Whistleless whistling
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Whistleless whistling
When I find myself without my instrument but with a tune running through my head, I usually whistle it. Frequently, I will whistle (by mouth) variations and ornamentations before I try them on the whistle.
How common is this occurrence among us?
--miffle
How common is this occurrence among us?
--miffle
Sometimes I will whistle a tune by mouth that I have heard many times.
But I am unable to look at written music and whistle that by mouth.
So the only way I can learn a new tune is to hear it first.
But I am unable to look at written music and whistle that by mouth.
So the only way I can learn a new tune is to hear it first.
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I guess , looking at the poll , that this is relatively common. What you are doing pretty well describes my own experiences. I get a tune "running around" in my head. I'll just start whistling it ... either by mouth or with the first whistle I can lay my hands on !!
Have a Great Day and Fun Whistling !!
Have a Great Day and Fun Whistling !!
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Someone once posted here that you haven't learned a tune until you can whistle it. So sometimes when I'm trying to learn a tune I try to learn to whistle it.
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I'm with Tintin...I lilt tunes a lot (Eileen Oge/Pride of Petravore has been stuck in my head for DAYS) and subject my pens to fingering through the tunes as well...sometimes without even realzing what I'm doing.
I used to do that a lot when I played clarinet...works a lot better for whistle since I don't have to hit imaginery keys...
~Crysania
I used to do that a lot when I played clarinet...works a lot better for whistle since I don't have to hit imaginery keys...
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I'm with the lilters. I've tried whistling tunes a couple of times, but I just don't have the
range and accuracy I need for mouth-whistling tunes. Lilting, on the other hand, is something
I do both deliberately when trying to get my mind around a tune and unconsciously when
a tune is running around in my head.
Dum diddle dee diddle dye diddle day doo diddle dee diddle day diddle dum...
range and accuracy I need for mouth-whistling tunes. Lilting, on the other hand, is something
I do both deliberately when trying to get my mind around a tune and unconsciously when
a tune is running around in my head.
Dum diddle dee diddle dye diddle day doo diddle dee diddle day diddle dum...
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AAAARRRRGHHHH
I wish so badly that I could whistle!
Oh, and I do the ballpoint pen fake whistle thing, too. sometimes a rolled up piece of paper as well.
I wish so badly that I could whistle!
Oh, and I do the ballpoint pen fake whistle thing, too. sometimes a rolled up piece of paper as well.
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Ditto here.ChrisA wrote:I'm with the lilters. I've tried whistling tunes a couple of times, but I just don't have the
range and accuracy I need for mouth-whistling tunes. Lilting, on the other hand, is something
I do both deliberately when trying to get my mind around a tune and unconsciously when
a tune is running around in my head.
Dum diddle dee diddle dye diddle day doo diddle dee diddle day diddle dum...
J.