Whistling.
 

Greetings, forumgoers.

Though this might be a very worthless topic, but it's something that has followed me since childhood.

I've always wanted to be able to whistle, and not like a loud wolf-whistle, but just normal that I can whistle songs to when bored, or use it in my music sometimes.

There are thousands of "tutorials" on the internet, but I just can't really get it right... I tried the first one here, but still nothing.

Any tips or anyone sharing my suffering? =p

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I've always been able to whistle, so I don't really know any tricks. I just put my lips together and blow.

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Well, I whistle by placing my tongue almost against the roof of my mouth - forming a very small V space at the front; slightly overlapping my upper lip with my lower lip and blowing. Can't seem to do it if I keep my tongue on the base of my mouth. But then again I've a slight overbite.

I'd suggest just constantly exhaling and seeing whether you can blow out enough to black out and altering the geometry of your tongue/lips.

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I place my tongue against my the back of my bottom front teeth, doing this should arch your tongue(though there shouldn't be much if any of a gap under it, then moving my lips into a very small O shape, then simply exhale from your lungs with a bit of course force, doing so should give you about 3 second notes.

works for me, I'm sure theres other ways though.

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I couldn't whistle for absolutely ages, then a few years ago I was suddenly able to whistle really well. I have no idea how though, sorry...

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I kepted watching that video hoping for more skit comedy with the smoking guy, sadly it didn't happen.

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I can't say there's a surefire way to learn it quick. You got to keep practicing it to perfect it on your own. It took me nearly a year to really get it down when I was trying to do this back as a bored 12 year old.

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I've trying out some stuff with tounge positioning and whatnot, and I'm getting a very faint note =p

I've always been able to whistle with... I think it's a really tiny hole between my teeth, so it's a very, very high pitched noise and I try to imitate some kinda bird-sound sometimes... But it looks weird and I don't reach the notes I'd like to reach.

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I'm not very good at that. I can produce some whistling sounds, but I don't manage to get a good range of them, so I can whistle any melodies.

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Try as I might, I simply cannot exhale whistle. I can, however, inhale whistle. I do this my pressing my tongue against the roof of my mouth leaving a tiny gap, puckering up my lips (almost like for a kiss) and inhaling.

When I fill the gap with spit, I can do a sort of warbling whistle thing. Made a few people think there was a bird in the room a couple times =p

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I always thought whistling was genetic in that some people could easily whistle and others simply couldn't. I've never been able to whistle myself and had always put it down to my genes.

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I thought so too... Thought there could be a way to be physically unable to whistle. So far I've been able to get really faint notes while moving around my lips/tounge, but it's like I, at some point, manage to get the right 'position', but can't really hold it :p

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Sometimes I can whistle, sometimes I can't. Most of the work seems to be done by my lips, maybe that's my problem. My dad and my grandpa have no problem whistling (Once on vacation I heard my dad refer to my Grandpa as "The Mad Whistler" or something to that effect because he was always whistling a tune as he walked around the cabin.) but I just can't seem to get it down. Maybe it's something to do with my eternally dry lips...

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Like Lindale's video? :lulz:

Kinda same here, mom's awesome at whistling, so is one of my brothers... Though won't your lips dry normally while whistling because of the air you blow out?

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My father has ALWAYS been a near constant whistler.......:mad:
A bit, except my father has NEVER been an encultured sort. He does not even know what classical musik is.......:mad:

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I also am unable to whistle :(

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well I can turn this last part into a sexual joke but I won't.

Try some chap stick man

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I have to whistle the same way Nem does. No other method, despite repeated attempts from other people to tutor me (some people need hobbies I guess), works. Which sucks, because it's unreliable, doesn't have a good range (deep notes are impossible) and not very loud. And it sounds dumb.

Buy a whistle, would be my advice.

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Yeah - or at least you have to blow mighty hard to get a reasonably pure note out of it. =p I can just about warble Lord of the Rings tunes - which don't have a lot of deep notes.

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Buy a recorder

sorted.