Klarinet Archive - Posting 000296.txt from 1997/07

From: Jan Wilmaers <jwilmaers@-----.be>
Subj: Re: tonguing
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:44:31 -0400

My teacher is able to do this, but only on bass clarinet.

You must place your tongue flat on your reed (deep). Then at the same
time blow some air and get your tongue away from the reed. If you do it
right, you get a popping sound. Not easy, he has performed it in public
but it is always a big guess !

Jan
jwilmaers@-----.be

> >
> > 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!)
> >