Mastering Trill Sounds: Special Consonants Explained

Billie English - the KZbin channel to help you improve your English pronunciation, speaking and fluency! Billie is a certified CELTA English teacher trainer and has over 17 years of teaching experience. In this video I will teach you what trills are. They are special consonant sounds you can find in some languages. There are no trills in English but some of you asked me to explain what they are nevertheless, so here is my video explanation for you!
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In this video we are going to learn about a group of special consonant sounds: trills! They are consonants - not vowels - because there is constriction in the vocal tract during sound production. An active articulator - for example the tip of the tongue - flaps against a passive articulator - for example the alveolar ridge. We use airflow to get the active articulator to vibrate against the passive articulator. This continued flapping or tapping produces a trill sound. You could compare this to a curtain in an open window flapping whenever there is wind moving in from the outside. In contrast to taps like the Flap T sound, the vibration in these special trill sounds is caused by the airstream, not through muscle movement. Although standard English does not contain any trills, I decided to include this video because several of you asked me about these sounds in the comments. If you have a special question or video request, let me know below!
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Billie is a pronunciation coach and content creator based in Barcelona, Spain. Her main focus is English pronunciation, phonology and helping learners speak more fluently. Billie has a degree in Communication Research & Phonology, a PGCE in Primary Education, a Trinity College Cert & DiplomaTESOL and over 17 years of teaching experience. She also works as a CELTA teacher trainer, Cambridge examiner and educational advisor. Her videos have been featured in the Google funded AI app ELSA speak.
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[@john.mashar]

Your channel has helped me understand these concepts for my acting classes. Thank you so very much. Much love, from Australia 💙🇦🇺

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello John! I'm so glad to hear that ☺️

[@عمرالعشم]

Hi I face music with pitch drawing can you explain it😢

[@BillieEnglish]

Hello! I have a video about pitch on my channel :-)

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How it is going professor

[@mrlawilliamsukwarmachine4904]

Birds have trills in their calls. Flutists rapidly trill between notes. Flapping.

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First😹