Melissa: Yes, push the "G" back from the normal position (where the tongue connects with the back of the roof of the mouth) toward the throat (where the tongue connects with the tonsil area).

Yes, open mouth throughout the process. Someone watching your tongue would see what you describe.

The rapid ten-times-a-second sound may in fact be gargling rather than "geauuh"-ing. (...or it could be that the "geauuh" sound was recorded and speeded up for a Spike Jones studio piece.) On which Spike Jones song does the ten-times-a-second thing occur?


Richard: Yes, you should be breathing out because you are vocalizing as you are "popping" the tongue away from the palate.


Bye for now -- gotta go lead a folk song society meeting!

Sharon