I’m going to show you my two favorites.Įxtend your middle and index fingers on both hands, keeping them close together, while your thumbs hold down your ring and pinky fingers. There are a myriad of finger combinations you can use to get the desired effect. The pushed back tongue and tucked lips will create a bevel which will produce a tone when you blow.
First, they keep your tongue pushed back, and second, they keep your lips tucked back over your teeth. Your fingers do two things that allow you to create an ear-piercingly loud whistle. Achievement unlocked!īelow, I show how you too can whistle with your fingers. After just forty minutes of annoying my wife with intense practice, I finally mastered the skill that had eluded me since I was eight years old.
BLOWING ON YOUR THUMB HOW TO
So I finally made it a goal to once and for all figure out how to whistle with my fingers, so that I could create an AoM tutorial on the subject. Like me, they thought it was a cool skill, but one which unfortunately hadn’t been passed onto them. Most of the emailers shared how they had a grandpa or dad who knew how to give a loud, forceful whistle with their fingers (in my case, my mom was the master of this kind of whistle). Believe it or not, covering how to whistle with your fingers has been one of our most requested articles. Many of you out there reading undoubtedly feel the same way. But alas, I’ve spent my entire young and adult life frustrated that I couldn’t uncover the secret to this age old trick. It just seemed like a cool skill to have. The kind you see people give in old movies when they’re hailing a taxi or trying to get the peanut guy’s attention at the ballpark. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve wanted to know how to give a commanding whistle with my fingers in my mouth.