[Harp-L] Re: tongue roll



> >Gary wrote:
> >I hope Mr.Kinsella can help you, but I know Tom Ball and Paul Lamb will back
> >me up on this: Sonny Terry used the tongue trill exclusively, where the tip of
> >the tongue is tilted up slightly, and the tongue moves from side to side,
> >between the two notes, rapidly. The tongue is a muscle that can be 
> >trained if it starts out too slowly. One can also do it with 
> >straight tongue side to side, I prefer the tilt up. Tom, you agree?
> 
> __________________
> tom ball wrote:
>
> Indeed it's true Sonny often trilled the tip of his tongue against 
> the face of the harp.  But to be honest, I could never ascertain 
> whether he was doing so strictly from side to side, or whether he was 
> just bouncing it very quickly up and down (i.e. north and south) over 
> two holes.... or possibly he was using a sort-of circular combination 
> of both?  In any event, he certainly used tongue rolls to great 
> effect!
> 
> cheers,
> Tom
> _______________________________________________

Johnny Dyer plays a tongue trill moving just the back of his tongue from side to side. If ya get a chance to hang out with J.D., ask him to show you, very strange but sounds great!  And he gets a kick out of freakin people out with it.



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