Klarinet Archive - Posting 001345.txt from 1998/10

From: "Carl Schexnayder" <carlsche@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Anchor Tonguing
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:46:15 -0500

I sent this message a few mintes before reading this one, and don't want to
repeat the whole thing.......and I don't mean to butt-in, but the main thing
is that the tongue, (whichever part), touches the tip of the reed.
Carl Schexnayder

>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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