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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT face=Arial size=2>----- Forwarded Message -----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> robert searle <dharao4@yahoo.co.uk><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> "dharao4@yahoo.co.uk" <dharao4@yahoo.co.uk><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, 12 November 2011, 10:08<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Improvised Artwhistling.<BR></FONT><BR>
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<DIV id=yiv374205202yui_3_2_0_14_132108991495445 style="RIGHT: auto">In the context of this entry, Artwhistling can be seen as whistling of a high professional quality. If heard by chance it would be very difficult to determine whether it is whistling, or indeed, a wind instrument being played in a "beauteous" manner. Improvised Artwhistling is another dimension which like Improvised Voice Instrumental Music is to a large extent uncharted waters of musical creativity that may gain greater credence in time if the right performer, or performers appear. However, there is much material on Non-Improvised Artwhistling, or "good" whistling in general.</DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv374205202yui_3_2_0_14_13210899149541675 style="RIGHT: auto">What is perhaps surprising is that many people find it difficult, if not impossible to whistle well. As such whistling per se for "musical" entertainment should be seen as a serious, and credible musical exercise which is not easy as it may appear. The following is from Wikipedia...</DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv374205202yui_3_2_0_14_13210899149542486 style="RIGHT: auto">........many performers on the <A title="Music hall" href="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Music_hall" target=_blank rel=nofollow>music hall</A> and <A title=Vaudeville href="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Vaudeville" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Vaudeville</A> circuits were professional whistlers, the most famous of which were <A title="Ronnie Ronalde" href="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Ronnie_Ronalde" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Ronnie Ronalde</A> and <A id=yiv374205202yui_3_2_0_14_13210899149542703 title="Fred Lowery" href="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Fred_Lowery" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Fred Lowery</A>. Both had several notable songs featuring whistling.</DIV>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto">Pucker whistling is the most common form of whistling used in most Western music. Typically, the tongue tip is lowered, often placed behind<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR> the lower teeth, and pitch altered by varying the position of the <A title=Tongue href="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Tongue" target=_blank rel=nofollow>tongue</A>. In particular, the point at which the tongue body approximates the <A title=Palate href="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Palate" target=_blank rel=nofollow>palate</A> varies from near the <A title="Palatine uvula" href="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Palatine_uvula" target=_blank rel=nofollow>uvula</A> (for low notes) to near the <A title="Alveolar ridge" href="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Alveolar_ridge" target=_blank rel=nofollow>alveolar ridge</A> (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. Pucker whistling can be done by either only blowing out or blowing in and out alternately . In the ' only blow out' method , a consistent tone is achieved but a negligible pause has to be taken to breathe in. In the alternating method there is no problem of breathlessness or interruption as breath is taken when one whistles breathing in . But a disadvantage of this method is that many a times , the consistency of tone is not maintained and it fluctuates.</DIV>
<DIV>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 <A class=yiv374205202mw-redirect title="Luke janssen" href="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Luke_janssen" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Luke Janssen</A> winner of the 2009 <A class="yiv374205202external yiv374205202text" href="http://www.whistlingiwc.com/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>world whistling competition</A>.</DIV>
<DIV>The term <I><A title=Puccalo href="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Puccalo" target=_blank rel=nofollow>puccalo</A></I> refers to highly skilled <A title=Jazz href="http://uk.mg40.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/Jazz" target=_blank rel=nofollow>jazz</A> whistling.</DIV>
<DIV id=yiv374205202yui_3_2_0_14_13210899149542705 style="RIGHT: auto">The most significant whistling competition is run by the <A class="yiv374205202external yiv374205202text" href="http://www.whistlingiwc.com/index.html" target=_blank rel=nofollow>International Whistlers Convention</A> in North Carolina, UA. 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'</DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv374205202yui_3_2_0_14_13210899149542713 style="RIGHT: auto">Ref <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistling" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whistling</A></DIV>
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<DIV id=yiv374205202yui_3_2_0_14_13210899149542729 style="RIGHT: auto">Here, are some other links which maybe of interest.More maybe added.</DIV>
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<DIV style="RIGHT: auto"><EM><A href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=whistling&aq=f">http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=whistling&aq=f</A></EM><VAR id=yiv374205202yui-ie-cursor style="RIGHT: auto"></VAR></DIV>
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<DIV>Another site is orawhistle which has an excellent forum</DIV>
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<DIV><A href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Orawhistle/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><FONT color=#810081><B>Orawhistle</B> : Global Whistlers Forum - <B>Groups</B> - <B>Yahoo</B></FONT></A>
<DIV class=yiv374205202s>International whistler discussion forum concerning whistling-related techniques, <BR>issues and events. Includes sound samples, how-to database, and a </DIV>
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