flute from slovenia dates from 81,000-53,000 b.c.,the essential guide to irish flute and tin whistle by grey larsenthe neanderthal flute, crosscurrents #183 1997 greenwich publishing canada a german flute from 35,000 years ago, and flute made from sheep's bone in west yorkshire dating to the iron age.the malham iron-age pipe, by a. raistrick, professor spaul and eric todd Â© 1952 written sources that describe a fipple-type flute include the roman and greek aulos and tibia. in the early middle ages peoples of northern europe were playing the instrument as seen in 3rd-century british bone flutes,english medieval bone flutes c.450 - c.1550 ad. by helen leaf and irish brehon law describes flute like instrument. by the 12th century italian flutes came in a variety of sizes,the cambridge companion to the recorder john mansfield, thomson et al, 1995 cambridgeperformance practice: a dictionary-guide for musicians by roland john jackson and fragments of 12th-century norman bone whistles have been found in ireland, and an intact 
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