A nose whistle is a wind instrument

Wind instrument

A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator , in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of...

 of the woodwind family. The nose blows the air into the open mouth, which is a soundboard. The blown air is channelled towards an edge. The whistle acts like when blowing on a bottleneck, with the air resonating in the mouth as well as in the instrument. The air volume gives the frequency: the smaller the volume, the higher the note. This aspect of play is thus similar to a jaw harp.

See also

• Nose flute
  Nose flute
  The nose flute is a popular musical instrument played in Polynesia and the Pacific Rim countries. Other versions are found in Africa, China, and India.- Hawaii :In the North Pacific, in the Hawaiian islands the nose flute was a common courting instrument...
  
  
• Nose flutes at the whistle museum