I'm making this thread in inspiration of this thread:
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that I saw because I have the opposite problem; I can easily do the uvular trill, but have extreme difficulty doing the voiced fricatve (VF) or an approximant.
I'm learning French right now and it feels so disgusting pronouncing words with R's and a trill comes out. And it sounds awkward because the trill is very strong and it's not a sound that can be pronounced lightly. I haven't the slightest idea how to pronounce the fricative and I feel like I've exhausted all the resources I've been able to find on how to pronounce it, but I simply can't. I can pronounce its unvoiced variant with ease in words like trois as an example, but voiced? Have not once been successful. Either it becomes a trill, it's unvoiced, or it's not audible (according to natvies who've heard me speak). Or in other words, it sounds weird, too harsh, or is not heard at all. It is especially problematic with words that end in R, where the sound I produce becomes an unvoiced trill.
Can anyone give me tips? It really kills my confidence when trying to speak French because I'm confident on almost any other sound.