Klarinet Archive - Posting 000228.txt from 1997/07

From: "Lisa K. Clayton" <clayton@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: tonguing
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 19:26:35 -0400

All this info on tonguing reminds me of a question I've been
meaning to ask for awhile. On a copy of a King Oliver album
I have, the liner notes talk about Barney Bigard doing a
"slap tongue" technique, and describes it as "'Popping'
the reed with the tongue was hot stuff for a while, but
by 1926 the fat was, mercifully, dying out."

Any idea how "slap tongue" was done? I promise never
to do it in public, I'm basically just curious as to
the technique.

Thanks!

Lisa Clayton
clayton@-----.edu
(Dan Leeson Rules!)