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  2. Whistling - Wikipedia

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    An offstage whistle audible to the audience in the middle of a performance might also be considered bad luck. Transcendental whistling ( chángxiào 長嘯) was an ancient Chinese Daoist technique of resounding breath yoga, and skillful whistlers supposedly could summon supernatural beings, wild animals, and weather phenomena.

  3. Reveille - Wikipedia

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    Musical notation of "Le Réveil" from French military rules book published July, 29 1884 "Reveille" (US: / ˈ r ɛ v əl i / REV-əl-ee, UK: / r ɪ ˈ v æ l i / rih-VAL-ee), [1] called in French "Le Réveil" is a bugle call, trumpet call, drum, fife-and-drum or pipes call most often associated with the military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel at sunrise.

  4. Hand flute - Wikipedia

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    It is also called a hand ocarina or hand whistle. To produce sound, the player creates a chamber of air with their hands, into which they blow air via an opening at the thumbs. To produce sound, the player creates a chamber of air with their hands, into which they blow air via an opening at the thumbs.

  5. Whistled language - Wikipedia

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    Whistled languages are linguistic systems that use whistling to emulate speech and facilitate communication between individuals. More than 80 languages have been found to practice various degrees of whistling, most of them in rugged topography or dense forests, where whistling expands the area of communication while movement to carry messages is challenging. [1]

  6. Boatswain's call - Wikipedia

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    A boatswain's call, pipe, or bosun's whistle is a pipe or a non-diaphragm type whistle used on naval ships by a boatswain. The pipe consists of a narrow tube (the gun) which directs air over a metal sphere (the buoy) with a hole in the top. The player opens and closes the hand over the hole to change the pitch.

  7. 49ers unsure if backup running back Isaac Guerendo can play ...

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    If Guerendo can't play on Sunday, Patrick Taylor Jr. is next up on the depth chart. He had a season-high 25 yards and a touchdown on seven carries on Sunday.

  8. Give a Little Whistle - Wikipedia

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    "Give a Little Whistle" is a song written by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington for Walt Disney's 1940 adaptation of Pinocchio. The original version was sung by Cliff Edwards in the character of Jiminy Cricket and Dickie Jones in the character of Pinocchio , and is teaching how to whistle in the film.

  9. Northern lights forecast: Auroras may be visible across US on ...

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    Now that the sun is at the height of its 11-year cycle, the increase in solar activity has more frequently fueled "space weather" that produces the right conditions for northern lights to flourish