• nocturne@slrpnk.net
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    7 days ago

    When I was a kid i grew up on a small farm, and we used to blow a conch shell to let everyone know it was meal time.

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      7 days ago

      Is there a trick to it? I remember trying once as a kid and getting basically nothing.

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        7 days ago

        It’s very similar to playing a brass instrument, basically like a bugle. The easiest way to explain it is that you kind of make “raspberries” with just your lips.

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        It has been a while since I did it regularly, but from what I remember you blow raspberries, without sticking out your tongue. There was a bit of getting your lips in the proper form.

        I used to practice after school while everyone was at work, sometimes I would sit on the living room couch watching after school cartoons and practice the conch during commercials.