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For daily practice take the scales and arpeggios in the different keys, first legato (smooth), and then staccato (short and sharp), whistling the staccato work much more rapidly than the legato work.

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Watch carefully that the notes connected by curved lines are whistled smoothly and evenly, and that the staccato notes are taken up briskly and with decision. It has been found sufficient for the general building of the whistle, to dispense with the minor scales, using only the major scales.

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Whistle very smoothly and connectedly from one note to the next.

Whistle staccato notes briskly and with decision.

A good exercise combining legato and staccato work is the following:—

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Practice this exercise in the different keys. The practice of legato work gives breadth and fullness to the tones, and the practice of staccato work gives brilliancy and pointedness. The check ⩗ indicates breathing point.