Does anyone hv any advise in doing flutter tongue, on double reeds??
**I can only do dat without mah reeds and instruments, that is, totally useless.**

how do u even do it on clarinet or sax?!

with great difficulty! My clarinet teacher said to slacken the mouth and try and roll your Rs, but I can't do it! I can barely manage triple tonguing! Doesn't really help for double reeds though!

I guess it would help, if I could manage to roll my r's in Spanish (have never done french), which, suprise suprise: I can't!!

What is flutter tongue/triple tongue?? I'm only a beginner but I love it - have been doing clarinet for a few weeks but doing Grade 3 stuff.

Flutter tongue is to produce sumthing like a buzzing sound.
U hv to do triple tongue if u r playing triplets of at a high speed. [Ta-ka-ta Ta-ka-ta......]

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I guess it would help, if I could manage to roll my r's in Spanish (have never done french), which, suprise suprise: I can't!!

Is Rs in Spanish sound like Rs in English??
I can only speak Chinese and English..~

QUOTE (Mr. Curious @ Oct 19 2004, 12:17 PM)

Is Rs in Spanish sound like Rs in English?? I can only speak Chinese and English..~

No, in English, the sound only lasts a fraction of a section when you say "R" If you roll your Rs like you have to in Spanish, you can make the sound last a long time. When you say R in English, you have to move practically your whole jaw, but in Spanish, you relax your mouth and vibrate your tongue off the roof of your mouth. I think, from what my teacher was saying, that that's one of the ways to flutter tongue!

That's the way I do it

Just roll your R's while you play. You will get a buzzing type of sound! It's great fun for scales!

QUOTE (Woodwind Wizz @ Nov 4 2004, 08:53 PM)

Just roll your R's while you play. You will get a buzzing type of sound! It's great fun for scales!

buzzing... interesting

might try that, mgiht make scales slightly more enjoyable to practice!

If it tickles REALLY badly, am I doing it wrong??


Oddball

QUOTE (Woodwind Wizz @ Nov 5 2004, 04:53 AM)

Just roll your R's while you play. You will get a buzzing type of sound! It's great fun for scales!

Ya daz fun but tha fact is dat I have no idea how to roll R's. BTW, my teacher can vibr8 his throat to do flutter tongue. Anyone know how to do it??

QUOTE (Mr. Curious @ Dec 13 2004, 02:05 PM)

BTW, my teacher can vibr8 his throat to do flutter tongue.

That's growling, not flutter tongue. Flutter tongue, by default, requires a tongue, not a throat!

My flute teacher told me that if you can't roll your Rs ( and I can't) that you can create the effect of flutter tonguing from the throat. I have to say that I haven't mastered this technique yet!