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First the bad news. There are two kinds of rolled r. Second the good news. Once you can do it, it will help you sound right when speaking Spanish, and Indonesian. And several more. Italian. Russian. Arabic. Also regional dialects of several countries.
The advice is quite simple. Pull your tongue back from the right behind your teeth and blow. Just keep doing this several times a day for several days and one day you will find you have relaxed and are doing it right.
If you want to locate articles and demonstrations, it is called a rolled r, or an alveolar trill. The alveolar is the ridge in the roof of your mouth behind your top teeth.
Other systems include practising saying pot of tea.
Pull your tongue back saying three,but pretend you are falling asleep, open your mouth wide and hardly touch the roof of the your mouth with your tongue.
Even if you cannot yet say it, listen out for it. You will be able to identify people from Indonesia speaking English. It is a handy conversation opener that you know which country they are from or that you want to learn how to roll your rs.
You could also visit a bilingual Spanish speaking Toastmasters Club. Or and English speaking Indonesian club such as Empire.
Useful Websites
A jolly couple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTR6gYYW5xU
A cute girl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Sid6MQvTRQ
https://www.toastmasters.org/Find-a-Club/04634690-spanish-bilingual-sf
https://www.toastmasters.org/Find-a-Club/01491511-empire-toastmasters-club
https://www.quora.com/Whats-a-good-way-to-practice-the-alveolar-trill-rolling-R-that-is-present-in-many-Romance-languages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_dental,_alveolar_and_postalveolar_trills
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