Klarinet Archive - Posting 000141.txt from 1998/09

From: "David C. Blumberg" <reedman@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] re:1812 ov and rapid tonguing
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1998 08:21:13 -0400

I am a junior in high school and we are going to be playing 1812, this year,
and I was wondering if anyone had some tips to play this piece other than
practicing it every day. I know that I will need to learn double tounging
for the last part, but I am not sure how to go about this. Are there any
resources other than sneezy.org about this subject.
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Patrick Deal
pdeal@-----.net

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You won't need to double tongue for the last part. It is called burst
tonguing (by Stanley Hasty), and you would be surprised at how fast you can
tongue only a couple of notes. Burst tonguing is what happens when you have
a couple of notes (just like the 1812 ov finale). A longer passage would
possibly need double tonguing (or just a quicker tongue).
A favorite tonguing exercise of mine (and Bob Spring) is page 22 of the
Langenus part 3 method.
David Blumberg
reedman@-----.com
http://www.sneezy.org/clarinet/Music/Blumberg.html

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