How to FLUTTER TONGUE on the flute!
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- Опубліковано 1 січ 2025
- Have you heard of "flutter tonguing" on the flute?? (It's pretty cool but actually isn't used in classical music very often at all.)
You'll normally hear it in jazz flute, rock flute, or modern classical flute compositions...
Here's a 5 minute that shows you what flutter tonguing sounds like, and of course, how to do it!
Jane xx
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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.
Wow Peaches (and Kiwi), that is GREAT! Good on you! Jane
It's nice to get some tips that venture into jazz flute! Merci beaucoup!
Oh you're welcome Olive! Jane
Good video. Thank you. Really nice sunflowers.
Glad you enjoyed my video and my pretty sunflowers! 😊
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.
That's awesome! Yes definitely stick with the way which works for you best! 😊
Very interesting! Thank you
You're welcome Mauro!
I cannot for the life of me maintain embouchure with flutter toungue i can do either or not both.
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! 😀
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....
I'm glad the video helped you ashish! And I like "purring" on the flute - that's a cool description!
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.
Ooh that's so interesting! Thanks for sharing! 😊
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
So interesting Pablo! I wonder too! Thanks for your comment :)
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!
Keep at it! You've got this!! 😀
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. 😹
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
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~
Keep working on achieving this new skill Alex!
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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.
I find it helps a little if I relax my cheeks when I do this when playing flute. Hope this helps! 😊
Which eg you mentioned can you type here ?
I didn't play a specific piece, I played a couple of scales in this video demonstration. Hope you enjoyed it! 😀
Does anyone know how to make the flutter tongue last longer? I can do it for maybe 1 second at most.
I use a bit more air to keep the flutter tonguing going. Hope this helps! 😀
What if im not an English speaker and i cant do the alveolar trill? Is there any other way to learn😅
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!
@@JaneFluteSchool Im still trying. You did talk about uvular trill in the video right?
@@JaneFluteSchool Btw how to do C and D trill?
Hi Jennifer - yep it's in the video :) (from memory, it is, anyway!)
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)
It's too hard 😭 I give up
Keep trying! You've got this! 😀
I speak Russian so this was relatively easy 😅
That's great to hear flutter tonguing comes easily to you! 😀