Klarinet Archive - Posting 000053.txt from 1994/11

From: Timothy Tikker <tjt@-----.ORG>
Subj: Re: Flutter tonguing
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 1994 12:13:27 -0500

On Thu, 3 Nov 1994, Michiya Nishino wrote:

> Hello!
>
> For our next Wind Ensemble concert, we're going to play Gunther
> Schuller's _On Winged Flight: A Divertimento for Band_. In the
> fifth movement "Parody," in the second divisi for first Bb clarinet,
> flutter tonguing is required on c2 (the long c). Does anyone have any
> advice/hints/tips on how to do this? I can roll my tongue, but I can't
> do it with the mouthpiece in my mouth. Thanks in advance!

Flutist Robert Dick recommends the glottal trill instead of the tongue
for his instrument. It wold make even more sense for the clarinet, and
it's what a teacher of mine had recommended.