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petre · 01-15-2008, 02:34 AM

Yeah, thats pretty much it. I want to know how can produce music by whistling. I know how to produce sound by whistling,but its flat and monotonous. What i want is to whistle melodious sounds that have varying tone and pitch, thus music. Or is good whistling skills are a natural talent that comes by birth?

Hain · 01-15-2008, 11:00 AM

Um... practice? Whistle the tunes from Wizard of Oz- really easy to teach yourself.

inBOIL · 01-15-2008, 05:20 PM

Changing the sound is accomplished by varying the position of your tongue and the position and tension in your lips. Play around to figure out how to change the pitch. If you need to fine-tune, recording yourself and playing back immediately will help you train your ear so you can hear yourself more accurately. You may not become a virtuoso, but you should find yourself able to carry a decent tune.

Willravel · 01-15-2008, 05:41 PM

Put your lips together and blow.

Lambda2 · 01-15-2008, 08:18 PM

Good Whistling comes from being able to blow really good.

Baraka_Guru · 01-15-2008, 08:28 PM

It doesn't matter how much you blow if you don't know what to do with your lips.

Willravel · 01-15-2008, 08:29 PM

Make a small "o" shape with your mouth. Pucker slightly and exhale through your lips. As you exhale, experiment with different diameters. Try blowing up and down. Once you've gotten a sound, start again and practice finding the sound. If you're like me, with my big sexy brass player's lips, you'll whistle around a C. After your comfortable with your note, move around with the note.

Yes, it's a natural talent, but that doesn't mean that you can't do it. Once you've mastered lip whistling, move on to teeth whistling. I'll explain that one to you when you're ready. After that, tongue whistling. If there's time, nose whistling.

ItWasMe · 01-15-2008, 09:10 PM

Experiment flexing/moving the back or front of your tongue, once you get a basic sound. You should be able to change the pitch. I have to re-teach myself how every month, now that I have braces, and that is what I do.

petre · 01-15-2008, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by willravel

Make a small "o" shape with your mouth. Pucker slightly and exhale through your lips. As you exhale, experiment with different diameters. Try blowing up and down. Once you've gotten a sound, start again and practice finding the sound. If you're like me, with my big sexy brass player's lips, you'll whistle around a C. After your comfortable with your note, move around with the note.

Yes, it's a natural talent, but that doesn't mean that you can't do it. Once you've mastered lip whistling, move on to teeth whistling. I'll explain that one to you when you're ready. After that, tongue whistling. If there's time, nose whistling.

There's nose whistling now????

Willravel · 01-15-2008, 09:56 PM

I've been doing it since I was 6. It's a hoot, but innapropriate for mixed company.

petre · 01-15-2008, 10:23 PM

anyone here heard the cool "twisted nerve" whisting tune? How long do u guys think i should practice until i'm able to whistle like that?

Willravel · 01-15-2008, 10:38 PM

From Kill Bill? That's relatively easy. Once one masters different notes, it should follow.

petre · 01-15-2008, 10:40 PM

http://http://www.esnips.com/doc/744...-Twisted-Nerve

hey will, is there anyway for me to post my whistling recording on here? I can't see the insert file button in my reply tab.

Willravel · 01-15-2008, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by petre

http://http://www.esnips.com/doc/744...-Twisted-Nerve

hey will, is there anyway for me to post my whistling recording on here? I can't see the insert file button in my reply tab.

I believe that sites like www.putfile.com will host audio.

Hain · 01-16-2008, 01:57 AM

Petre, I can whistle while breathing in, and can make more notes that way. Give it a try?

petre · 01-16-2008, 02:04 AM

yeah, i kinda can whistle by breathing in too. Its just i can't produce a polytonal whistle very well, its like my lips are locked to a single tune once i start whistling. Anyhow, i'll try to upload a few of my whistling recording soon, so y'all can see what i'm talking about.

dlish · 01-19-2008, 05:59 AM

i wonder how many of you are whistling the wizard of oz right now

i know i am!

allaboutmusic · 01-19-2008, 10:54 AM

Ok - how about this one... I want to learn to do that really loud whistling you get when you put your fingers in your mouth. Can anyone advise exactly how to do this?

Baraka_Guru · 01-19-2008, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by dlish

i wonder how many of you are whistling the wizard of oz right now

i know i am!

...

... I also like to do that little percussion part that the Tin Man does that ends with the steam whistle blowing out the top of his head...

LoganSnake · 01-19-2008, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by allaboutmusic

Ok - how about this one... I want to learn to do that really loud whistling you get when you put your fingers in your mouth. Can anyone advise exactly how to do this?

01-15-2008, 02:34 AM	#1 (permalink)
petre Tilted	How to whistle? Yeah, thats pretty much it. I want to know how can produce music by whistling. I know how to produce sound by whistling,but its flat and monotonous. What i want is to whistle melodious sounds that have varying tone and pitch, thus music. Or is good whistling skills are a natural talent that comes by birth? __________________ With great power, comes the great temptation to break stuff.

01-15-2008, 11:00 AM	#2 (permalink)
Hain has a plan Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere	Um... practice? Whistle the tunes from Wizard of Oz- really easy to teach yourself. __________________ ////\\// IRONSKY.NET \\//\\\\

01-15-2008, 05:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
inBOIL I have eaten the slaw	Changing the sound is accomplished by varying the position of your tongue and the position and tension in your lips. Play around to figure out how to change the pitch. If you need to fine-tune, recording yourself and playing back immediately will help you train your ear so you can hear yourself more accurately. You may not become a virtuoso, but you should find yourself able to carry a decent tune. __________________ And you believe Bush and the liberals and divorced parents and gays and blacks and the Christian right and fossil fuels and Xbox are all to blame, meanwhile you yourselves create an ad where your kid hits you in the head with a baseball and you don't understand the message that the problem is you.

01-15-2008, 08:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	It doesn't matter how much you blow if you don't know what to do with your lips. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

01-15-2008, 09:10 PM	#8 (permalink)
ItWasMe But You'll Never Prove It. Location: under your bed	Experiment flexing/moving the back or front of your tongue, once you get a basic sound. You should be able to change the pitch. I have to re-teach myself how every month, now that I have braces, and that is what I do. __________________ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Ok, no more truth-or-dare until somebody returns my underwear" ~ George Lopez I bake cookies just so I can lick the bowl. ~ ItWasMe

01-15-2008, 05:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Put your lips together and blow.

01-15-2008, 08:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
Lambda2 Upright	Good Whistling comes from being able to blow really good.

01-15-2008, 08:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Make a small "o" shape with your mouth. Pucker slightly and exhale through your lips. As you exhale, experiment with different diameters. Try blowing up and down. Once you've gotten a sound, start again and practice finding the sound. If you're like me, with my big sexy brass player's lips, you'll whistle around a C. After your comfortable with your note, move around with the note. Yes, it's a natural talent, but that doesn't mean that you can't do it. Once you've mastered lip whistling, move on to teeth whistling. I'll explain that one to you when you're ready. After that, tongue whistling. If there's time, nose whistling.

01-15-2008, 09:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	I've been doing it since I was 6. It's a hoot, but innapropriate for mixed company.

01-15-2008, 10:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
petre Tilted	anyone here heard the cool "twisted nerve" whisting tune? How long do u guys think i should practice until i'm able to whistle like that? __________________ With great power, comes the great temptation to break stuff.

01-15-2008, 10:38 PM	#12 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	From Kill Bill? That's relatively easy. Once one masters different notes, it should follow.

01-15-2008, 10:40 PM	#13 (permalink)
petre Tilted	http://http://www.esnips.com/doc/744...-Twisted-Nerve hey will, is there anyway for me to post my whistling recording on here? I can't see the insert file button in my reply tab. __________________ With great power, comes the great temptation to break stuff. Last edited by petre; 01-15-2008 at 10:41 PM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

01-16-2008, 01:57 AM	#15 (permalink)
Hain has a plan Location: middle of Whywouldanyonebethere	Petre, I can whistle while breathing in, and can make more notes that way. Give it a try? __________________ ////\\// IRONSKY.NET \\//\\\\

01-16-2008, 02:04 AM	#16 (permalink)
petre Tilted	yeah, i kinda can whistle by breathing in too. Its just i can't produce a polytonal whistle very well, its like my lips are locked to a single tune once i start whistling. Anyhow, i'll try to upload a few of my whistling recording soon, so y'all can see what i'm talking about. __________________ With great power, comes the great temptation to break stuff.

01-19-2008, 05:59 AM	#17 (permalink)
dlish Currently sour but formerly Dlishs Super Moderator Location: Australia/UAE	i wonder how many of you are whistling the wizard of oz right now i know i am! __________________ An injustice anywhere, is an injustice everywhere I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay? - Filthy

01-19-2008, 10:54 AM	#18 (permalink)
allaboutmusic Aurally Fixated	Ok - how about this one... I want to learn to do that really loud whistling you get when you put your fingers in your mouth. Can anyone advise exactly how to do this?