How to FLUTTER TONGUE on the flute!

[@olive4naito]

It's nice to get some tips that venture into jazz flute! Merci beaucoup!

[@JaneFluteSchool]

Oh you're welcome Olive! Jane

[@72secondprize]

Good video. Thank you. Really nice sunflowers.

[@JaneFluteSchool]

Glad you enjoyed my video and my pretty sunflowers! 😊

[@Glenda156]

I bought a Quena flute with the hope to learn to play it by my self. I googled how to get less dizzy while playing flute and I came across your website. I fallowed those tips you give in your website. I finally don't feel so dizzy. Thanks, you are a great teacher.

[@JaneFluteSchool]

Wow Peaches (and Kiwi), that is GREAT! Good on you! Jane

[@seraphoenyx1111]

My first languages were Romanian and English so I learned to roll my tongue right away, but learned a little Hebrew and French in my teens so got used to the uvular trill. I find it to be so much easier to produce the sound than the tongue one. I think it's because it allows more control over the shape of the mouth and makes it easier to produce sound that way.

[@JaneFluteSchool]

That's awesome! Yes definitely stick with the way which works for you best! 😊

[@Toipno]

Very interesting! Thank you

[@JaneFluteSchool]

You're welcome Mauro!

[@tootonit]

Uvular is way easier for me, but I really want the sound of the alveolar. This video helps, along with your comment responses, but it’s going to take more shedding. Thanks!

[@JaneFluteSchool]

Keep at it! You've got this!! 😀

[@vetaniellecalya1662]

I can roll the R pretty nicely since my language has a rolled R. But once I shape my mouth to play the flute, the suddenly narrow space in my mouth especially the roof of mouth, stops my tongue from vibrating. And I have no idea how to change that.

[@JaneFluteSchool]

I find it helps a little if I relax my cheeks when I do this when playing flute. Hope this helps! 😊

[@lordiamoneka1741]

I’m French and the second way it’s clearly my favorite because I can’t rolling my r. Your theory it’s true I think. Thanks for this video, I learning the flute since 6 months and I wanted to learn absolutely this effect because I was so obsessed. 😹

[@JaneFluteSchool]

That's awesome to hear you're French! I've studied a bit of French, such a great language! That's great to hear you've been learning for about 6 months. That's actually the right amount of time to be playing before joining my Flute Academy. Here's the link to join in case you're interested in finding out more. 😊😀 www.flute.school/academy

[@RobinHood70]

I wouldn't be surprised if there's technically a third way or even more. If you hear a Hebrew person pronounce Channukah or L'chaim, for instance, there's a rolled H that's more or less like gargling water, but not as deep in the throat as what you're describing. I imagine that would get you there quite nicely as well. For added fun, there's a fourth voiceless "trilled consonant" defined in the International Phonetic Alphabet that might work too, but I can't say for sure, I can only tell you it exists.

[@JaneFluteSchool]

Ooh that's so interesting! Thanks for sharing! 😊

[@Pablo-eu5uv]

I wonder if Spanish speakers have a preference for the tongue roll over throat too. I don’t speak Spanish very well but I grew up/still live in a very heavily Spanish speaking community so rolling r’s were never an issue for anyone here

[@JaneFluteSchool]

So interesting Pablo! I wonder too! Thanks for your comment :)

[@boseashish]

another great help. great great help...thank you. I didnt even know what word to use to find this tutorial. I was searching with the word "purrrrrr" to find this tutorial.....but now I know "Flutter tounging" it is....

[@JaneFluteSchool]

I'm glad the video helped you ashish! And I like "purring" on the flute - that's a cool description!

[@lorrieprothero2175]

I cannot for the life of me maintain embouchure with flutter toungue i can do either or not both.

[@JaneFluteSchool]

Hi Lorrie, Yes, flutter tonguing is definitely tricky! It helps me to relax my cheeks and inflate them a little when flutter tonguing. Hope this helps! 😀

[@HLWizard_GirlWizard]

What if im not an English speaker and i cant do the alveolar trill? Is there any other way to learn😅

[@JaneFluteSchool]

Definitely! You can do the uvular trill instead. My 13 yo niece showed me the other day (totally by chance - she's not a flute player) that she can do the uvular trill only, and not the alveolar one! So do the one that works for you!

[@HLWizard_GirlWizard]

@@JaneFluteSchool Im still trying. You did talk about uvular trill in the video right?

[@HLWizard_GirlWizard]

@@JaneFluteSchool Btw how to do C and D trill?

[@JaneFluteSchool]

Hi Jennifer - yep it's in the video :) (from memory, it is, anyway!)

[@JaneFluteSchool]

Hi Jennifer - there are actually four C to D trills and they're all different, so it depends which one you mean! (Low, middle, high, or really high)

[@TheRoshanrockzzz]

Which eg you mentioned can you type here ?

[@JaneFluteSchool]

I didn't play a specific piece, I played a couple of scales in this video demonstration. Hope you enjoyed it! 😀

[@BluesRoadHK]

In my language, Cantonese, not just no flutter tongue, we don't even roll the tongue, so it's super hard to learn this skill. Now I can do it on wind instruments but still cannot pronouce word... very hard~

[@JaneFluteSchool]

Keep working on achieving this new skill Alex!

[@xo.hannii]

Does anyone know how to make the flutter tongue last longer? I can do it for maybe 1 second at most.

[@JaneFluteSchool]

I use a bit more air to keep the flutter tonguing going. Hope this helps! 😀

[@scottyexplicit2079]

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[@JaneFluteSchool]

💕😊

[@woosahz]

It's too hard 😭 I give up

[@JaneFluteSchool]

Keep trying! You've got this! 😀

[@pavelia1408]

I speak Russian so this was relatively easy 😅

[@JaneFluteSchool]

That's great to hear flutter tonguing comes easily to you! 😀