How To (Teach Yourself/Someone How To) Whistle | WHISTLE LIKE A PRO!
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Yuki Takeda is a professional whistler/multi-instrumentalist and pentalingual from Tokyo, Japan. Yuki has won various awards at international whistling competitions including 1st place male overall and 1st place self-accompanied at the Masters of Musical Whistling 2019 in California, USA. In 2020 he has co-founded the International Whistlers Guild & Global Whistling Championship to create an virtual space for competitive whistlers in the new norm. His whistling has been featured in a nationwide TV commercial in Australia. Yuki is also a Venezuelan music enthusiast, and recently he won 1st place in the adult male category of October edition of El Festival De Voz Digital "Le Voy A Mi Tierra" 2020, a traditional venezuelan vocal competition held online. He was also a TEDx speaker in 2015 at the University of Tokyo, and is registered in the Talent Base of Cirque du Soleil.
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To all of you who found this video and are still struggling: please go through the comment section, as I have responded to many of your questions in more detail. I wish you all good luck! Thank you for watching, and please don’t forget to subscribe ;)
Oh god I died when i read "Multilingual Whistler"
Is whistleing while breathing in considered whistling or only when u breath out
Yes❤😊😅😂
Boo. B adboy
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, I hate every video you love and you never I mean never be a good guy Amanda you lose @@MP-cv6if
Bro whistling is so hard my dog thought I was going to die and he went crazy
I have tried and failed to teach myself how to whistle for sixteen years and all it took was ten minutes of your video for me to be able to properly whistle a scale, this has been really helpful, I thank you
Amazing! Congratulations and thanks for that comment!
2:26 Different ways to whistle (example)
Different methods to pucker whistle:
4:17 "Blow The Candle" Method
6:49 "Pew Pew" Method
8:09 "He You" Method
Wow that's amazing! I've heard my whistle sound for the first time. When I tried to make it before, I just spread my salvation around my friend face
I’m so glad you made it!!
Not sure your friend felt your 'salvation' from your saliva.
Hahaha @@steveo7502
You just made my son super happy! He is seven and has been wanting to learn how to whistle. Trying your techniques, he made his first sound! ❤️🙂😉
That’s awesome! Thank you for letting me know. Which of the three worked best for him?
@@YukiTakeda He had success with the one where your mouth starts out wider, saying heee then the ooo sound as you bring your mouth/lips down and pucker while blowing out. But he started with a “K” sound like, KKEEEE-OOOO, or “Kool” but with the L sound turning into the whistle at the end. That’s what he said anyway...”Mom! I say KOOL that way and the L is the whistle sound! That’s how I do it!” 😂 He is so happy! Thank you for teaching him.😉
@@sarahkottemann6871 That’s very interesting! Maybe I shall include it in the next video;)
Nobody asked
@@growlingmarshall9346 Actually Yuki asked at the beginning of the video for people to comment and whatnot.
Thank you so much!!!! Last time I remember I whistled, I was 3 years old! Now at 34, I finally whistled again!! You made my 2024! You are an AMAZING teacher!
yay! 🙌 thank you!
I’ve been an educator for many years and am very impressed and grateful for your expertise in teaching a very difficult skill. Subscribed and sharing! 🎉
First time I managed to whistle, I was 5 years old, lying in bed after bed time. I was so happy that I managed to do it that I tried furiously to replicate it, and I remember it took me several days after that to be able to do it on demand. Still to this day I've only barely scratched the surface of what whistleing can do, and I love it.
0:20 "For those of you who have friends or family who want to learn how to whistle". ... It's so funny that you mentioned that because just the other day, my friends and family were all saying, "Gee... I wish we all could learn to whistle". How coincidental! 😅 😂 🤣
I’ve waited for this my whole life. Thank you very very much 🌸
What a WONDERFUL tutorial! I'm not the best at it, but you've given me hope! Thank you!
Oh my god! Thank you so much! This “really important thing” in the end of the video helped me to understand what I did wrong all the time. I finally understood principals and did my first whistle thanks to u! Amazing video and instructions are super clear. Thank yo thank you thank you!!
I have been trying to whistle for months and I am now whistling!! Thank you so much!
Yaaaaaaay!!!! I’m so happy for you!!
By far the best and the most comprehensive tutorial in the field
I am deaf, and have been wanting to whistle for a while, i got my CI and have finally decided it was time for me to learn. Yours was the first video to show up. After a few minutes practicing, I can now do the whistling part in "Young Folks" by Peter Bjorn and John! Thank you so much!!!!!!
woohoo!!!!
Just kidding, I still can't whistle. I love your videos btw :)
I’ve been trying to whistle for ages and I finally went onto CZcams and now I’m gonna watch your video and see if it helps 😊
Hi Yuki, I love your video. The pleasure to hear you whistle and teach is mine. Thank you for sharing!
Really excited to learn more advanced whistling techniques. Will be looking forward to more tutorials in this series!
Thank you! It’s slow but it’s coming!
Wow!! That's a lot of diverse languages. You are a very impressive young man. Thanks for the help. I am over 50 and have been able to whistle for a long time but it was always too sharp. Never been able to do the pretty whistle. Thanks for the help.
Having a lot of fun whistling, now.
good stuff Yuki!! U r a beast bro. Im getting closer now after watching ur vid. great explanation Thanks man
I have been trying to whistle my whole life. Today I got the smallest little whistle noise and I was so happy, but I couldn’t get it louder 😭
I have been trying to whistle for 31 years and I finally did it
;)
keep practising, the more time you spend whistling, the better you will get, and you will feel your whistling more under control, like whistling songs and using different scales of whistle together
This video is so underrated with such good technique. I barely found any video saying "it worked" in the comments. This one is a magical one. I can tell you really took your time practicing how to teach someone. This video needs to be good rated. When it is so underrated with only 7k views.
-You earned a subscriber for your hard work
Thank you for your motivating words!!
The best whistling tutorial on CZcams. Thanks!
Wow thank you!!!
I love the idea of a whistling community on CZcams! I could really use a video of how to produce vibrato in whistling - I'm really struggling with producing a consistent vibrato.
Your voice is heard! Will do a video on vibrato. Might take some time but it will surely come!
Wow I did It !! I didn’t thought this would be so easy , I was Trying this For almost 1 month but now my practise made me whistle 😗😗like a pro 🤩;) Thanks to You who inspired me But I also didn’t know that Whistling instructor are also exist 😔 . Wow there are many occupation to know in our Mother Earth 🌍 Anways Thank You very Much ;)
Thank you for your wholehearted comment! Glad you were able to learn how to whistle ;)
I feel like I'm gradually getting better! Thanks a lot!
😙
I still cannot, but wow you’re such a pleasant teacher. I’ll keep trying!
Hi Yuki, This is an amazing and simple explanation. I accidentally came across your video. Loved it. I also whistle a bit. In fact there is a whistlers club in my place. WoW (World of Whistlers) is the name.
Thanks for this amazing session.
Krishna
never been this exited for this kind of thing. the hey u method was the method for me. thanks man
Best Tutorial accross CZcams. I have nearly learned to whistle from the very first method. I appreciate your efforts you put in this video and making us understand. Thank you so much! 😊❤
Thank you very much!!
Thank you!! You have made one of the nicest tutorials I've ever seen in my life..!! You have AN ABSOLUTELY lovely way of teaching and you just have such a genuine way of expressing your are thoughts and what you're trying to say.. it was so encouraging...❤Mary V. I will be trying.
I'm gonna cry you're so talented 💜😭💜😭
Thank You Sir 😃
Stay Happy
I can still remember the moment when I managed to get the first whistle sound out of my mouth when I was 4. Now I'm 20 and I whistle every day when cooking, cycling, tidying up and so on... I just love it. I can whistle in about three different ways and I can also do high tones. Most of the time, I am doing unconsciously. I don't realise it until my mom complains that it's annoying.
I don't know why I watched a tutorial on how to whistle but somehow I stumbled over it...
However, have a nice day!
Greetings from Switzerland.
I got a whistle sound but it goes randomly, still my first whistle though so thanks
Progress:
Day 1 (When I watched this): Was able to get some accidental whistle sounds, but my mouth position is very forced
Day 2 (The time of the first edit): I can a bit louder and more consistently, it also became a bit more natural
Thanks for the hope!
I have gone through a lot of vids but none of them helped me like this one. I took some time but still I made some progress.
I finally did it, thank you!
Hooray! Gotta have a toast 🥂 Thanks for letting me know ;)
thank you soo much the 3rd method finally helped me make a sound
Glad to hear! Welcome to the whistling world!
I could always whistle when breathing in, but never when breathing out so thanks for helping me figure that out, pretty hard to find it all the time, but practice makes perfect
Thanks a lot it made me believe that my years old dream of whistling like a mastero would come true finally
Hello Yuki. Best tutorial on how to pucker whistle I've run into, and I've looked everywhere. I like especially the "Pew Pew" method, closely followed by the "He You" method. I'm a scientist researching the physics of whistling, so maybe I can contribute a little towards understanding how this works. The last good published research on the topic was fifty years ago, and this is what they found: the mouth becomes a sort of ocarina, where you change pitch by changing the space with you tongue. You need to have two narrow points, one is the lips, and the other is the back the tongue and palate. This is necessary so an "ocarina" space can be made for the sound to run back and forth like a wave on a string. I believe that people who can't whistle have trouble forming either narrow point correctly (or both). The narrowing at the lips is especially hard because this is where the flow instability causing the sound resides. But is is also possible to get the lip shape right and not produce a sound because you didn't form the narrowing at the back of your mouth correctly. I think those two methods work because they get the back of your tongue in the right position, so you only need to worry about shaping your lips. Keep up the good work!
Hi Francisco, thank you so much for your detailed comment! In this video I didn’t really get to the details about the source and the sink of the whistle chamber, but you make a good point about the need to focus on the two narrowing points - especially when you are trying to expand your range and when you are learning the “register switch warbling” and polyphonic whistling. If you have time, please take a look at two videos I suggest:
(1) Theory of Whistling (by Kindred Harvest)
Kindred is my friend who really explained to me how all the whistling physics work, and this video is by far the most comprehensive (though he told me he later found mistakes in the videos)
(2) Warbling Masterclass (International Whistlers Guild)
I gave a talk on warbling for experienced whistlers with a bit more scientific and musical details, and also explained how polyphonic whistling works. Warbling, register switching and polyphonic whistling (especially when it comes to inward whistling) are topics that must be studied by physicists like you. Finding a clear explana about these techniques should advance the understanding of whistling physics by a lot.
Thank you again and hope to talk to you in more detail in the future!!
thanks man i can whistle all the time now
Congrats!!!
Best one so far! ありがとう！
Thanks for your comment, glad it helped!
Obrigado, muito bem explicado 🇧🇷
Nice instructions!🎶😎
Thanks Todd! Let’s make the community bigger!
Thank you so much broooo
I am able to do it with the last trick. I am really happy😊😊😁 now. Thank you so much.
I’m so glad!!!!!
That's what i needeeeeeed ありがとーーーーー💜✨️
Amazing! 😀
Thank you!
Now i can whistle thank you so much😂😂😊💕
I’m so happy for you!! Thanks for leaving a comment!
@@YukiTakeda your welcome ❤️❤️🐱
OMG! Thank you!
I'm doing it!!🙂
I've been trying to get a whistle noise rather than this pathetic 'sushing' noise I could only do for YEARS, and 8:40 just instantly broke that. Thank you so much, seriously. I'm a singer and it's been a life goal of mine so I can finally do 'Pretty Women' from the musical Sweeney Todd. Haven't quite figured out how to change pitch up or down a whole step yet, nor how to do it higher but I'm just happy I can finally get a noise out!
Thank you so much, I'm right now trying to learn to whistle, these days I really like listening to whistles (also I've seen others videos on your channell and I was amazed, you're amazing!!), so I really want to whistle too, I will give my best, though if I try it already for a long time 🙈😥
So thank you very much for this tutorial 🙏🏽❤
Thank you so much and good luck!
@@YukiTakeda Thank you!!! You motivate me so much!!! Greetings from germany and all best to you:)
Amazing
Bruhh I can't believe this worked...
ggs
You done taught Ole boy how to whistle after getting all my upper teeth removed ! Your the man Yuki
You done thought Ole boy how to whistle after getting all my upper teeth removed ! Your the man Yuki
Nice video yuki!
Thanks Daniel! Keep an eye out for more advanced tutorials!
let go!!! whistle gang
Bro that’s crazy and when I heard when you said to make the h sound I whistled more louder!!!!
THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!
I'm just going to subscribe, even though I've tried to whistle, without success, for so many years.
Hope you can figure it out soon! Try different tutorials on CZcams and come back if you still can't figure it out, hope I can help
amazing
Thanks for this, i'm trying to emittimg sound . Your video is good. 👍
Hey, thank you so much for making this video! After years of small attempts, I did it! I played a single note for a solid 1 second. I'll try to practice more, but do you have any tips on how to change the note you play, like if I wanted to go from a higher note to a lower note?
Congratulations!! Glad it helped. To get a higher note, WHILE MAINTAINING THE MOUTH SHAPE you change the vowel from “oo” to “ee” inside your mouth. To go lower you change it from “oo” to “oh”. Good luck!
This is the only thing I can do...
I'm gonna try to get better at it so I can get over my depression through music even if it's only something as simple as with whistling...
Oh Yuki I'd love to. Please tell me how to upload and how and where to send it. Im , not good with phone technology. Thank u for responding. Im soo xcited. I've been whistling for 7years maybe 9 professionally. I love it!!! I was so happy to find u on utube. U R AWESOME!!! and CONGRATULATIONS ON ALL YOUR SUCCESS!!! I READ THE WHOLE THING. VERY INTERESTING. I CAN HOLD MY NOTES KINDA REALLY LONG TOO. KILL BILL SONG IS ONE OF MY SPECIALS
really really nice job
thank you!!!
Could you maybe make a video on how to whistle lower notes?
I finally produced a whistle about a month ago after two days of constant effort. A month later and I can whistle tons of fun tunes like the X files theme.
It’s lots of fun but my only issue is the lower notes, I really struggle with those and feel like it’s just a physical limitation that cannot be overcome. I see lots of videos on how to whistle higher notes, but not many on how to whistle the lower ones.
Well congrats first on being able to whistle like that!
Right, I ought to make a video on that. Key is to understand that lower notes are produced further at the back of your mouth, like half way between your lips and your throat. Try whispering words like “hole” or “foam” loudly.
@@YukiTakeda I had a hunch that was the case. Right now it mostly just produces this raspy throaty noise lol. I’ll keep working on it!
@@YukiTakeda it’s almost like you want to open up the chamber further back in the throat
@@ItsShatter If you go that far you’ll get really low notes (the “hollow whistle”), but for now you should be needing to use the space between your soft palate and the back of the tongue, so no need to open your throat. Stay hydrated!
Hiya there im am only on my second day of trying to whistle and i now mostly sound like the beginning of a tea kettle really soft/weak sounding. I do have a gap in my front teeth i dont know if that affects it any advice please!!!!!!
Hi Kala! The gap in your teeth shouldn’t affect your pucker (normal, lip) whistling. If you sound like a kettle, that’s probably a different whistle. Try using a drinking straw to take a sip of water from a glass normally, and keep that mouth shape and remove the straw (you can swallow the water of course). Blow air out naturally with that mouthshape, and bring the direction of the air slowly downwards by pushing your top lip slightly forward (anatomically speaking you’re drawing your jaw back, but it feels more like you’re pushing your upper lip out). let me know how it goes!
I'VE LITERALLY WATCHED OVER 50 VIDEOS ON WHISTLING AND I STILL CANT DO IT OMG
Day 1 : I practiced until the muscles in my mouth ached. Slight noise was made.
Day 2 : Practiced until I grew tired, no progress was made, my tongue feels like it’s on fire.
Will continue to update
I love this tutorial and the funny edits. Definetly keeping my attention😂
I'm a whistler too!!! I started doing Church songs. Im really good, from the responses. I actually got a standing ovation. I love your whistling Yuki. I'd love to do a duet with U!!!
Hi Nena! Thanks for the comment, would love to hear your whistling- please record and upload some, let’s make the whistling scene bigger on CZcams!
@@YukiTakeda yes we want to make the whistling scene bigger.
We don’t care
Cool tutorial it's really informative
Thanks Jordan! Glad you found it helpful!
@@YukiTakeda BTW what's the name of that bird style whistling where you pucker like a bird beak? You did it at one point in your video. 4 years ago I found the only video that explained it easy and it's been the only one I can do. I hope you'll do more whistling videos. I wanna improve more
@@Jordan-ns6es I don’t think there’s any particular name to it, but beatboxers might know :) I will be uploading more videos, stay tuned!
@@YukiTakeda ok cool thanks
Ok Yuki I did a lil STAR SPANGLE BANNER. IM READY TO SEND IT TO U. IM Nena'
Omg!! I can do the short high note sound from the method 1.
I have only been practicing for about 10 minutes and I will try and have a bit of a whistle note for like half a second.
Would love to learn whistling 🙂
I can whistle normally but I can't whistle the tune 😢
Edit: I finally figured it out,
Your tips where u said to blow it a bit down side and put our chin a bit behind really helped me. And a lot of practices and I've finally able to whistle the note! Thank you :-)
Amazing! Congratulations and thanks for leaving a comment, really makes happy!
@@YukiTakeda how can I change the tune of the whistle
I just want to be able to do this whistle
czcams.com/video/Q7Xbew7aFQI/video.html
Thank you for the tutorial! I'm constantly trying the He You method, and I already made some notes! But is it normal that the first notes are very high pitched? I can't tell if I'm whistling through the mouth or the teeth or whatever. Also, the side of my tongue is touching my upper molars, therefore my 'whistles' have a very decent 's' or 'sh' sound. Should my tongue be completely at the bottom of the mouth?
Thank you very much for this video, I've been trying to whistle for awhile, your tip kinda worked, but I still haven't got it fully just yet, mine sounds quite air-y(?), like some sort of kettle, is there a way to fix it?
Thanks
I dit it finally i did it 🎉
yaaaaas!!!! congrats!!!
Vai Brasil!
Vaaaii!! Gosto muito da música brasileira!! Obrigado pelo comentario!
Buenas quisiera saber si existen manera de practicar El Silbido diariamente a través de escalas musicales. Si fuera así ¿existen ciertos métodos(libros de partituras) que uno pueda seguir para practicar diariamente?
Hola Wally gracias por el comentario. No existe un libro tal cuál específicamente escrito para el silbido, pero puedes comprar uno para el violín, la flauta, el piano, etc. porque para desarrollar una virtuosidad, es necesario poder silbar cualquier frase. La mejor manera de buscar un libro para debutantes de cada instrumento es de preguntar a alguién que toque la música clásica (académica) con ese instrumento. Espero que te ayude esto!
Hey I need a whistling tip if you can. So I've always had this small little space in the top right corner of my teeth that whenever I say a word with an S sound it makes a small little whistle but I've never took the time until recently to see if I can turn that into a good whistle. Do you maybe have any tips I can try cuz I havent been able to create a consistent whistle yet with it?
Try pronouncing “sssssss” with your teeth closed completely, and then gradually open to see if you can find the right opening for a consistent sound?
Hey Thanks for the info , I am not getting a clear sound for really long time ,idk where should I improve like blowing or tongue placement ,any tips would be appreciated 😊
Hi viswa’s, which method are you using? can you get a stable sound for even a short time? If so, you need to find the exact width of mouth and angle of breath and maintain that. It might require some practice to build the muscle around your lips to stabilize the mouth shape.
omgg you look like a really young kyu sakamoto
I already know how to whistle
awesome!
Ayyyyy, after like 4 hours total spent, I'm barely getting a note out, imma keep practicing now lol. I have overthunk it. It's mainly to do with lip shape, tongue doesn't matter, and my overbite shouldn't either
try the straw method in the comments
@@YukiTakeda yeah, I only am barely getting a note. I joined whistlecord maybe you can help me out there. Cause I can put a video of what it sounds like
Dude just taught me the entire physics
The title is I WHISTLE 😁
its sounds like i am whistleing but im nottt broo thks so much this raealy helpeeeeeddddd wame
Thanks for the video! I still think it’s all about the tongue. Doesn’t your tongue slightly shift in position with every different note that you make?None of these beginner whistling tutorials talk about the shifting shape of the tongue.
Hi there, thanks for the comment. Yes, the pitch is determined by the placement of the tongue, and that will be for another video - in this one I really tried to focus on getting the very first note which many people struggle with.
I’m trying to learn how to make my notes clean. My tone sounds breathy so from a distance it’s great
Hi Yuki,
I have been whistling for years. I can cover a 2-octave range. I just notice that whistle experts like you can use the high pitch range that I cannot reach. I would really like to know how did you develop that high-pitch range of your whistling. When I try to blow a high-pith note, I just get the "air" sound. Do you think it's the shape of my mouth/lip that goes wrong? Thank you sooo much.
I can do C3~C5, my C3 is not stable and therefore kinda unusable in songs.
@@shuaifengjiang3961 Thanks for the comment! I think your range is C5-C7, unless you are using a completely different method of whistling (try “Online Pitch Detector”). C7-A7(or B7) is another register and you need a different shape of airstream in your mouth, or you need to “overblow” to use a different register. Will make a tutorial some day - but in the meantime please try focusing your airstream at your upper front teeth and gum area while you are hearing the air noise to see if you get a higher note.
@@YukiTakeda You are right! I am C5~C7, I just tried your hint and it helps! I can overblow to F7 (very unstable). Can't really control the overblow, can't blow the note between C7 and F7... gotta practice. Thank you for the hint! PS: I also spent 8 years of my life in Japan:)
I can even reach G7 after 5min practice!! So excited!
@@shuaifengjiang3961 Glad it worked for you!!
Nice
Thank you!!
@@YukiTakeda no problem
you are a really good whistler and i don't think I'll ever be as good as you!!
do braces/extracted teeth affect whistling? ive been trying for a while but i cant make any sort of whistling noise :( also, can you put your tongue on the top of the mouth? if i do that i kinda make a tea kettle noise... is the tongue like flat or folded inwards?
By principle, it shouldn’t affect your whistling because it’s all about your palate and tongue. I remember when I was a kid I had braces and I could still whistle, similarly when my teeth were replacing. Try doing the he-you softly without exaggerating, it might work. Every person has a slightly different mouth configuration issue when it comes to whistling, so if I get to see your mouth in a personal (online) lesson I can teach you, but otherwise try a lot of different small changes in breath, lips, tongue positioning, etc