Klarinet Archive - Posting 000656.txt from 1996/02

From: John Roman <JohnARoman@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: curiosity
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 15:08:07 -0500

You wrote:

<<Hello everyone! Just out of curiosity, how many of you can double tongue
and/or triple tongue... Thanks for your time and efforts

Danielle>>

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Hi Danielle,

I've only got one tongue but it works just fine! :)

Seriously, I read the discussions of double tongueing techniques that were
posted to the list a few weeks ago with great interest but as an outsider to
the subject.

I've never had any inclination to learn to double tongue. It has always
seemed to me that when my tongue is working (sometimes it's not and I can't
figure out why but I suspect the setup rather than my own physiology), it's
more than adequate to keep up with what I'm trying to play.

I'm also not sure that I can tell when someone else is double or triple
tongueing on a clarinet. I'd be interested to know how many members of this
list can discern a difference and how many think of double tongueing as a
necessary tool for an accomplished clarinetist.

I think that the reason I've hesitated to investigate this area as it relates
to my own playing is my belief in the old adage, "If it works, don't fix it".
I'm afraid that if I start to think too much about what I'm doing and how
I'm doing it, the clean and relatively rapid single tongue which I can
usually count on, may take a hike for good. Any thoughts?

John