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“Celtic” Whistle:  
Origins and Developments  
It was also during this time that more  
experimentation was done to extend  
the musical range of the instruments  
with extra tone holes. The "recorder"  
is still very popular today and is a  
variation of the "open-hole," six-hole  
design, where an extra tone hole and  
thumbhole was added, making eight  
holes instead of the classic six-hole  
design that is characteristic of the  
"Celtic Style," whistle.  
The six-hole, open tone-hole, flute or  
whistle is referred to as a "simple"  
flute because the notes are created  
by covering the six tone holes with the  
pads of the fingers. For this reason,  
there are some limitations to the  
range of notes that one can create on  
the tube, simply due to the physical  
limitations of the dimensions of the  
hands themselves.  
Making sharps and flats in the natural  
"diatonic" range of a key with the six-  
hole flute or whistle is accomplished  
by the careful application of half notes  
and alternate fingering. Some still  
believe that the simple flute has much  
more feeling than the keyed,  
orchestration flutes, and providing this  
flexibility with simple flutes and  
whistles is still proof of the player's  
skill and mastery of the instrument  
Keyed flutes became so  
sophisticated, especially with the work  
done by Theobald Boehm  
As the craftsmanship in creating  
woodwind instruments improved,  
keyed flutes and whistles became  
popular. Starting in the 15th into the  
16th centuries. Keyed flutes began to  
overcome keyless flutes, as the need  
for added notes increased, especially  
in the demands made by playing the  
instruments within orchestrated  
groups.  
(Muenchen, Germany) in the late  
1800s, that the "typewriter keyed  
flutes," as they were called at that  
time, practically overwhelmed the  
"serious" music worlds to the point  
where the craftsmanship in making  
open-hole, six-hole flutes and whistles  
almost became extinct.  
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