Human whistling is the production of sound by means of carefully controlling a stream of air flowing through a small hole. Whistling can be achieved by creating a small opening with one's lips and then blowing or sucking air through the hole. The air is moderated by the lips, tongue, teeth or fingers (placed over the mouth) to create turbulence, and the mouth acts as a resonant chamber to enhance the resulting sound by acting as a type of Helmholtz resonator, producing a pure tone like a sine wave. Whistling can also be produced by blowing air through enclosed, cupped hands or through an external instrument, such as a whistle or even a blade of grass or leaf.
Pucker whistling is the most common form of whistling used in most Western music. Typically, the tongue tip is lowered, often placed behind the lower teeth, and pitch altered by varying the position of the tongue. In particular, the point at which the tongue body approximates the palate varies from near the uvula (for low notes) to near the alveolar ridge (for high notes). Although varying the degree of pucker will change the pitch of a pucker whistle, expert pucker whistlers will generally only make small variations to the degree of pucker, due to its tendency to affect purity of tone.
By contrast, many expert musical palatal whistlers will substantially alter the position of the lips to ensure a good quality tone. Venetian gondoliers are famous for moving the lips while they whistle in a way that can look like singing. A good example of a palatal whistler is Luke Janssen winner of the 2009 world whistling competition.
The term ''puccalo'' refers to highly skilled jazz whistling.
The most significant whistling competition is run by the International Whistlers Convention in North Carolina, USA. Held every year (recently every other has been in other countries), it brings together whistlers from all over the world who battle for the crown of 'International Grand Champion'
Whistling on board a sailing ship is thought to encourage the wind strength to increase. This is regularly alluded to in the Aubrey-Maturin books by Patrick O'Brian. Theater practice has plenty of superstitions. One of them is whistling: in most theaters (especially in opera houses, where the odds are that a catchy opera tune will be unconsciously whistled), whistling on stage is thought to bring bad luck or at least a bad performance. The reason may be that stagehands used whistled signals to communicate in the old houses, before radio links and other devices where introduced. On-stage whistling could be distracting or even dangerous, as it could be wrongly interpreted as a signal or stage cue.
In previous years in England, women were cautioned not to whistle as it was believed "A whistling woman never marries", leaving her to be a spinster.
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Coordinates | 48°47′″N132°56′″N |
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Name | The Dogs |
Background | group_or_band |
Origin | Miami, Florida |
Genre | Hip-Hop, Miami Bass |
Years active | 1990–1996 |
Label | Joey Boy Records |
Associated acts | The Puppies, Bass Patrol |
Current members | Disco RickKeith BellLabrant DennisCracked Up }} |
Labrant Dennis was arrested in May 1996 for the double murder of Marlin Barnes, a University of Miami football player, and Timwaneka Lumpkin, his exgirlfriend.
Year | Album | Chart Position | ||
Top R&B;/Hip-Hop Albums>US Hip-Hop | ||||
1990 | align="left" | 37 | ||
1991 | 55 | |||
1992 | 95 |
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