Flutter tonguing?

[Baddicus B itch]

I've looked everywhere, tried just about everything, but I can't roll my r's or growl just right.. Any advice?  

[6 gun quota]

Try saying "T, K, T, K" over and over, or "Too, Koo, Too, Koo". I learned by walking around and saying it over and over, while I was walking the hallways, in the store. People really don't notice. Once you've got saying it down, start to try it on your instrument, start slowly and then build up speed. You could also practice just the throat "K" sound on your instrument and then add the tonguing.  

[meow637]

6 gun quota

Try saying "T, K, T, K" over and over, or "Too, Koo, Too, Koo". I learned by walking around and saying it over and over, while I was walking the hallways, in the store. People really don't notice. Once you've got saying it down, start to try it on your instrument, start slowly and then build up speed. You could also practice just the throat "K" sound on your instrument and then add the tonguing.

that's double tonging, not flutter tonging.

I don't know exactly how to describe flutter tonging, but what can give you the same effect is humming while playing. Just make sure it's the same pitch or you may get multiphonics  

[6 gun quota]

meow637

6 gun quota

Try saying "T, K, T, K" over and over, or "Too, Koo, Too, Koo". I learned by walking around and saying it over and over, while I was walking the hallways, in the store. People really don't notice. Once you've got saying it down, start to try it on your instrument, start slowly and then build up speed. You could also practice just the throat "K" sound on your instrument and then add the tonguing.

that's double tonging, not flutter tonging.

I don't know exactly how to describe flutter tonging, but what can give you the same effect is humming while playing. Just make sure it's the same pitch or you may get multiphonics

I read to fast. Yeah, flutter tonguing is hard to describe... the humming thing will work though.  

[13 Mockingjay]

Don't feel bad. I can't roll my r's either. That's why I don't really care for Spanish class. I just tried it, and the humming does work, but takes a lot of air.  

[deaxtiv8t3d]

Could you specify what instrument you play? I can flutter tongue on flute since I dabble in contemporary music but it's different from instrument to instrument.  

[Baddicus B itch]

Sup Nerds

Could you specify what instrument you play? I can flutter tongue on flute since I dabble in contemporary music but it's different from instrument to instrument.

I play the french horn.

I recently discovered that I am unable to roll my r's because of the way my tongue is shaped. I shall learn an improv method smile  

[deaxtiv8t3d]

KaiKashi Shion

Sup Nerds

Could you specify what instrument you play? I can flutter tongue on flute since I dabble in contemporary music but it's different from instrument to instrument.

I play the french horn.

I recently discovered that I am unable to roll my r's because of the way my tongue is shaped. I shall learn an improv method smile

i can't roll my r's either, but i manage to flutter tongue by using the "french" way to roll r's... It's basically like rolling your r's except it's in the back of your mouth and if pitched low enough it sounds like a growl. I think the easiest way to replicate this is to listen to a french person speaking their r's and try to replicate the sound they make. it should come naturally, just keep mimicking them until you can get it right. then try to isolate and extend that sound. think about how it feels to make that sound in your throat and keep doing it for a certain length of time. once you can get that down, transfer the sound to your instrument.  

[Salty Bottoms]

KaiKashi Shion

I play the french horn.

I can flutter tongue on the french horn, but it doesn't sound pretty. I can flutter tongue on the flute, too. It seems almost unnatural, but its common in jazz brass.  

[Baddicus B itch]

ScribbledDomino

KaiKashi Shion

I play the french horn.

I can flutter tongue on the french horn, but it doesn't sound pretty. I can flutter tongue on the flute, too. It seems almost unnatural, but its common in jazz brass.

Yeah, our field show was Gershwin this last year and there was one note that we had to hold for three measures while flutter tonguing. There were plenty of people who struggles, so our BD kind of just decided to leave it alone ^^;