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  2. Hand flute - Wikipedia

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    The pitch depends on how the hands are held. If the space between the hands is made smaller or the opening made larger, the pitch becomes higher: the principles are the same with an ocarina or Helmholtz resonator; see vessel flute for details of the acoustics. The best hand flute players have a range of up to 2.5 octaves.

  3. 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.

  4. Whistled language - Wikipedia

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    Whistled languages are linguistic systems that use whistling as a form of 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]

  5. Transcendental whistling - Wikipedia

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    The Chinese language has two common words meaning "to whistle": xiào 嘯 or 啸 "whistle; howl; roar; wail" and shào 哨 "warble; chirp; whistle; sentry". Word usage of xiào 嘯 (first occurring in the c. 10th century BCE Shijing, below) is historically older than shào 哨 (first in the c. 2nd century BCE Liji describing a pitch-pot's "wry mouth"). [1]

  6. Whistle - Wikipedia

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    A party whistle A metal pea whistle. A whistle is a musical 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.

  7. How to properly shake hands in 14 different countries - AOL

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    In Brazil and the United States, a firm handshake is expected. This would be off-putting in the U.K.

  8. These Powerful Vibrators and Sex Toys Are Hands-Free ... - AOL

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    A hands-free vibe can “add more excitement, variety, and positions to your sexual experiences,” explains Jordan Rullo, Ph.D., a clinical health psychologist, sex therapist, and medical advisor ...

  9. Kickapoo whistled speech - Wikipedia

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    The system of whistling was employed around 1915 by young members of the Kickapoo tribe, who wanted to be able to communicate without their parents' understanding. [3] To produce whistled speech, users cup their hands together to form a chamber. Next, they blow into the chamber with their lips placed against the knuckles of their thumbs.