How to Roll Your R's: The Definitive Guide

[JamesMoore-uqoi]

It's been 5 years since I've tried to learn how to trill. Twice a year I queue up a ton of these videos and it feels like I'm entering a mid-life crisis each time!

[jessicajacob]

I have probably watched 20+ videos on how to roll your Rs. This is the first one that went through enough steps that I can now do it. Very sincerely, thank you for posting this

[tolemus]

how do I move and relax my tongue at the same time?

[bitbiker]

I'm actually fairly confident by this point, you either can or you can't and people saying "everyone can do it" is just that positive/feel-good encouragement lol.

[dimoi]

I've been following so many tutorials and still can't do anything that sounds like a rolled r and now it just make me cry every time

[emmawan]

I can’t even make the closed tongue trill

[janboreczek]

If "closed-tongue trill" is supposed to be easy, then I'm pathethic. I cannot produce the vibration while closing the shh sound, I just cannot make the tongue less tense even while drunk. i generally do stuff either with muscles tensed significantly or not do anything at all with nothing in between

[smoothie]

I've heard lying on your back and drinking a shot or two of vodka might help because it relaxes your tongue. I've been doing that for 2 weeks now and I'm exercising a lot more since

[Lexley_]

I have no idea how to do step 4. My tongue just won’t vibrate

[UpHigherMusicOfficial]

Tip: For those of you stuck at the closed tongue trill, try it when lying down. Gravity seems to work wonders

[daniellebenjamin]

Thank you! I couldn’t figure out how to get passed step 4 but I laughed so hard trying to make it happen.

[AdamSweenyoz]

Easy until step 4, 7:55, then nothing ;'(

[echomjp]

Thanks for this. I never have been able to successfully roll my R's, and I assumed I wouldn't be able to. My tongue is less nimble than most people's tongues - I had surgery as a baby to remove skin from below my tongue so that I could use it as much as I can, and while I can make pretty much any sound my tongue is a bit more limited in its range of motion. Yet this lesson does seem to help - I can't really roll my R's properly yet, but I'm doing better just after a little bit of practice. I'll try practicing it a few more times on different days and see how it goes. I don't particularly mind if I can roll my R's in terms of learning languages such as Spanish, but I do want to have the technique available for speech in general. I have a very deep voice that others have said is quite charismatic, but I realized lately that I don't really take full advantage of it - so even exercises like this I feel could be useful to me.

[ilaila]

Sadly a trill sound doesn't occur if you just move your tongue towards roof of your mouth. It just makes a silent hiss sound.

[xfb-nxyk]

I am pretty sure this closed tongue trill is just a uvular trill in which the vibration of the tonge against the alveolar ridge or palate is misinterpreted as the origin of the sound, when it is merely a side effect of the uvular trill. That's why there is clear change in sound when you switch into the alveolar sound. The involved aerodynamics are completely different.

[willow]

Anyone else get dizzy from breathing out so long practicing? Still trying

[jqjcivx]

I sound like im giving birth to an alien baby!

[YazzyPazzyJazzy]

what the heck i couldnt do step 4 so i just skipped it and somehow learned to roll my rs lmao i guess something just clicked after all these years

[davebilson]

Thank you, very much (dziękuję bardzo). I found this video when I was searching how to trill the Polish letter R. Following your exercises I have managed to get my tongue to trill and even produce some sounds that were approximately, but not exactly like yours. I just need lots of practice now!

[toplobster]

Wow for some reason I could do it after watching this video! Exercises 4 and 5 didn't work for me but I can pronounce the vowels and stuff! Still can't say it in words but I'm getting there! Thanks so much 💞 Now all there is left to do is practice!