slide whistle

noun. a tubular whistle with a sliding mechanism that can be moved up or down to create a glissando effect.

It consists of a long cylindrical tube with a piston or plunger that can be moved up and down inside the tube to change the pitch of the sound produced. To play a slide whistle, the musician blows air into the top of the tube, and then moves the piston up and down with their other hand to change the pitch of the sound.

Doing some research, I find that the slide whistle is an Aerophone (same class as flute and trumpets), but is typically played by members of the percussion ensemble. The kazoo is a Membranophone, same class as skinned drums, even though it produces sound by wind (breath) power.

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The slide whistle has been popular in jazz since the 1920s, it was also written into classical compositions of the 20th century, especially to imitate bird sounds. Over the years, it's been called the song whistle, swanne whistle, piston flute, jazz flute, lotus flute, piston pipe, or bike pump whistle.

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2. Build the slider.
3. Play your slide whistle!

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The swanee whistle dates back at least to the 1840s, when it was manufactured by the Distin family and featured in their concerts in England. Early slide whistles were also made by the English J Stevens & Son and H A Ward.

Playing songs and tunes This gives you room to move in either direction, depending on where the melody goes. You'll also find that the farther in the plunger is, the closer the notes are to each other. This makes it easier to play melodies accurately because you don't have to slide as long a way between notes.

This type of woodwind instrument goes by many other names too… bird whistle, lotus flute, piston flute or bicycle pump whistle.

It is mainly used for signaling, though it can be heard in folk ensembles and in contemporary music. If a pellet is enclosed - as in a police whistle - it interferes with the air vibration, causing a warbling sound.

The wind that you blow into a whistle shakes the air particles present inside and escape out through the holes present. This produces the sound. Therefore, whistles having different size of holes produce different sounds.