TEDxRotterdam 2010
Geert Chatrou: A whistleblower you haven't heard
Pískanie, aké ste ešte nepočuli
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Na konferencii TEDxRotterdam predvádza majster sveta v pískaní Geert Chatrou rozmarnú skladbu „Eleonora" od A. Honhoffa a jeho vlastnú „Fête de la Belle". Vo fascinujúcej krátkej prestávke hovorí o tom, čo ho k tejto zručnosti doviedlo.
Geert Chatrou - Whistler
It all started as a practical joke: Geert Chatrou's sister-in-law entered him in the International Whistler's Convention in Louisburg, NC. To save face, he went … and won! Full bio
It all started as a practical joke: Geert Chatrou's sister-in-law entered him in the International Whistler's Convention in Louisburg, NC. To save face, he went … and won! Full bio
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(Whistling)
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(Potlesk)
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Thank you.
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Ďakujem.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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Thank you very much.
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Ďakujem veľmi pekne.
02:28
That was whistling.
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Bolo to pískanie.
02:31
I'm trying to do this in English.
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Snažím sa hovoriť po anglicky.
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What is a chubby, curly-haired guy from Holland --
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Čo tento bacuľatý, kučeravý chlapík z Holandska?
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why is he whistling?
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Prečo píska?
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Well actually, I've [been] whistling since the age of four, about four.
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Nuž, pískam vlastne od štyroch rokov, približne od tohto veku.
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My dad was always whistling around the house,
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Otec si doma vždy pískal
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and I just thought that's part of communication in my family.
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a ja som si myslel, že je to časť komunikácie v mojej rodine.
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So I whistled along with him.
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Tak som si teda pískal spolu s ním
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And actually, till I was 34,
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a vlastne, kým som mal 34 rokov,
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I always annoyed and irritated people with whistling,
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vždy som ľudí pískaním obťažoval a iritoval.
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because, to be honest,
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Pretože, aby som bol úprimný,
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my whistling is a kind of deviant behavior.
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moje pískanie je akýmsi druhom deviantného správania.
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I whistled alone. I whistled in the classroom.
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Pískal som si, keď som bol sám, pískal som v triede,
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I whistled on [my] bike. I whistled everywhere.
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na bicykli, pískal som si všade.
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And I also whistled at a Christmas Eve party
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Pískal som si aj na vianočnej oslave
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with my family-in-law.
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s rodinou mojej manželky.
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And they had some, in my opinion,
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Podľa mňa
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terrible Christmas music.
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mali otrasnú vianočnú hudbu.
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And when I hear music that I don't like,
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A keď počujem hudbu, ktorá sa mi nepáči,
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I try to make it better.
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snažím sa ju vylepšiť.
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So "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" -- you know it?
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Tak ako „Rudolf, sob s červeným nosom" -- poznáte tú pieseň?
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(Whistling)
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(Pískanie)
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But it can also sound like this.
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Môže však znieť takto.
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(Whistling)
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(Pískanie)
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But during a Christmas party --
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Počas vianočnej oslavy,
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at dinner actually -- it's very annoying.
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vlastne pri večeri, to bolo veľmi otravné.
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So my sister-in-law
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Moja švagriná ma preto
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asked me a few times, "Please stop whistling."
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párkrát požiadala: „Prestaň si pískať, prosím."
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And I just couldn't.
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Ja som však nemohol.
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And at one point -- and I had some wine, I have to admit that --
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A v istom momente -- musím priznať, že som už mal v sebe nejaké víno --
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at one point I said, "If there was a contest, I would join."
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som povedal: „Ak by bola v pískaní súťaž, zúčastnil by som sa jej."
03:55
And two weeks later
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O dva týždne
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I received a text message: "You're going to America."
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som dostal SMS správu: „Ideš do Ameriky."
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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So, okay, I'm going to America.
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No dobre, idem do Ameriky.
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I would love to, but why?
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Rád by som, ale prečo?
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So I immediately called her up, of course.
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Hneď som jej samozrejme zavolal.
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She Googled,
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Googlila
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and she found this World Whistling Championship
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a našla majstrovstvá sveta v pískaní,
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in America, of course.
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samozrejme v Amerike.
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She didn't expect me to go there.
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Nečakala, že tam pôjdem
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And I would have lost my face.
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a ja by som stratil tvár.
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I don't know if that's correct English.
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Neviem, či je to v angličtine správny výraz,
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But the Dutch people here will understand what I mean.
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ale Holanďania, ktorí tu sedia, budú chápať, čo som myslel.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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I lost my face.
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Stratil som tvár.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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And she thought, "He will never go there."
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Myslela si: „Nikdy tam nepôjde."
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But actually I did.
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Ja som však išiel.
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So I went to Louisburg, North Carolina,
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Išiel som teda do Louisburgu v Severnej Karolíne
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southeast United States,
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na juhovýchode USA
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and I entered the world of whistling.
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a vkročil som do sveta pískania.
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And I also entered the world championship,
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Takisto som vkročil na majstrovstvá sveta,
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and I won there in 2004.
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kde som v roku 2004 aj vyhral.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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That was
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Bolo to
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great fun, of course.
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samozrejme veľmi zábavné
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And to defend my title --
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a aby som obhájil svoj titul --
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like judokas do and sportsmen --
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tak ako športovci a iní majstri --
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I thought, well let's go back in 2005,
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pomyslel som si, že sa teda v roku 2005 vrátim späť
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and I won again.
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a opäť som vyhral.
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Then I couldn't participate for a few years.
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Potom som sa pár rokov nemohol zúčastniť.
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And in 2008 I entered again
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V roku 2008 som sa znova zúčastnil
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in Japan, Tokyo, and I won again.
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v japonskom Tokiu a opäť som vyhral.
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So what happened now
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A tak sa stalo,
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is I'm standing here in Rotterdam, in the beautiful city, on a big stage,
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že stojím tu, v Rotterdame, v krásnom meste, na veľkom pódiu
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and I'm talking about whistling.
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a rozprávam tu o pískaní.
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And actually I earn my money whistling at the moment.
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Vlastne si teraz pískaním zarábam na živobytie.
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So I quit my day job as a nurse.
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Zanechal som svoju prácu ošetrovateľa.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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And I try to live my dream --
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Pokúšam sa žiť svoj sen,
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well, actually, it was never my dream, but it sounds so good.
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aj keď to vlastne mojím snom nikdy nebolo, ale znie to tak dobre.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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Okay, I'm not the only one whistling here.
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Dobre, dnes tu nebudem pískať sám.
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You say, "Huh, what do you mean?"
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Hovoríte: „Huh, čo tým myslíte?"
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Well actually, you are going to whistle along.
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Nuž, vlastne si idete zapískať spolu so mnou.
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And then always the same thing happens:
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Potom vždy príde to isté --
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people are watching each other and think, "Oh, my God.
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ľudia sa pozerajú jeden na druhého a myslia si: „Bože,
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Why? Can I go away?"
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prečo? Môžem odísť?"
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No, you can't.
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Nie, nemôžete.
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Actually it's very simple.
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Je to naozaj veľmi jednoduché.
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The track that I will whistle
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Pieseň, ktorú budem pískať,
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is called "Fête de la Belle."
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sa volá „Fête de la Belle".
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It's about 80 minutes long.
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Má asi 80 minút.
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No, no, no. It's four minutes long.
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Nie, nie, nie. Má 4 minúty.
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And I want to first rehearse with you your whistling.
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Najprv si s vami chcem nacvičiť vaše pískanie.
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So I whistle the tone.
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Takže zapískam tón.
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(Whistling)
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(Laughter)
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Sorry. I forgot one thing.
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Prepáčte, zabudol som na niečo.
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You whistle the same tone as me.
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Musíte pískať v rovnakom tóne ako ja.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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I heard a wide variety of tones.
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Počul som veľa rôznych tónov.
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(Whistling)
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This is very promising.
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Je to veľmi sľubné.
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This is very promising.
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Je to veľmi sľubné.
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I'll ask the technicians to start the music.
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Poprosím technikov, aby pustili hudbu.
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And if it's started, I just point where you whistle along,
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Keď začne, tak vám len ukážem, kde sa zapojíte
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and we will see what happens.
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a uvidíme, čo sa stane.
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Oh, hah.
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Aha.
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I'm so sorry, technicians.
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Prepáčte, technici.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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I'm so used to that.
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Už som si na to tak zvykol.
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I start it myself.
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Spustím to sám.
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Okay, here it is.
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Dobre, tu je to.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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(Music)
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(Hudba)
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(Whistling)
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Okay.
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Dobre.
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(Whistling)
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It's easy, isn't it?
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Je to ľahké, však?
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(Whistling)
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Now comes the solo. I propose I do that myself.
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Teraz príde sólo. Navrhujem, že ho zapískam sám.
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(Whistling)
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(Pískanie)
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(Applause)
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Max Westerman: Geert Chatrou, the World Champion [of] Whistling.
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Max Westerman: Geert Chatrou, majster sveta v pískaní.
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Geert Chatrou: Thank you. Thank you.
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Geert Chatrou: Ďakujem. Ďakujem.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Geert Chatrou - WhistlerIt all started as a practical joke: Geert Chatrou's sister-in-law entered him in the International Whistler's Convention in Louisburg, NC. To save face, he went … and won!
Why you should listen
Geert Chatrou has been whistling as long as he can remember. He plays the recorder and flute, but prefers whistling -- using only his lips as an instrument. In 2004 he won the whistling World Championships, and returned in 2005 to successfully defend his title. The 2008 World Championships were held in Japan, and Chatrou proved to be the world's best once again.
Chatrou was part of a prizewinning documentary about the 2004 International Whistling Convention, made by Emmy winners Kate Davis and David Heilbroner. This documentary, called "Pucker Up: The Fine Art of Whistling," has been screened in over 40 countries. Together with the Dutch group Ocobar, Chatrou made his debut album, "Chatroubadour" in 2005, with all songs specially written to fit his virtuoso whistling. In 2008, Chatrou released his latest album, "Ornithology," which brings out the "whistlability" of different music styles -- from jazz to klezmer to classic to pop.
Geert Chatrou | Speaker | TED.com