Klarinet Archive - Posting 000820.txt from 1999/05

From: SDSCHWAEG@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Tonguing
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 19:42:40 -0400

In a message dated 5/17/99 6:03:10 PM Central Daylight Time, dsears@-----.org
writes:

<< Please give me a hint. Which tonguing technique is "This tonguing
technique"? Is
it the pre-fingering method mentioned on this list, or the one in Bonade's
book,
or are they the same? I'm confused.
>>

They're the same thing, Doug. I've always called it "prepared fingers" or
"moving your fingers ahead" (real technical term here!). Think about a
series of staccato notes as a slurred passage, or even as a sustained note -
that is, maintain a constant air stream. The tongue merely interrupts this
air stream - while the tongue is on the reed, the air stream is continued so
that as soon as the tongue is released, tone results. If the tongue is off
the reed more than on it, you're playing more legato; if it's on the reed
more than off, the style is more detached. In this detached style, you move
your fingers ahead to the next note while the tongue is on the reed - in the
space between the two notes. That way, as soon as the tongue releases, the
next pitch sounds. It's a coordination thing, really. I'm getting kind of
wordy here - I think the Bonade book does a good job of explaining this
concisely, and provides some exercises for practicing it. I also really like
some of the Rose studies and the Klose exercises that were mentioned earlier.

Sue Schwaegler

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