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Author: Olorin
Date: 2007-05-31 17:32
hi,
i've been puting it off for something like a decade, getting by with faking, funky-tonguing and generally hiding behind my peers. i used to be able to flutter tongue when i was maybe ten years old, but have completely lost the ability. i can still roll my Rs, but somehow not with the mouthpiece in my mouth. now i'm stuck with a little over a week before a performance of lukas foss' time cycle, and i need to learn the berg 4 pieces, both of which require flutter tonguing.
any suggestions??
thanks,
e.
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Author: grifffinity
Date: 2007-05-31 17:49
Some people cannot flutter tongue, but it seems you had the ability at one point. I have a friend who cannot flutter tongue (physically cannot with or without a mouthpiece) so he uses a throat growl to similar affect.
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Author: EEBaum
Date: 2007-05-31 22:11
If you can roll your Rs, you can flutter tongue. Bring your tongue away from the mouthpiece, roll and R, and put an obscene amount of air through. Once you get the hang of it, you can throttle it back.
-Alex
www.mostlydifferent.com
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Author: Arnoldstang
Date: 2007-05-31 23:38
Practice without the mouthpiece. Put your hand up and flutter at it about two or three inches away. The main concern is to feel air flow on the palm of your hand. If you can create sufficient air flow then you can practice with the clarinet. Flutter tonguing slows the air stream down so blow more. Good luck.
Freelance woodwind performer
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Author: donald
Date: 2007-06-01 10:52
a really dirty GRRRRRRRRRR throat growl can make a pretty close approximation of flutter tonguing and is a lot easier. The disadvantages are 1) it isn't flutter tonguing 2) saliva etc can get blown on to the reed 3) it's a bit harder to control the start/stop than with real flutter tonguing.
donald
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