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Agnes Woodward. Whistling as an Art
Whistling as an Art
Table of Contents
(Music and Explanatory Key)
FOREWORD ————
AN APPRECIATION ————
WHISTLING ————
WHISTLES and WHISTLERS —————
BREATH CONTROL ————
VIBRATION ————
TERMS AND SYMBOLS USED FOR THE TONGUE STROKES IN THE WOODWARD METHOD OF BIRD WHISTLING ―•―
ADDITIONAL BIRD FIGURES (From the Mocking Bird)
A few sentences sung by the California Mocking Bird and easily whistled
Lesson I
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT
THE BIRD CHIRP (c)
SUCCESSIONS OF STACCATOS
THE HEWIE CHIRP (Hc)
THE REVERSE CHIRP (Rc)
THE WAVE (⁓⁓⁓⁓⁓⁓⁓)
WAVE EXERCISE
THE TRILL
BREADTH AND RANGE
Lesson II
THE QUITTA
THE MORDENT (⌁)
THE TRIPLET (3)
TRIPLE-TONGUING (···)
VARIOUS EXERCISES USING SYMBOLS ALREADY EXPLAINED
GENERAL EXERCISES (For practice of mordents, triplets, chirps, etc.)
FOR ORIGINAL EXERCISES, FIGURES, etc
Lesson III
THE WHIP(/)
THE UPWARD CRY(◞)
THE DOWNWARD CRY (◝)
“DOWNWARD CRIES” FROM A DEFINITE PITCH
THE WHIT-CHA
THE E-CHEW (OR E-HEW)
THE QUITCHAQUIA
Lesson IV
THE YODEL (oooooo)
THE HEDALA (pronounced hée-da-la)
THE CUDALEE
THE “L” STROKE or LUP (Whistled “luh.” Written “ℓ”)
THE LUP-EE (ℓ⌃)
THE E-LUP (⌃ℓ)
THE LAH-EE (ℓ◞)
THE LEE-AH (ℓ◝)
THE CHUT-EE (c⌃)
FOR ORIGINAL EXERCISES, FIGURES etc
Lesson V
THE “K” STROKE
MOCKING BIRD NOTES
Lesson VI
SPIRAL or ROLLED YODELS (Ascending and descending yodels)
E-LUP WITH E-YODEL (⌃ℓ ⌃oooooo)
LUP-EE WITH E-LUP (ℓ⌃ ⌃ℓ)
DESCENDING STACCATO CHROMATIC SCALES
COMBINATION OF FAMILIAR FIGURES (Refer to front of book for symbols)
Lesson VII
OCTAVE EXERCISES
Lesson VIII
THRUP-EE (Thr⌃)
E-THRUP (⌃Thr)
The Ascending and Descending Quivers
Lesson IX
THE TURN (∾)
Turn Exercise
FOR ORIGINAL EXERCISES, FIGURES etc
Lesson X
CHIRPS. Further explanation of “bird chirps”, “hewie chirps” and “reverse chirps”
Lesson XI
THE LUP. Further explanation of the “L” stroke
Lesson XII
THE HEDALA (pronounced “hee-da-la”)
The Meadow-lark Song
Chromatic Yodel practice with piano accompaniment
ADDITIONAL BIRD SONGS
FOR ORIGINAL EXERCISES, FIGURES, etc
Lesson XIII. Further treatment of the Trill
ADDITIONAL EXERCISES. for General Practice
STACCATO TRIPLET EXERCISE
EXERCISE. Staccato Triplets with chirped attack
STACCATO EXERCISE
BUGLE EXERCISE No. 2
COMBINATION EXERCISE
CHIRP, WHIP, LUP, CRY EXERCISE
STACCATO EXERCISE
TWO OCTAVE EXERCISE
STACCATO EXERCISE
YODEL, STACCATO, and WAVE EXERCISE
EXERCISE
VARIOUS EXERCISES. combining different strokes
THE CHROMATIC SCALE. with different strokes
“HEDALA” and “LUP-EE” EXERCISE
“CHIRP”, “K”, “LUP” with DIPPED YODEL
SOME ADDITIONAL COMBINATION FIGURES (written with the Whistling Symbols)
BIRD CALLS AND BIRD SONGS. frequently used in the Woodward Method of Bird Whistling
BOB WHITE
CHICAGO
CALIFORNIA SONG SPARROW
CANARY
CANARY SONG. Expressed in notes
MEADOW-LARK SONG
CALIFORNIA MOCKING BIRD
CAÑYON WREN
NOTES. Various Suggestions for Whistlers
ATTACKS ON PLAIN NOTES
TAKING OF BREATH BEFORE A FINAL NOTE
THE USE OF THE MARCATO SIGN ⌃
PORTAMENTO, OR THE WHISTLING OF SMOOTH SLIDES
SMOOTH TRIPLETS
STACCATO RUNS
MARKS OF EXPRESSION
VIBRATION ON DIMINISHING TONES
ARTISTRY IN WHISTLING
WHISTLING PRACTICE
MARKING OF WHISTLING SELECTIONS
TENSING OF THE LIPS ON HIGH NOTES
AVOID MOUTHING OF TONES
CRESCENDO AND DIMINUENDO ON LONG NOTES
EXPLANATION OF TONGUE STROKES IN GENERAL
EXERCISES FOR ADVANCED STUDENTS
WHISTLING EXAMINATION QUESTIONS. For teachers and pupils
Moon Winks (Useful as a study for chirps)
Mother Machree
Roses of Memory
The Bluebird
Chinese Lullaby. From “East is West”
Manzanillo
The Star
You, dear, and I
Adieu
’Neath The Autumn Moon
In Poppyland
Valse Parisienne
God Touched the Rose. Song with Piano acc. and Violin Obbligato
Listen to the Mocking Bird
Liebesfreud’[9]
LOVE SENDS A LITTLE GIFT OF ROSES (Openshaw) Key of E♭
NOCTURNE Op. 9, No 2
BIRD SECRETS
TWO LITTLE MAGPIES (John Barnes Wells)
