[Harp-L] Tongue Flutter/Tongue Trill

[Wolf Kristiansen <wolfkristiansen@xxxxxxxx>]

I know this is an old topic (aren't they all?) but it's still an 
interesting one for me; hopefully for some of you too.

In December 2007 I asked the list about tongue flutter:

http://www.harp-l.com/pipermail/harp-l/2007-December/msg00611.html

and tongue trill:

http://www.harp-l.com/pipermail/harp-l/2007-December/msg00629.html

Both techniques require making the sound, oddly enough, with tongue 
movement alone.  I can't do tongue flutter, though I can make a 
beautiful trill by rotating my head back and forth, side to side.  
I've done it that way for 35 years, so have had time to perfect it.  
The people that responded to my thread had some great ideas about 
learning tongue flutter, which I've incorporated into my infrequent 
practice sessions.  Not there yet, but I'm making progress!

This long winded opening is to introduce what I really want to say.  
Harpman1896, a.k.a. D.W. Gill, has a video lesson on YouTube 
entitled "Trill Truth Revealed", where he walks you through the 
basics with a Marine Band harmonica in the key of A.  Have a look; 
he's not the most articulate teacher, but it's a good lesson 
nevertheless. Just to confuse things, what he calls trill I call 
tongue flutter.  Whatever it is, it's a good technique to have.  
Here's the URL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ca2LQuCv6n8

Cheers,

wolf kristiansen

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