Re: [Harp-L] tongue roll

[Colin Epstein <colin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I once saw a guy named Jimmie Wood playing harp with Pinetop Perkins, 
and he did a "trill" with no visible hand or head movement.  So I'm 
guessing he did it much like Sonny's method described here.  I was 
pretty impressed that he was able to get the warble without the wiggle.

SONNYTONE@xxxxxxx 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? 
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