If you can gargle, you can do this.

The sound of flutter-tonguing takes us right to a place...especially when it's done by a trumpet with a mute. I mean, you hear that sound and you know something's about to go down. Back in the day, when Duke Ellington or Cab Callaway were working, flutter tongue and burlesque were like bookends.

With the sax, flutter tonguing is more of an accent or a point of emphasis. For example, Jr Walker, on Shotgun. He flutter tongues an Eb and an Ab in the opening chorus, and it sounds killer.

But I could never get my tongue room enough to make that fluttering effect with my face full of mouthpiece. So, I kind-of dry gargle, and it sounds like the real deal. Try it yourself if you haven't already, and let me know how it works for you.

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