Klarinet Archive - Posting 000518.txt from 1997/08

From: clarinat@-----.com (Nathaniel Johnson)
Subj: Re: double-tongue
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 1997 12:21:22 -0400

Does the kuh or kih happen ON the reed or behind it (on the hard/soft
pallate)?
(I know there may not be definitive answer, but I would be interested in
hearing what works for different people.)

-N=

On Wed, 13 Aug 1997 14:25:49 -0400 Fred <fsheim@-----.com> writes:
>I didn't believe that it was possible on clarinet either, and was
>conviced
>that it was impossible when I tried the Pino method described at
>Sneezy.
>However, Robert Spring's method worked immediatley for me, and now I
>know
>that it IS possible, and EASY to double tongue on the clarinet.
>Basically
>it is the same tuh-kuh method used on the flute and brass, but the
>-kuh
>part is more of a -kih that has to be "more forward in the mouth."
>When I
>did it more forward in the mouth it worked right away.
>
>Fred (fsheim@-----.com)
>
>At 01:29 PM 8/13/97 -0400, you wrote:
>>Oliver Schmidt wrote:
>>> I read that warmup abstract by Robert S. Spring. He writes about
>warming
>>> up the "double tongue". I'm really confused about that, because I
>>> thought it isn't possible on clarinet to do so.
>>>
>>> Is there anybody who can tell me how to practice "double tongue" ?
>>
>>There is an article at:
>>
>>http://sneezy.mika.com/clarinet/Study/DoubleTonguing.html
>>
>>--
>>Mark Charette Webmaster, http://sneezy.mika.com/clarinet/ - the
>>MIKA Systems, Inc Clarinet Info Pages . For Klarinet help, send
>>charette@-----.com
>>
>>
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