Klarinet Archive - Posting 001319.txt from 1998/10

From: SDSCHWAEG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Anchor Tonguing
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 03:23:51 -0500

In a message dated 10/29/98 9:57:45 PM Central Standard Time,
deehays@-----.com writes:

<< These two problems can and often do occur in single lip players also (I
have
to guard against them myself). To get rid of the "thud" consult Daniel
Bonade's Clarinet Compendium.

Proper tonguing action is actually pulling the tongue off the reed to start
the note (i.e. step 3 above). Due to the natural assumptions people tend to
make from the word tonguing, they try to "hit" the reed with the tongue.
This easily leads to the "thud" type of sound.

This exercise may also be helpful in switching from anchor tonguing and
could possibly help the "puffing" you mention.

>>
Dee, this is EXACTLY how I normally teach tonguing, using Bonade's exercise.
I was, in fact, doing just this with this particular student. She didn't
realize at first that I didn't know she anchor tongued, and was getting
increasingly frustrated because she couldn't do the exercise the way I
described it. Any ideas how I could use it if we elect to keep her on anchor
tongue, one option Roger suggests? I know how to fix the "thud" problem with
tip-to-tip tonguers, but don't have any vocabulary to use with anchor-
tonguers.
Susan

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