Klarinet Archive - Posting 000429.txt from 1999/01

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] re: Tongue speed
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:42:18 -0500

On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, David Blumberg wrote:

> Ok. I'll explain. Single tonguing tip, to tip ( slightly below the tip) if
> defined that way, can also be done with the tongue moving from side to
> side. The tongue is still hitting the reed for each and every articulation
> (unlike double tonguing which a syllable is used). Most players tongues do
> not work that way, and speed is very, very slow. But some can. And those
> that can do that can tongue cleanly (single) at speeds way above 200
> "single" sixteenths and never get tired. Speed is not an issue. Most
> certainly a circus trick. Does triplets also.

To my mind, what you describe is double-tonguing, akin to David
Pino's "tuttle" method, but simple turned sideways. The fact
that the tongue approaches the reed from one direction and then
reverses that direction the next time it makes contact is pre-
cisely the principle on which double-tonguing is based, elim-
inating wasted momentum.

Neil

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