Thread: Do You Know How TO Whistle?

Most the people I know know how to whistle! and they're surprised that I don't know how to. the keep telling me that's it's easy! you just do this with your tongue and blow and stuff! but doesn't matter how much I try and nothing happens

Who else doesn't know how to whistle or have just recently learned how to?

For me it took 3-4 years before i coud whistle, tho i cannot do the thing with the tongue. Even making this click sound im tryin this since i was 5 years old im 17 now and still can barely do it

Originally Posted by mkk911

Most the people I know know how to whistle! and they're surprised that I don't know how to. the keep telling me that's it's easy! you just do this with your tongue and blow and stuff! but doesn't matter how much I try and nothing happens

Who else doesn't know how to whistle or have just recently learned how to?

I feel you on this one, man. Twenty years and I still can't whistle. Perhaps someone here can finally shed light on that one piece missing to masterful whistling.

Originally Posted by DarkComrade

For me it took 3-4 years before i coud whistle, tho i cannot do the thing with the tongue. Even making this click sound im tryin this since i was 5 years old im 17 now and still can barely do it

wow! 3-4 years! ... now I'm really disappointed ... but at least I can do the click sound and I can do it very loud! it's really easy! just put your tongue at the roof of your mouth (somewhere in front not in the middle or back) then ... how do I say it? lol try to pull down your tongue as hard as you can and keep your tongue touching the roof of the mouth at the same time! then drop your jaw down and release you tongue hard lol I hope you understood because it's really hard to subscribe something like this

Originally Posted by GestaltAlteration

I feel you on this one, man. Twenty years and I still can't whistle. Perhaps someone here can finally shed light on that one piece missing to masterful whistling.

Yeah I know it's devastating! specially every one who can do it says like "I can't BELIEVE you can't whistle!! it's really easy!" or something like that! so I have to learn how! and the thing is after we learn how to do it we'll be like "I can't believe I didn't know how to do it! it's easy! " and so on! but like you said I hope a pro whistler can teach us some kind of technique

I can't whistle

I can only whistle with my tongue, I don't know what you're supposed to do with your fingers to make the noise. Go play ffX to learn how.

Or read this for the tongue.

http://www.wikihow.com/Whistle-With-Your-Tongue

I learned how to whistle at a young age, may be 5 or 6. My dad practiced whistling when he was younger and is very good at it, trills and all. Ever seen Mary Poppins? He can whistle the parts from "Spoonful of Sugar." I can whistle reliably, but I don't have a very wide range and it's not very loud.

As far as the difference between whistling with the tongue or the lips, when you whistle with the tongue, is that by directing air between the tongue and teeth? If that's the case, then I can do that as well, but it's not very loud.

Originally Posted by Sandform

I can only whistle with my tongue, I don't know what you're supposed to do with your fingers to make the noise. Go play ffX to learn how.

Or read this for the tongue.

http://www.wikihow.com/Whistle-With-Your-Tongue

I CAN'T DO IT!!

All attempts for this wikihow and related whistle topics returned as fail. Fail.

EDIT: I could whistle actually, but with my own personal technique. I can't whistle loud and I can't control the tones, because it would destroy the sound completely. Oh well, as long as it attracts attention.

I couldn't whistle until 8th grade I think. One night I just stayed up and wouldn't go to bed until I could whistle. It took a couple hours if I recall correctly. Now I whistle all the time!