Articulated whistling: how to produce the necessary whistle.

For many the biggest stumbling block to learning articulated whistle language (Silbo canario, among others) is actually managing to produce the strident whistle necessary to then learn to form words and sentences.
Please let me know if this explanation and demonstration is helpful.
Anybody wishing to learn Whistle Language (Silbo) can find me on Italki, an excellent online platform for learning languages:
www.italki.com
Silbo canario.
Silbo gomero.
Silbo herreño.

[@leeburchfield3266]

Thanks for taking the time to show us!

[@windbreak8876]

Excellent video!

[@ErykKrzeminski]

I love silbo gomero, learnt how to do the whistle a few months ago.

[@jonathanclark1924]

This is so awesome!

[@breqbs]

hey please continue this series

[@InsaneShark01]

As an avid polylinguist, I plan on adding this to my skillset in the next month.

[@Alexandra_Wolf]

Speak of manifesting. Yesterday I was thinking I want to learn how to do this. Thanks Patchy!!

[@Ayyylien51]

I've known how to the the handless version for a long while but I just cannot nail it with fingers at all.

[@noelmclellan]

Thank you, great explanation. Could you do the tutorial on the fingerless whistle? Particularly, I am able to get a decent tone but volume is still fairly quiet.

[@chesterbless9441]

I've managed to whistle a few times this way, but it sounds exactly the same as my normal whistle 😂

[@KingLouie91]

Quick question. Do you fold your tongue at all when whistling?

[@patchy642]

@@KingLouie91
It's hard to say.
Fully folded, I don't think so, but with a ridge followed by a rise towards the tip.

[@oisinmaguidhir9938]

Hey Patchy, do you still do lessons on how to speak Irish with proper pronunciation?

[@patchy642]

Yes, sir, 'same platform: www.italki.com .
I'm finally back in the game, thank God.

[@oisinmaguidhir9938]

That's brilliant, I sent you a a message on Skype. I look forward to doing lessons with you.

[@patchy642]

@@oisinmaguidhir9938 Great! I've just replied now.

[@Ifnjhere]

Have you ever got 3 people together and whistle at the same time the same tune makes it ripping sound

[@originami9199]

you may be referring to interference beats, which happen when multiple frequencies that are slightly out of tune with each other are played at the same time, for example if one person is whistling at 440hz and one at 441hz, you will hear one wobble per second because of the sound waves interfering :)

[@spongeboblover7052]

Is it easy to transition to a fingerless whistle so I can adapt to another whistling community?

[@patchy642]

I don't quite understand, as you give no context.
Transition from which whistle?
Adapt to another from which community?
Either way, the answer is that learning to whistle from scratch is relatively easy, compared to say learning sign language from scratch, much less challenge and effort to invest.
So I can't imagine the point of "adapting" as opposed to simply learning.
But please feel free to enlighten me.

[@spongeboblover7052]

@@patchy642 There's a region next to my native one who speak the same language (Shilha Berber) but since theyre higher in altitude they whistle their language (I found some videos of conversations and I think I'm starting to be able to understand), the community mostly uses fingerless whistling and I was wondering if managing to articulate it fingerless after learning the Silbo Gomero technique with the index finger will be easier than trying to learn fingerless whistling from scratch and articulating that

[@patchy642]

@@spongeboblover7052
Oh WOW!
That's AMAZING!
It's actually so amazing that I don't believe it, really.
Could you maybe video them yourself?
If it's true and you could record it, it would be super interesting for the world to see.
Me, for my fingerless whistling, I simply started learning the technique again from scratch, and after a week or so of trying and rehearsing as I learned, I can finally now whistle with or without fingers.

[@spongeboblover7052]

@@patchy642 heres a video of someone first saying come "ddu-d", then he says bring the sheep here "itti-d ulli nna", and finally he says the name of his friend abdessamad, so the articulation follows the spoken language th-cam.com/video/REOqd8fqjQg/w-d-xo.html
maybe if im motivated enough ill go visit there and record more extensive sentences

[@patchy642]

​@@spongeboblover7052
Go NOW!
Go today, or tomorrow, please.
And film EVERYTHING!
It's probable that soon there'll be no whistlers left there.
That's what happened in France and so many other places.
Film it, and that exposure will help keep it alive, just as it has here in the Isle of Hierro.

[@wateryearthdowsingsolutions]

I can whistle with my fingers and speak Spanish. Please teach me a lesson. I want to start with my name and simple phrases as Gomeran children start learning. Skype?

[@Infodumptruck]

My dumb ass trying this the first time with my bum hand cuz I'm impatient and my other hand is full

[@patchy642]

Hey, you're only human.