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I can finger whistle! (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 days ago by GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca to c/casualconversation@piefed.social

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I feel like a child. 🤣 I've wanted to do this all my life and, along with a couple of my kids, we decided to look up tutorials and make it happen. And... I can finger whistle now! And I can't stooop! 😗🎶

There's multiple ways to do it and they're all pretty similar, but the keys seem to be rolling back the tip of the tongue and making sure to close off extra spaces so the air has only one route to travel.

What's something silly you've learned recently that's brought you joy?

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[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm no expert, but I can whistle pretty well. Now I can finger whistle. And in both cases, I'm not sure teeth have a significant role. I think you can do it!

I finally got it after watching this woman. Note the shape of her mouth and how she pushes the tip of her tongue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdPRkS9oB2c
The principles in this video are good, but I don't like this style. Too many fingers in the mouth. I prefer the style of the first video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCVDBmISkb0
This is the first one I watch and now that I watch it, I think it's a pretty good video. He stresses folding the tip of your tongue backwards which has been really helpful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZTNJCKWqXs

[–] blackbeards_bounty@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was just on YouTube last week looking this up. Thank you for sharing what worked for you! I'll try and report back.

I'm one video, I think the guy said it took him 30m of practice a day for weeks 😬

[–] GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's a lot of practice, haha. Naturally, everyone's experience will differ.

Took me less than an hour to get a couple methods working. But... I'm still really inconsistent. I can't always get it to work right. Need to practice enough for the right muscle memory to kick in. Sometimes I get nothing. Sometimes I only need a little bit of air and other times I need to blow hard. Sometimes it sounds like a normal whistle. Other times it's ear piercing.

It'll definitely take time to do it consistently one way or another.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Because I need to come back to this later.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Me too