[musictlk] question about singing in latin

[Ryan Silveira]

Kaiti, you have a good explanation there.  Kelsey, it’s actually a lot less tricky than it sounds.  A lot of people say that they “can’t” roll or flip their R’s, but given the number of languages that use rolled or flipped R’s and the number of people who speak those languages natively, it seems unlikely that so many people can’t roll their R’s; it’s just something we, as English speakers, are not used to doing.  I would advise the same as Kaiti, but if you want, I can give you some exercises to help you practice flipping and/or rolling your R’s.


Ryan L. Silveira
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> On Dec 30, 2014, at 10:36 AM, Kelsey Nicolay via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> Our choir is singing the Lord Nelson mass in Latin this spring.  I've sung in Latin before and I know that the r is either flipped or rolled.  Our director is very strict about this.  Unfortunately, I can't do either.  I've tried putting my tongue at the roof of the mouth like you're supposed to, but it doesn't work.  I can't get a sound out.  I can't flip my r either.  The only thing I can do is use the letter d as a substitute.  People have tried to explain to me how to flip the r, but I still can't do it.  Does anyone have any tips that have helped you with figuring out how to do this?
> Thank you,
> Kelsey Nicolay
> 
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