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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000063.txt from 2007/01
From: gtowle83@-----.net
Subj: Re: [DR-L] double tonguing
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 08:54:11 -0500
Harold et al.,
As the great Stevens Hewitt says, "The secret is in slow."
Best,
john
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: herb fawcett <herbgosia@-----.net>
> 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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