Klarinet Archive - Posting 000634.txt from 1997/08

From: Robert and Deborah Shaw <theshaws@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Fast tongue- fastest
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 11:46:50 -0400

David, I have to agree with you about musicianship. I certainly cannot
tongue as fast as you do, I can tongue 16th at quarter@-----. Of course
that is in tonguing pracice. Fitting that into a musical context takes
even more practice and concentration for every situation!

Deborah
David C. Blumberg wrote:
>
> I multiple tongue like Keith Stein did, and can tongue 16ths. at 300+, for
> a really long time without getting tired. I just (not only can I, but I
> just tried it to confirm it) tongued an octave chromatic scale up AND down
> (25 notes) in one second. The entire range of the Clarinet Low E to High G
> and down in 3 sec(2.98 sec). I kid you not.
> Keith Stein (former Princ. Chicago Sym.) swung his tongue from side to side.
> Hey, I'd do it on the David Letterman show (under stupid Human tricks) if
> it paid well...
> On a more mature note, fast, faster, fastest, doesn't mean crap. How
> musically you play, how well you connect the notes, how you sound, and how
> well you play in tune is what wins auditions, not these silly pyrotechnics.
>
> David C. Blumberg
> reedman@-----.com
>
> Date: Fri, 15 Aug 1997 13:53:20 -0500 (EST)
> From: howard klug <hklug@-----.edu>
> Subject: Re: tounging speed
>
> Dear Group:
>
> Bob is, in fact, in Belgium at this very moment, and he says that
> ...yes, he can tongue at the rate of 288 for 16ths.
>
> H Klug

   
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