Whistling

Sat Mar 05, 2005 10:55 pm

Does anyone know how to do that really loud whistle with your fingers in your mouth? Because I'm really trying to learn how to do it, and I don't have a clue.
So if anyone knows and could describe how to do it, I would be very very thankful!

Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:17 pm

I found this website....I can't do this type of whistle either, but this seems like a good one to learn how from

Finger Whistle and Non Finger Whistle
http://bluebones.net/whistle/

Cupped Hands Whistle
http://www.geocities.com/whistle_teach/

And if you REALLY want to learn to whistle, Amazon has this book:

[url=http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0761134220/qid=1110165605/sr=8-6/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i6_xgl14/102-3520808-1269745?v=glance&s=books&n=507846] MouthSounds: How to whistle, Pop, Boing and honk for all occasions... and then some.
[/url] by Fred Newman

It costs around 11.00 U.S. Dollors lol cheeper if you go used.

Last edited by Lady Night on Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:25 am, edited 5 times in total.

Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:27 pm

I did it!

That site works.

*whistles using fingers*
YES!

Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:50 pm

Bah! Thats so confusing! I'll just go back to my regular way of whistling... without any fingers.

(Learning to regularly whistle took me a while, a loud whistle can be created with a blade of grass and putting it inbetween your lips then whistle.)

Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:58 am

I can't get it to whistle with fingers. :cry:

Somehow, I can whistle with ease without fingers, but have no talent at all at whispering with fingers.

*bookmarks the site to try everyday*

Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:51 am

I can whistle ok without my fingers, but nothing comes out if I use my fingers

. I tried that tutorial, I got confused XD

Sun Mar 06, 2005 3:16 am

Hmm...I can't whistle with my mouth and after trying the site out I've realised I can't whistle with my fingers either.
What am I gonna do when I get a dog??

Winter

Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:19 am

Ummm, how about buy a whistle. They don't cost that much, and it takes no effort.

Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:32 am

Lol, I thought about that but I'll look a little kittens...
Did anyone else have this problem and overcome it?

Winter

Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:17 am

That was a futile waste of an hour.

Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:36 am

I can't whistle at all... well.. I can whistle if I use a whistle, and I can whistle with a blade of grass, but that's it.
I blame the way teeth are positioned.

Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:46 am

Hey how do you whistle with a blade of grass? I've never heard of that before!

Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:53 am

I can whistle without doing a wolf whistle... and nearly as loud.
I can also do a loon call. Those are fun.

And I can howl.. in both wolf and coyote form. It's fun to be able to sing back to coyotes. They're hillarious.

Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:39 am

Aw, tried it, didn't work. I might have the same problem as Saph there, but I also have a bad underbite (it was fixed into a normal bite, but then it started growing out again...). Meh, I doubt I'll ever be able to whistle.

Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:09 am

winterwisp wrote:Hey how do you whistle with a blade of grass? I've never heard of that before!

You get a blade of grass... it has to be a nice wide, but flat blade.
You sort of hold your hands together as though you're praying, but only the sides of your thumbs, and the inner sides/edges of your hands are touching, your palms should be facing outward, not touching, but not straight out, sort of positioned so that they're sort of facing outward and toward eachother, without the pals touching.
The blade of grass should be placed flat between your thumbs, then press your hands against your mouth, so that your lips are against the front of both thumbs, between the two knuckles, and blow.
It makes a weird sound.