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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000064.txt from 2007/01

From: Jackie Kovach <jl.kovach@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [DR-L] double tonguing
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 09:05:22 -0500

This is my mantra!

On Jan 5, 2007, at 8:54 AM, gtowle83@-----.net wrote:

> 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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Jacqueline Kovach, oboe
Temple University Music Prep faculty
Community College of Philadelphia, adjunct faculty
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