air whistle?

[fearfaoin]

I was just trying the technique, and you’re right, it does take a lot of air.
You were probably already doing it right… I was afraid maybe you
were trying to blow over the regular blow hole, like playing in a jug band…
This was my first impression when I read of it.

[CHIFF_FIPPLE]

http://www.lunenburgfoundry.com/bells.html

Now this is what yer call an Air Whistle

[Flyingcursor]

@ctladies

Hi,

I placed the whistle under my lower lip and blew down to create that sound. It was a process I found out while playing the whistle while I watched tv with the family - it didn’t annoy them as much!

Good luck,
Joanie Madden

I thought it sounded like someone tapping the keys on a flute while blowing breath into it. I love how it blends from the whisper into a full tone as the tune progresses.
Thanks for the information.

[daweiss]

ctladies wrote:
Hi,

I placed the whistle under my lower lip and blew down to create that sound. It was a process I found out while playing the whistle while I watched tv with the family - it didn’t annoy them as much!

Good luck,
Joanie Madden

@Thomas-Hastay

This instrument is not a myth. The “Air Whistle” is simply a standard whistle with a voicing window in the fipple, but the labium ramp is not used. The airstream is directed at an almost flat surface across a narrow elongated window.

You can duplicate this feature easily by adding a dollop of Blue-Tack putty (or similar) to fill up the ramp area. Use a slightly concave surface directly across from the windway exit. You may have to extend the putty into the window area for some whistle models. A small piece of balsa wood will work as well if the fit is tight. Play around with the shape and fit for the sound you desire. I like just a hint of sound with the high frequency harmonic “wind” of this instrument.

Howdy -

Wow. Talk about the power of the internet. I don’t come around here too
much, but I logged on just to see if I could find out about this “whisper
sound”, as I was calling it, and here is the info I need!

I had heard it on the radio here in NYC some time back, but didn’t know
who was the artist. Well, off to tower records for another one
of Joanie’s CD’s- there goes today’s profits!

After hearing the whisper sound, I experimented as I tried to figure
it out and came up with something different: try playing the whistle like
a flute, blowing across the “window” at various angles. Neat sound!

My training was first as a flutist, and there are all sorts of “extended
techniques” for unusual sounds.

check out these webpages for some real different stuff:
http://www.larrykrantz.com/et4.htm#TPizz
http://www.sforzando.se/flutetech/

Anyone know of any similar stuff for whistles?

Thanks,