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Author: David Dow symphony NB
Date: 2002-04-25 01:56
Who out there can flutter tongue? I can do it to double high A but my students seem to have alot of trouble.
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Author: Stéphane
Date: 2002-04-25 08:03
Excuse my ignorance (both in English and Clarineting), but can one explain to the Frenchie what "flutter tonguing" is?
Many thanks,
Stéphane.
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Author: Eoin
Date: 2002-04-25 10:00
Flutter tonguing is vibrating the tip of your tongue rapidly while playing a note. This is the way that an Italian or a Spaniard pronounces the letter "r".
I can do it.
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Author: jez
Date: 2002-04-25 13:04
........or vibrating the beck of the tongue against the roof of the mouth, the way a 'Frenchie' pronounces 'R'. Might be easier for you, Stephane
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Author: Stéphane
Date: 2002-04-25 13:26
Thanks, Jez, but let us not presume, I can indeed pronounce a 'rolling R', but might be a different story with a horn in the mouth! I let you guys know.
(After a short while...)
Waooo, I think I can do it!
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Author: John Kurokawa
Date: 2002-04-25 17:44
Personally, I can't flutter tongue at all, but when I had to play a a solo which required it, I had no choice! What works for me and for a lot of people is to fake it- I 'growl' in my throat as I play which produces a similar effect. Good luck!
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Author: Allen Cole
Date: 2002-04-25 18:40
I have the opposite situation, David. I can't flutter without suffering pitch, but have a student who can do it beautifully. If you have any trade secrets to share, I'd love to hear them.
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Author: Sandra F. H.
Date: 2002-04-26 03:46
Nope! ...neither can I roll my r's. Yes, share techniques, those of you who can do it!
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Author: susannah
Date: 2002-04-26 08:50
I can flutter tongue, but only up to a C (2 ledger lines)...
I just can't seem to grip firm enough with my mouth and flutter tongue at the same time. Any ideas for this?
For everyone that wants to flutter tongue, just learn to roll your r's, and practise being able to do that for a long time, with lots of breath, with little breath..etc.
Then, some people can just put the clarinet in their mouth and satrt, but I found I had to learn by doing it with my thumb in my mouth first, just to get used to flutter tonguing with something in the mouth.
After that, get the clarinet and practise, practise, practise
(At least.., that was how i learnt, I guess everyones different)
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Author: Becky
Date: 2002-04-26 15:11
Flutter tonguing isn't one of those TRATES that you are born with or not. Is it? (like rolling your tongue in half, or raising an eye brow?)
I took French in High School years back, but when I try to roll my r's now..........well......it just sounds like I am trying to, for a lack of a better word..........make a loogy!!!
Need a little help. 
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Author: Becky
Date: 2002-04-26 15:14
Sorry..........I meant TRAIT.
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Author: Cindy
Date: 2002-04-27 03:34
I just recently figured out how to flutter tounge. I am not totally sure if I am doing it right though. What exactly should it sound like? I assume a flutter of sorts, but I am not sure if the "flutter" I am getting is the right sound.
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Author: Swing Band Queen Katai Katai
Date: 2002-04-28 02:44
I heard a pro saxophonist do it, and the 1st alto (who is hispanic, by the way) can do it, but I couldn't. I went home, taught myself how to roll my tongue, messed around for hours on my clarinet, and finally did it. Then I taught myself how to do it on sax. I'm really proud of myself, since on clarinet, I am almost entirely self taught. I abandoned the school's feeble Sousa marches and their overtures and turned to sax to get a solid ground in jazz, and devoted my clarinet playing to jazz. There is nothing in the world that makes me feel better than being able to play along to the clarinetists on my big band CD....I love Sing Sing Sing so much, playing that solo along with Benny knocks me out(not to mention it amazes my friends when I walk up to their house blaring it out of my horn). And I'm finally getting a mouthpiece to replace my cheap beat-up old Bundy one! I'm sorry, I'm getting overtly exuberant. I'm just pround that 90% of what I know about clarinet playing is what I taught myself to do!(and play Begin The Beguine by ear, all except for that darn gliss!)
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Author: David dow
Date: 2002-05-01 03:05
Some players may find it helpful to put the tip of the tongue on the roof of the mouth.
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