How to make simple DIY whistles

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  • Опубліковано 8 лип 2024
  • How to build soda can whistle, tin can lid whistle, washer whistle, photo film box whistle, and CD whistle
    More details about the building on my patreon page:
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    I made a sample pack with this instrument, also available on my Patreon :
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    I'm Nicolas Bras, musician and homemade instruments builder, on this channel you will find tutorials, compositions, building projects, improvisations, live concerts
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    Nicolas Bras - La Planche, Homemade (album)
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  • @lookolookthefox
    @lookolookthefox 3 роки тому +74

    This has become one of my favorite channels, and criminally underrated at that. Interesting videos, talented guy, great presentation and a very nice voice to listen to!

  • @erickmontero3408
    @erickmontero3408 2 роки тому +38

    I need a video about the aeolian flutes that sound with movement plssss!!! Really want to make one!!!!! I'm in love with your work

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  2 роки тому +17

      I'm working on it!

    • @vaaalsongs4867
      @vaaalsongs4867 Рік тому +4

      @@NicolasBras Yes please!! Such a cool concept.

    • @cudabass43572
      @cudabass43572 Рік тому +5

      I would love to have a blueprint on the aeolian flute that you spin.

  • @Raku777
    @Raku777 3 роки тому +6

    The CD flute is another amazing discovery you have made!

  • @therealwobblychair0483
    @therealwobblychair0483 2 роки тому +15

    Incredible. Thank you for making this. Going out on a limb here, but I’ve been playing slide whistle karaoke on UA-cam and Twitch for 6 years now. Thought you might appreciate it. Peace.

  • @cnnr441
    @cnnr441 2 роки тому +32

    Definitely gonna experiment with the CD one
    Update: I use clothespins to the hood them together(they work enough for good sound) to change pitch. And I noticed the sound is nice out of a cardboard christmas wrapping paper tube
    Thank you! You made me see music in items I would've thrown out

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  2 роки тому +4

      That's the point, experimentations!

  • @Kikouk69
    @Kikouk69 3 роки тому +5

    Oh ! Je faisais toujours le sifflet avec mes vieilles pellicules photos étant gosse ! Merci de me replonger dans mon enfance !
    Et j'ai adoré les différents whistles que tu as présenté, la plupart que je connaissais pas ! Je vais m'éclater...

  • @dmor6696
    @dmor6696 Рік тому +3

    very nice! i was hoping for some kids friendly build, for them to build it themselves, but the cutting can be done by the adults and the rest by them
    thanks!!

  • @tufoskate
    @tufoskate 3 роки тому +2

    CD flute...i make flutes on 11 years, but, no think this possibilite. Is very amazing for work to students and childrens. Congratulations for your job! Hugs from Brazil.

  • @victorchanalet9592
    @victorchanalet9592 3 роки тому +3

    Truly incredible what you can do

  • @jared9108
    @jared9108 3 роки тому +13

    I made a basic flute with the CD’s I had some PVC laying around after making a didgeridoo and it was the perfect addition to my wind instruments. Thank you so much for your videos I can wait for what’s next and what might give me inspiration.

  • @jaybraithwaite6839
    @jaybraithwaite6839 9 місяців тому +2

    Haven’t seen a film container for so long. Flood of memory from such a simple item. I can still feel the feeling of popping the top off. Haha wild. 6:08

  • @ZA-mb5di
    @ZA-mb5di Рік тому

    Fold a candy wrapper in half and squeeze the end really tight on either side and blow.
    This is how I learned grass whistling

  • @LeVraiPoio
    @LeVraiPoio 3 роки тому +5

    Hrm, these aerial flutes, and the mystery item whistle. Interesting. Now I want to try rigging something with a diabolo.

  • @longdongsilver4719
    @longdongsilver4719 Рік тому

    Un sommet de créativité. Bravo!

  • @emaairala6559
    @emaairala6559 3 роки тому +2

    FELICITACIONES, HERMOSOS TRABAJOS, GRACIAS POR COMPARTIRLO. SALUDOS 🇺🇾

  • @MarkMcCluney
    @MarkMcCluney 3 роки тому +12

    You cut up a film can? Oh man, that's a priceless antique! We used to make those from little tin cans when I was a wee boy. Also bullroarers from wooden rulers (but we didn't know they were called bullroarers!) Cheers mate, this was terrific. Now, where are my scissors?

    • @bigboybeni
      @bigboybeni 3 роки тому +2

      nice! kids get so inventive whenever they’re bored. also i love your sow’s ear dulcimerette saga :)

    • @MarkMcCluney
      @MarkMcCluney 3 роки тому

      @@bigboybeni Thank you Beni! I'm very glad to hear that. I hope you'll take a look at some of my other vids, I think they will make you smile. Cheers mate and stay healthy.

  • @aeperez7172
    @aeperez7172 Рік тому

    amazing music!

  • @TimbreAudio
    @TimbreAudio 8 місяців тому

    I love whistles!❤👍

  • @MarkArrand-cf4cl
    @MarkArrand-cf4cl 3 місяці тому

    I used to hunt Quail and I made a Quail call to aid in this. It was a small piece on metal bent in half with a piece of glossy magazine page for the diaphragm. When blown through easy, it reproduced the call of a Quail when in the proper cadence.

  • @yidy1
    @yidy1 2 роки тому

    Dude, you and your ideas are just amazing!

  • @kashapotrohosh5161
    @kashapotrohosh5161 Рік тому

    wow, majestic

  • @bgj2940
    @bgj2940 3 роки тому +10

    Legit... As always! Have you ever done anything with a Hurdy Gurdy?

  • @myrablack2337
    @myrablack2337 2 роки тому

    Never thought i would have an interest in whistles but it was really cool.

  • @lesuu
    @lesuu 3 роки тому

    Thanks for sharing this. Wonderfully creative ideas!

  • @rodriguezrs
    @rodriguezrs 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent! Always a good day to get a notification from your channel.

  • @frankH117
    @frankH117 3 роки тому

    OMG! so much information about whistles, thank you for sharing all of that with us! I will try to make the CD flute. very entertaining!!

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary Рік тому

    How to make a survival whistle, when you’re lost in the wilderness with only a roomful of tools and supplies.
    Thumbs way up!

  • @tiredoftorylies.2950
    @tiredoftorylies.2950 Рік тому

    Brilliant! 👏👏👏👏👏

  • @kogilenpillay5856
    @kogilenpillay5856 3 роки тому

    Mind blowing great stuff

  • @michaelsmusicinstruments9980
    @michaelsmusicinstruments9980 2 роки тому +2

    I love this creative channel

  • @hilariodaragona4473
    @hilariodaragona4473 Місяць тому

    Excelente!

  • @videogalore
    @videogalore 11 місяців тому

    Just found your channel and really got lost in some of these videos - thank you!

  • @pradeepkumar-pr9oq
    @pradeepkumar-pr9oq Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing

  • @mbahciss
    @mbahciss 2 роки тому

    AMAZING WHISTLEMAN

  • @fleeb
    @fleeb 2 роки тому +2

    "Ask your grandparents..." but... I'm only 54 years old, and I used those regularly when I worked as a photojournalist. Doesn't matter anyway, I don't have children.

  • @marisadallavalle393
    @marisadallavalle393 5 місяців тому

    Survival whistles! Perfect!

  • @dfu1685
    @dfu1685 Рік тому

    Yes! Just what I was looking for and Awesome video work also!

  • @damiengauci9898
    @damiengauci9898 3 роки тому

    T es vidéos sont juste trop cool je trouve j adore

  • @ggv2001
    @ggv2001 3 роки тому

    sos un capo!

  • @ravevive
    @ravevive 2 місяці тому

    😊❤ love this

  • @PeterBlack-th6kr
    @PeterBlack-th6kr 9 місяців тому

    Very good

  • @howardgil7200
    @howardgil7200 Рік тому

    Amazing! congrats on your good work and thanks for sharing.

  • @terrynewberg5732
    @terrynewberg5732 3 роки тому

    👏🏻👏🏻Fun assortment of of flutes and I enjoy your of humor about them 😄😄❤️

  • @WatchUrShit
    @WatchUrShit 2 роки тому +1

    I really like the pvc bird call 👌🏽U need to try a diaphragm mouth call they use latex reeds to produce the sound simple to make at home

  • @josemarcosmartinena
    @josemarcosmartinena 2 роки тому +2

    Siento que este tipo debe tomar mucha agua Despus de usar tantos instrumentos de viento

  • @wooden_lord
    @wooden_lord Рік тому

    That's what they should teach in music lessons in schools - to talk about how you can make musical instruments yourself. And who needs to sing or play on something, then let them go to special music schools. I remember how we had simple singing, no frills. It was of little use. It would be better if they talked about notes, about the generation of sounds and the like, it would immediately become much more interesting.

  • @miserirken
    @miserirken 11 місяців тому

    Hey, a film roll case! i remember seeing how to make that whistle in a kids magazine back in the late 90s.

  • @charliedalin3477
    @charliedalin3477 3 роки тому

    Toujours excellent Nico

  • @Cobeiro
    @Cobeiro 3 роки тому

    Nice one. Great vídeo as always

  • @DerEnte_Official
    @DerEnte_Official 3 роки тому

    love it!

  • @eficzek007
    @eficzek007 3 роки тому

    Love the videos, keep it up!

  • @vit.nik.4172
    @vit.nik.4172 5 місяців тому

    Please make an ocarina from a flat plastic bottle. A whistle can be made by gluing two rectangular plastic plates with cutouts onto a bottle, according to the principle: “Like three DVD discs.”

  • @benjamminwemyss9635
    @benjamminwemyss9635 3 роки тому

    your such a cool guy

  • @RtyuiAEIOU
    @RtyuiAEIOU Рік тому

    cool man! back in early 90s during school sports day i think there was a diy whistle made from a film container + balloon + marker pen but i couldnt remember how to make it again haha

  • @puffthecatpuff8931
    @puffthecatpuff8931 Рік тому

    Not a whistle, but find a mini fridge, with a tray that collects condensation.
    When it comes time to defrost it, let it melt, and once it's loose, take out the ice sheet, and drop it on a hard surface. The sound it makes is like breaking glass.

  • @talabaotube
    @talabaotube 3 роки тому

    Haha ! Que du bonheur ! Merci ;-)

  • @Caracolenpaz
    @Caracolenpaz 3 роки тому

    ¡¡¡¡Muchas Gracias!!!!

  • @EeekItsSnek
    @EeekItsSnek 9 місяців тому

    Ive never heard the bell end of a pipe called a "tulip"
    Learn something new everyday!

  • @technomama1
    @technomama1 2 місяці тому

    Thank you, I will try to build old-school rubber toy squeaker.

  • @danielleohallisey4218
    @danielleohallisey4218 2 роки тому

    I’ve been binging your videos for awhile now, and still haven’t seen you blink! 😊

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  2 роки тому +1

      I cut a lot, my english isn't good enough to assume long phrases!

    • @danielleohallisey4218
      @danielleohallisey4218 2 роки тому

      @@NicolasBras seriously wasn't being critical; love your work and find it inspirational!

  • @sidneyclark4952
    @sidneyclark4952 Рік тому

    I just knew there was going to be a good ol’ acorn top featured in the list, alas I was mistaken. acorn tops are excellent whistles!

  • @brandonmrgichmusic6236
    @brandonmrgichmusic6236 2 роки тому

    About to make these and send them into alchemy, gonna sound super cool.

  • @cyranoidemisanthrope553
    @cyranoidemisanthrope553 3 роки тому +2

    Superbe travail de lutherie sauvage ! Et en plus je comprend l'anglais ici.

    • @TeacupTSauceror
      @TeacupTSauceror 3 роки тому +1

      Lol I'm using these comments as French practice ^^

    • @RinceCochon
      @RinceCochon 2 роки тому +1

      @@TeacupTSaucerorcela peut-être un bon entraînement, mais ils sont peu nombreux par ici ^^
      There's a lot more English speakers here.

  • @zinckensteel
    @zinckensteel 3 роки тому

    You really need to do a collaboration with a builder of thermoacoustic engines - so many of your instruments could be adapted to function as part of one.

  • @SSRT_JubyDuby8742
    @SSRT_JubyDuby8742 3 роки тому

    Nice 👌

  • @pawlaflaming3448
    @pawlaflaming3448 3 роки тому

    Fantastique

  • @mrey4154
    @mrey4154 2 роки тому +1

    genius and so funny!

  • @thakyou5005
    @thakyou5005 2 роки тому

    This guy will have 1m subs

  • @milododds1
    @milododds1 2 роки тому +2

    Yes I loved your Death Whistle...that was so cool. I should show you how to make a quail call that my dad taught me how to make when I was a kid. I taught our local Cub Scout how to make them and they loved them. I'm sure you could turn it into a musical instrument, it vibrates a rubber band between two halves of a branch with other rubber bands wrapped on both ends. It's super easy to make but it sounds pretty cool and very similar to your CD/Can flute.

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  2 роки тому

      Sure, would love to learn!

    • @milododds1
      @milododds1 2 роки тому

      I will try to make a video over the weekend, I know I have one and I had my son make one. It’s pretty simple but I think in the hands of a master like yourself, you might be apply to an apply the concept into what you’re doing.

    • @milododds1
      @milododds1 2 роки тому

      @@NicolasBras Ok I still haven't found the Quail Calls that I've made but they look just like what this guy made in his video except I cut the rubber band after tuning it. ua-cam.com/video/aooYTCv078k/v-deo.html

  • @androofroo
    @androofroo 3 роки тому

    Haha… I have the same problem collecting instruments. Excellent.

  • @marionecks3645
    @marionecks3645 3 роки тому +1

    Neat! I tried to come up with a joke and AOL because of the modem noise and CD but its not connecting...
    Anyways cool video thanks for sharing your knowledge.

  • @33akachi10
    @33akachi10 Рік тому

    the cd flute? yo...that is dope. Because acquiring a good flute embouchure is so damn difficult.

  • @RLDeMerritt
    @RLDeMerritt 2 роки тому

    Dial-Up... Nostalgia

  • @archloy
    @archloy Рік тому

    ça me rappelle les sifflets que mon père m'a souvent décrits, faits par le sien (mais il lui a jamais expliqué comment faire), c'était un simple bois vert de l'année (lisse, genre noisetier), coupé de biais dont l'écorce est décollée du bois (assez simple, il faut couper tout le tour, et tourner l'écorce, elle vient assez facilement, ou très mal, c'est tout ou rien :) ). Il semble qu'il enlevait une lamelle le long du bout de bois, une fois l'écorce détachée et remettait l'écorce en place. Ça amusait les gosses :). je pense que l'air fait vibrer l'écorce et produit le son. Si jamais ça t'intéresse, n'hésites pas à en faire une vidéo ! J'ai jamais réussi (mais j'ai 2 mains droites, ça n'aide pas). Et désolé pour le pavé en français alors que tu fais l'effort, mais là, y'a trop de mots que je ne maîtrise pas en anglais !

  • @lemonpepperdry5818
    @lemonpepperdry5818 2 роки тому

    Hours of fun for the whole family.

  • @aqueduct8428
    @aqueduct8428 2 роки тому

    the cd whistle looks like sometihng from a post apocalyptic game like fallout, im totally trying that

  • @stevenanderson4515
    @stevenanderson4515 2 роки тому +1

    To no offense of his accent, but I can't make out what kind of flute the spinning pvc kind is at 5:18. A diy on that would be cool. Really dig your vids man. Keep it up

    • @NicolasBras
      @NicolasBras  2 роки тому

      Non taken! It is an aeolian flute, you can use the same building as the whistle with the three washers, just take a longer and larger pipe

  • @noseflutejob
    @noseflutejob Рік тому

    Thanks for showing my demonstration of the ACME 575 dog whistle in my UA-cam-canal "noseflutejob"

  • @miscellaneoushardwarechick1001
    @miscellaneoushardwarechick1001 3 роки тому

    Hey Nicolas, do you use stationary drills or a drill press? Carbide end mills and a soft-jaw vice have helped me achieve any angle in PVC.

  • @joshjereza5826
    @joshjereza5826 6 місяців тому

    Where i come the third one is called a bull whip and for our native people it was for calling rain

  • @badmood88
    @badmood88 3 роки тому

    Do you have a clever way to make a nice feeling mouthpiece for woodwind instruments? I am making a electronic woodwind using a pressure sensor. I was thinking of just taking to bits a plastic recorder but I am looking for other ways to do it.

  • @jimsim3
    @jimsim3 3 роки тому

    good stuff, Shepherds in wales been using them tin can whistles while they work, or is that whistle whistle you work, mmmm

  • @kevinmencer3782
    @kevinmencer3782 Рік тому

    In the first one, can you loosen and tension the strip to vary the pitch?

  • @LopsideMakes
    @LopsideMakes Рік тому

    3:55 Literally the whistle from Nausicaä

  • @critterjon4061
    @critterjon4061 Рік тому

    Actually, was once taught how to use the 2nd type of survival whistle to call in teal ducks

  • @serafettintan4329
    @serafettintan4329 11 місяців тому

    Thank you.Can you make a tea kettle whistle? And use two plates in it, simple materials like washers,metal bottle caps, without glue. (soldering ok)
    Only whistle part not the whole cap.

  • @Altezza1999
    @Altezza1999 5 місяців тому

    Well I was looking to make a 850 hz constant tone whistle for a bicycle and came across this.

  • @mojocollins1725
    @mojocollins1725 Рік тому

    Hey man, saw your video and spent the next 3 days trying to find them again. Aeolian Flute, PLEASE explain how to make one or their origin. Anything about them because when I Google about them I can't find the right stuff. stay well!

  • @dlopezchampion8054
    @dlopezchampion8054 11 місяців тому

    Whats is good flat whistle?
    Or whistle that I can put on pole?

  • @hyugo244
    @hyugo244 2 роки тому

    Hello Nicolas, could you please explain how to build a PVC eolian flute (5:29) I believe people love it! Thanks!
    -
    Bonjour Nicolas, serait-ce possible d'avoir une vidéo sur la conception de l'eolian flute (5:29) je crois qu'il y a une forte demande ! Merci !

  • @ahmetyasin7278
    @ahmetyasin7278 3 роки тому +6

    please make an acoustic piano...

  • @hifijohn
    @hifijohn 2 місяці тому

    I have to try the CD one, and I have plenty of old CDs I never listen to.

  • @tomgucwa7319
    @tomgucwa7319 2 роки тому

    More with less ,the ultimate economy- an idea ,I'd like, a whistle for camping ,around bears , more musical than the screamin one , high notes ! ..think sax
    ,,,plenty of choices , add a membrane, add a reed- or two , and water in the chamber... Thanks c yaz

  • @jaredf6205
    @jaredf6205 2 роки тому +4

    Literally any sheet of paper or anything can whistle.

  • @ulrichkalber9039
    @ulrichkalber9039 3 роки тому

    the filmcan-whistle should work with a large tin can in a similar way.

  • @egrif9303
    @egrif9303 Рік тому

    Heh heh. Witty. Very good.

  • @maugli0017
    @maugli0017 2 роки тому +1

    How does called that snall spinning thing

  • @polarjet1833
    @polarjet1833 2 роки тому

    3:58 [insert once in a life time by the talking heads here]

  • @RodolfoLimacbx
    @RodolfoLimacbx Рік тому +1

    *Probably some people came to see **5:15** **_(and some seconds before)_*

  • @kay486
    @kay486 3 роки тому

    My favorite simplest whistle is a rectangle piece of paper folded into a T shape with a hole at the bottom of the T while the horizontal bit of the T goes against your lips. You blow on it and it makes loud and super annoying sound.