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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000057.txt from 2007/01

From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] double tonguing
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 01:14:01 -0500

Very important to practice DT cleanly (slowly at first) and not to play to
the point of exhaustion. In time, it will come. The admonition to work
slowly is especially important in scale work; don't always start on the key
note, and offset the Da-Ka stuff so the Da is sometimes off the beat.
Herb

On 1/4/07 8:28 PM, "Grace Tice" <gtice@-----.com> wrote:

> Hi Phil,
> I experienced the sore throat when practicing double-tonguing at first.
> Give it a few days off, then practice in shorter spurts. I used the Arban
> trumpet book exercises so I didn't have to invent any. While practicing DT,
> my single tonguing got significantly faster and that seems to be a lasting
> side benefit. I'll take it!
> Grace
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <philfrei@-----.com>
> To: <doublereed@-----.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 7:00 PM
> Subject: [DR-L] double tonguing
>
>
>> Hi All -
>>
>> Once again, I started putting some serious effort into learning to double
>> tongue, and immediately developed a cold & sore throat. Has this happened
>> to others? I'm starting to think, though, that maybe the sore throat is
>> from straining during my attempts to double tongue, and the cold, a case
>> of mistaken identity and just needing more rest. I do have a history of
>> taking on tension in the neck, more than most any other oboist I've ever
>> met.
>
>
>
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