https://youtu.be/MheNUWyROv8

also
how do u roll ur R's i wanna be like GRRRAH like desiigner :)

okay, first step is to do this with your mouth O
now do this with your mouth o
then do this O
again back to this o

I'm convinced whistlers know some crazy shit us non-whistlers don't.

it's just sucking in air with your mouth in a :o kinda thing

We can talk to dolphins.

No one mentions it cause they're huge assholes.

we also visit the dark side of the moon regularly

Form a smal o with your mouth , start blowing and constantly change your lips and tongue shape until you get it right.

but... why ask here?

I used to be able to but somehow forgot how to whistle at some point

tftv threads are informative

rolling rs is cooler than whistling

I can't whistle, roll my rs, curl my tongue, or blow a bubble with bubble gum

I'm just a failure as a human being

http://i.imgur.com/ubosSN5.jpg

Andrew BIrd is a god whistler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PBe7VbBB_4

I can do some super weird shit with my mouth. I can whistle ~four different ways so don't just try one way you've seen people do it. Try whistling in, out, with different teeth positions, or even with your hands. Controlling pitch has to do with tongue position, jaw position, and lip position. So just start doing weird shit with your mouth until you get it. Too many variables.

I wonder how he does fast notes. I can't tongue notes when I whistle. I either have to change the direction of the air or like flex my throat.

for a long time, i could only whistle by sucking air in. i can now whistle by blowing air out as well.

When I was little I was jealous of all my friends being able to whistle, so I wanted to learn how. I tried imitating the sound of wind blowing against stuff and making notes, if you know what I'm talking about? Eventually I could actually whistle but I've never been too good at it

The thing that stops most people from rolling their R's is that they don't realize that there are two R sounds. One sounds like you're confused ("errrrrr"). This is the one mostly used in conversational english in the USA (and most other places). The other sounds kinda like an L ("ra"). You can hear it in many older languages

You can hold the "er" sound out, but you cannot hold the "ra" sound out because it will just be an "ah" sound.

If you've never made the "ra" R sound before, you can do it by thinking about saying "lah". To change "lah" into "ra", just barely don't touch your tongue to the roof of your mouth but do everything else the same.

If you push air a bit harder through the "ra" sound, you can get the rolled R.

It took me like 2 minutes of figuring it out in like middle school. That said, making different sounds has always been easy for me because of my speech classes throughout elementary school (I couldn't pronounce "R"s at all). So it might not be as easy for everyone idk.

This is the most detailed response I've given a shitpost ever.

I got tired of not being able to whistle so one day I spent like an hour just playing around with my tongue and lips and I eventually got it.

I think you just need to be really bored and spend like 3 hours fucking around with your mouth and you'll get it

There are actually many more than 2 r-sounds. Depending on how you define them, there's at least 3 very distinct ones (the ones you mentioned plus the uvular r you have in German or French) and several variations of them in different languages.

Also, not sure what you mean by "you cannot hold the "ra" sound"? You can hold the r as long as you want, you did it yourself?

I think the easiest way to do the rolled r for the first time is to do a sustained sh sound (as in shit), then adding voice to it, then just sliding the tip of ur tongue slightly forward. I guess everyone's mouth is different tho.

spend a few minutes every day and you'll eventually get it -- 0 effort

i definitely held out the "ah" sound, after the actual R. big difference. and yes, there are more ways to pronounce an R, just like there are more ways to pronounce anything. i didn't mention it because it had no relevance to the question.

i am definitely not going to get in an argument about the letter R today though so bye

you know what pisses me off more than anything in the fucking world

nose whistling

fuck nose whistling

i can only whistle through my upper teeth and not with my mouth.

Did u just try to walk away from someone in a forum post? Don't fool urself, you're gonna read this thread anyway.

What I was trying to say is that you can hold the "r" sound in "ra" for as long as you like.
And the different r sounds are not just a matter of pronouncing them differently; they're very much different consonants. Just pointed it out for anyone interested even if you might not be. Don't see a reason for your agressive demeanor.

at least you can do the vodka trick