Klarinet Archive - Posting 000753.txt from 1999/11

From: chi chan <lokshing@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Double Tonguing
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 00:25:25 -0500

Dear Black,

Don't miss understand what I meant please. Ha! When practising double tonguing,
tickaticka helps, but only a little. I don't know how old are you and how long you
have been played the clarinet. I have been played that crazy instrument for 43 years
and performed Mozart clarinet concerto more than hundred times. I found that a lot
performer including myself skip the tonguing while playing the 3rd movement (Rondo)
of Mozart's concerto whenever not in good performing status. It is much easier to do
the double tonguing in flute palying than clarinet all just because of the
mouthpiece. Tickaticka helps a lot in flute. Try to put your thumb into the mouth,
you will find that the tongue can hardly move. Same way to the clarinet. If you
really want to play the 3rd movement as the music written ( many editor change the
tonguing so as the performer) try to get more space inside the mouth after bite the
mouth- piece.

Chan

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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