The Whistling Poll

I realize I breathe in and now I just don't know.

both

whoa

I *can* do both but cannot manage a decent melody if I inhale.

There's also tooth whistling vs. lip whistling.

In my mid-20s I spent about 6 months working as a night janitor, alone, and whistled a lot to pass the time. I can whistle whilst breathing both in and out, alternating, but the tune has to stay in a range of about an octave or a bit more, and I can't sharp or flat reliably. iow, my whistling is still very rudimentary.

I can't whistle

cant finger-whistle, have always envied others this

Ditto. Can do both, but my greatest whistling hits are all breathing in.

Would love to be able to finger whistle. Can breathe in or out but mostly always breathe out. I whistle quite a bit.

Poll questions instantly made me think of

You breathe in you breathe out you breathe in you breathe out you breath in
You breathe out you breathe in you breathe out
And you're high on your high-flyin' cloud
Wrapped up in your magic shroud as ecstasy surrounds you
This time it's found you
You turn around you turn around you turn around you turn around
And I'm beside you

I get a good whistle through the gap in my two front teeth

who whistles breathing in? super weird.

i mean, i can whistle breathing in, but I reach lung capacity after about 5-6 notes dpedning on howlong they are

xp I have done it this way since childhood and I didn’t know it was the wrong way for a very long time

Voted Other: I just put my lips together and blow.

who whistles breathing in? super weird.

Things you were shockingly old when you learned.

I can't whistle

― i've seen no good people (Neanderthal)

Both plus I used to be able to tooth whistle, no fingers. I can’t anymore and idk when that happened.

Spent last evening trying whistle by breathing out but no dice.

I do both and often combine them, but mostly breathe out. Voted other. When I first started whistling as a kid, I remember only being able to whistle inward in a low register. Never been able to get the hang of any finger whistling or anything like that.

Can do both but I think in is a little less controlled than out. I can whistle real good, though. Mellifluously. I note it on my CV and everything.

my dad used to do this great whistle through cupped hands, like an ocarina shape - he played the Laurel and Hardy theme and i've always been frustrated i can't work that one out either

Apparently my otherwise demure and lady-like grandma could do a "dinner" whistle that you could hear across the neighborhood--I think one of those thumb-and-finger ones? I never saw her do it but my mom says. That would be a cool skill.

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