only half of my tongue can do the flutter 
Flutter-tonguing
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fluteguy18
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I actually was a natural at flutter tongueing. It took just a couple of embouchure adjustments the first time I tried it (I had all of the right actions, but my embouchure was too tight. After I loosened up, It popped right out, both the "rolling the r" way, and the gutteral/gargal way.
I guess learning french when I was younger really helped!
I guess learning french when I was younger really helped!
Fluteguy, that was my case too. Difference is that I didn't learn french.
Besides learning the tongue fluttering well, my former teacher, who is french, also teached me the guttural way.
I use them both, depending on the region I'm playing.
Guttural makes it easier in the low register. As I move up, tonguing begins to make more sense.
That works fine for me.
Zevang
Besides learning the tongue fluttering well, my former teacher, who is french, also teached me the guttural way.
I use them both, depending on the region I'm playing.
Guttural makes it easier in the low register. As I move up, tonguing begins to make more sense.
That works fine for me.
Zevang
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fluteguy18
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yeah, that is what I do. Gutteral in the lower range, and slowly progress to the tongue form.
Sometimes, just for fun, I will throw flutter tongueing in at odd places in marching band practice (I get bored easily), like when we are tuning (hee hee) and the drum major gets very confused. Sometimes people ask If I put a cricket in my piccolo.......
Sometimes, just for fun, I will throw flutter tongueing in at odd places in marching band practice (I get bored easily), like when we are tuning (hee hee) and the drum major gets very confused. Sometimes people ask If I put a cricket in my piccolo.......