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I couldn't whistle before I started playing the flute so I guess there's something to it. But I think it might be more about the muscles in the lips. You need strong ones both for whistling and for flute playing.

You can get real cheap tin whistles on ebay, though I'd actually recommend getting a wooden one. Much nicer tone.

And a wooden Irish flute sounds lovely Good luck!

http://www.thesession.org is also a good site, with sheet music to plenty of Celtic folk tunes. Not everything is done for flute, but all (as far as I know) is playable on a flute.

Wow, they are really beatuiful!

Oooooh, GRATS!

Google is your friend often

BTW, no need to buy if it's in the public domain and you have a printer

Good luck finding what you are looking for!

A private teacher would indeed be nice, but it's not really an option atm (yay for being a busy student.) Sadly I don't know any flautist either who could help me out. I have a closed hole Jupiter student model flute (not sure exactly what model though). I probably should get it serviced, but I'm th...

Hiya! I'm new here and I really hope you more experienced guys could help me out a little. I used to play flute for a year or so when I was 10, then stopped for some reason. Now I'm 20, and decided to start playing again, so I bought an old flute from a friend, and now I'm teaching myself. It's been...