Klarinet Archive - Posting 000156.txt from 1999/11

From: David Glenn <notestaff@-----.de>
Subj: Re: [kl] Double Tonguing
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 02:28:56 -0500

Can't leave that unchallenged!

If double tonguing doesn't work at first, try again, work at it, keep trying! I
couldn't do it at first either.

One day, I met a Czech clarinettist who did it and I had him try it on my Wurlitzer
clarinet because I *really* thought it was impossible. He did it just as well as on
his own Buffet.

So I went to work. It took me *three years* before it sounded acceptable at most
times. About a year and a half ago, I went to the clarinet acadamy in Belgium to
work on my single tounging with Bob Spring. I played a piece for him with a couple
spots of double tonging in it. He said he hadn't noticed that I had used double. If
it sounds acceptable to an expert like that, it must be OK.

But, plan on working on it for a long time before you can use it reliably.

David
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chi chan wrote:

> No matter you pratice with tickaticka or kicka,or wicka etc. one still can,t get
> the double tongue work, because it is a gift. If you cannot do it at the
> beginning, just well to leave it behind.
>
> Wayne
>
> Ian Black wrote:
>
> > Maybe a silly question, but I assume that the double tonguing we refer to is
> > best described as the sound made when one says "tikatikatika" etc.?
> > Can those who get it to work use it on any fast-tongued passage? (the one
> > that springs to mind is the bit at the end of the second phrase, third
> > movement of the Mozart Concerto - I wonder what made me think of the Mozart?
> > Hmmmm...)
> >
> > Oh, and related to the sheep shrinking question, why isn't *phonetic* spelt
> > the way it sounds?
> >
> > Slainte!
> >
> > Ian
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Christopher Hill <Christopherhill@-----.net>
> >
> > > I also found it much easier to double tongue on flute than clarinet.
> > > However, I'm now comfortable double tonguing on clarinet. I started by
> > > getting it to sound good on an open G, then working my way down to the
> > > lowest E. I then worked my way up into the upper register. I would first
> > > practice repeating tones, then would work on scaler passages. I did this
> > > for about 5 minutes per day for 2-3 years before I could do it well
> > > enough to use it in an exposed passage. (I'm a very patient person
> > > blessed with a quick single tongue, so there was no rush for me.) Bob
> > > Spring at Arizona State has some articles on double tonguing, which
> > > should speed up the process considerably. It's a very useful skill.
> > > Chris
> > >
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>

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