Lawmakers agreed to draft an ordinance raising the $9-an-hour base wage to $15 by 2020 for as many as 800,000 workers, making L.A. the largest city in the nation to adopt a major minimum-wage hike. Chicago, San Francisco and Seattle already have approved similar increases, and raising the federal minimum wage has moved to the forefront of the Democratic Party's agenda.
The tin whistle, also known as the penny whistle, Irish whistle, or just plain old whistle, is an instrument with a plastic or wooden fipple, or mouthpiece, and a metal body tube. They are fairly easy to play and the fingerings are similar to that of the saxophone, clarinet, and flute.
Purchase a tin whistle at a local music store or online. Whistles are available in all the major keys. The most common, a D whistle, can play in the keys of D and G major. The second most common, a C whistle, can play in the keys of C and F major.The lowest note of a penny whistle, with all the fingers covered, is called the tonic-on a D whistle the tonic is D. 1  The tone of the tin whistle is largely determined by its manufacturing.2  Low whistles, or concert whistles, are longer and wider and produce tones an octave (or in rare cases two octaves) lower.he lowest note of a penny whistle, with all the fingers covered, is called the tonic-on a D whistle the tonic is D. 1  The tone of the tin whistle is largely determined by its manufacturing. 2  Low whistles, or concert whistles, are longer and wider and produce tones an octave (or in rare cases two octaves) lower.