Swanee whistle

A whistle is an instrument which produces sound from a stream of gas, most commonly air. It may be mouth-operated, or powered by air pressure, steam, or other means. Whistles vary in size from a small slide whistle or nose flute type to a large multi-piped church organ.

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

whistle, short flute having a stopped lower end and a flue that directs the player's breath from the mouth hole at the upper end against the edge of a hole cut in the whistle wall, causing the enclosed air to vibrate. Most forms have no finger holes and sound only one pitch.

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.

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: The bird whistle is a hand-held mouth-blown instrument that can be made out of metal, wood, or plastic. They are created like a simple closed flue pipe with a tube leading to a sharp lip (labium) that splits the air stream to create the whistle sound.

a form of roaring characterized by a peculiarly shrill sound.

lotus flute A slide whistle (variously known as a swanee or swannee whistle, lotus flute, piston flute, or jazz flute) is a wind instrument consisting of a fipple like a recorder's and a tube with a piston in it.

It instructs the performer to begin two or three scale steps below the marked note and "slide" upward - that is, move stepwise diatonically between the initial and final notes.

Air enters the whistle at one end. As the air reaches the other, closed end, all the air molecules "pile up" on top of each other and cause a high-pressure region. The air escapes out the little hole in the end, making the noise you hear. The frequency of the sound is dependent on the length of the whistle.

The whistle register (also called the flute register or flageolet register) is the highest register of the human voice, lying above the modal register and falsetto register.

Air enters the whistle at one end. As the air reaches the other, closed end, all the air molecules "pile up" on top of each other and cause a high-pressure region. The air escapes out the little hole in the end, making the noise you hear. The frequency of the sound is dependent on the length of the whistle.

Bird whistle is a small musical instrument perfect for imitating birds and other animals. You can find it at fun fairs and on stage played by professional musicians. It is used by hunters for decoying animals.