Klarinet Archive - Posting 000640.txt from 1996/12

From: skubi@-----.org
Subj: Re: double tongue
Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 18:23:48 -0500

IR>Hi all,
IR> I am a senior and am applying to colleges ........
IR>
IR> I consider myself lucky because I can single tongue at approx. 160
IR>bpm. Will double tongue-ing help me to improve this speed at all? I
IR>tried for about a week, but only got up to about 100. I have been told
IR>that it would be useless to learn because I can tongue at a reasonable
IR>tempo already. Is it really worth learning (I know people who swear by

Dont know about US colleges BUT I, like you have always had a very
fast single tongue. I've never encountered anything that I couldn't
single tongue on clarinet or saxes. When I try double-tonguing it is
slow and I get a 'quacking' sound. In almost 25 years of clarinet I've
never needed double tonguing.
I have an interesting problem though in that on the flute, my
single tongue is very much slower and I have to resort to double
tonguing constantly. I have not been able to figure out what I am doing
differently on flute that it is so much slower. Any doublers out there
have a thought?
If there is any connection, I also have a lot of trouble flutter
tonguing on single reeds and flute as well.
THANKS!
Tom Skublics
Mississauga, Ontario CANADA
skubi@-----.org
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