Don’t have a musical instrument? Horse-shit. Of course you do. you carry it with you everywhere you go. Your mouth can make all kinds of great noises. My favorite is the whistle. But what I have found out is that many people do not know how to whistle. Now i understand that there are many ways to whistle, some stick their fingers in their mouth like a baby. Granted this type of whistle is extremely loud and ear-piercing, one very suitable for a sporting vent, but when attempting to make glorious music, it is not your go-to whistle. Or maybe I am just jealous that I can’t whistle like that.
Now if you can’t whistle, I am going to do my best to explain. The first thing you have to do is pucker your lips as if you are sucking on a lollipop. But make sure your mouth is loose and there is a small hole between your lips. Now what you have to do is curl your tongue so that the back of it touches in between your top teeth and the tip of your tongue rests right behind your bottom front teeth. All that is left for you to do is push air through the hole in your lips. I have also found that some people find it easier to pull air through by breathing in instead of breathing out.
Play around with it and find out what is the best way for you to whistle. Soon enough you will be whistling “The Colonel Bogey March” like Bender from The Breakfast club wearing a scarf around your head in Saturday detention joined by your new-found friends, the jock, the brain, the princess, and the basket-case.
It’s so good to see this “Breakfast Club” clip again! (Also, my 8-year-old appreciates the whistling tips. Now that she has her teeth, she’s been practicing.)
You should talk about how to whistle with your fingers. I’ve always wondered how people do that.
I wish you knew how to whistle with fingers in mouth-I always wanted to be able to do that. But this was a cool little lesson on what is usually considered obvious but some people still can’t do it.
Where did you find that? That’s my favorite scene in the movie and I’ve never been able to find that clip.
I love the “Breakfast Club” and this is one of my favorite parts. I learned to whistle in Portugal in a little resturant during dinner. My mom can’t whistle though. I think she’s jealous of my insane whistling skills, and I think you might be jealous of the people who can whistle with their fingers (I know I am).
Theres also whistling with a piece of grass. I used to get yelled at for obnoxiously doing that when I was little. And looovvvee the Breakfast Club
This is a great post since people really do forget that they themselves are an instrument of many sorts.