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The one session usage I can think of is to play Tam Lin reel within a reasonable range
Honestly though the E/D/C whistle trifecta goes a longer way for session usage and requires little adjustment between whistles. At my session people are often calling G tunes in A, or Em tunes in Dm, so having whistles separated by a whole tone is surprisingly useful.
If you p...
That helps. I’m completely ignorant of music theory despite playing the button accordion from my childhood. It was all completely by ear, as is my current learning on the D whistles. A follow up question would be if the F is an ideal pairing with most guitar players.
15 20 years ago when there were several coffee shop sessions I remember a guitar singer!
She could play in any key but would only sing if we played in the key of F! So I always had a F whistle in my kit for “The Fogy Dew”
Hope that gives you some insight to ponder!
This may be reopening a similar question from way back, but I’d like to focus on the traditional Irish player. Would there be any scenario where a Low F might be useful other than playing solo or along with Lunasa, McGoldrick, etc.? I’m looking for reasons beyond tone or ease of play. Maybe it’s best to focus on mastering the high and low D’s.
Another issue that hasn’t been mentioned so far (or if it was, I missed it), is the difference in volume between a mandolin and a banjo mandolin. I picked up an old Vega banjo mandolin from a Goodwill store and restored it. The first thing I noticed was that it was really loud. Louder than an Irish tenor banjo, in fact. It seems to have the opposite problem to a mandolin, wit...