Klarinet Archive - Posting 000163.txt from 1999/11

From: BEresman@-----.com
Subj: RE: [kl] Double Tonguing
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 02:29:03 -0500

Wayne wrote:

> No matter you pratice with ticka
> 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.

And Jim Responded:

No, it CAN be learned. I did it. And it can be practiced at any time, any

place, with or without your instrument. You can practice
"ticka-ticka-ticka-ticka-ticka-ticka-ticka-ticka-ticka" while reading the
newspaper, walking down the street, watching TV -- almost anywhere.

To which i add my hearty concurrence. I'm still not really *good* at it,
but i played clarinet for twenty years without being able to double-tongue,
and then was inspired by an article a colleague left on my music stand at a
band rehearsal. I tried it again--had to work on it for a while to get
anywhere, but eventually it came around. Actually, it's inspired me to
work harder on my single-tonguing as well. I still have a ways to go to
get to a stead 144, though.

Brent Eresman
YSI Precision Temperature

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