Klarinet Archive - Posting 000913.txt from 1999/10

From: "Edwin V. Lacy" <el2@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Bb Soprano to Bass Clarinet
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 03:45:47 -0400

On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Daniel Stover wrote:

> On sax, i find tip-to-tip even harder, due to the virtually 90 degree
> angle of the mouthpiece to your mouth. I would think that would make
> you have to curve your tongue up to get under the tip. So anchor
> tonguing works well for me on saxes too. As for flute, articulation
> is kinda similar to anchor tonguing anyway so it's not much of an
> issue.

I am a woodwind doubler, and I'm afraid that I can't agree with any of the
above. But, I'm not sure that what you are describing is actually anchor
tonguing as it is commonly understood. For example, on the flute, do you
really "anchor" your tongue somewhere, such as on the lower teeth, while
tongueing with the middle part of the tongue in the top of the mouth. If
so, I would say that according to all the understanding I can muster of
articulation on the flute, this would in no way be described as normal.

I play all the woodwinds, and never anchor tongue on any of them, no
matter how small or how large, no matter what angle the instrument enters
the mouth, and no matter whether it is a single reed, a double reed, or no
reed. Further, I am very diligent when teaching to try to detect the
firsts signs of anchor tonguing and to root out the problem before it
becomes pervasive or habitual. That's what my ear tells me I have to do.

Ed Lacy
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Dr. Edwin Lacy University of Evansville
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