As I said before, the trill sound /+/ is the least common sound in Spanish. Most of the time, you can replace the trill with a tap and you’ll be fine. Of course, I strongly encourage you to strengthen that sound since it can be tricky to use in Spanish at normal speed.
Build Awareness
razón [+ä.so̞n̪], perro [pe̞.+̞o], zorro [so.+o], arriba [ä.+i.βa], regalo [+̞e.gä.lo̞], rato [+ä.t̪o̞], ferrocarril [fe̞.+̞o.kä.+il], corre [ko̞.+̞e], tierra [t̪i.e̞.+ä]
Build Strength & Endurance
The drill below develops you ability to alternate between the trill /+/ and tap /&/, which you will need to occasionally do in Spanish. At the end of the file, you will hear me say some words like “ka…+e…&a” and “fe…+o…ka…+il.”
Once you’ve mastered the alveolar tap and trill drills, you will have covered ALL the problematic consonant sounds and combos. As you progress through the lessons, return to this index often to get your Spanish conditioning up.