Klarinet Archive - Posting 000357.txt from 2002/04

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] slaptongue
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 18:52:57 -0400

Ironically, one of the main problems I've noticed in students of mine who
used anything like "anchor tonguing" was in fact that it was easier for them
in careless moments to produce a slap-tongue effect. I'm not sure that the
bang you get with slap-tonguing comes from the reed hitting the mouthpiece,
as Fernando described. I've always thought (with no high technology imaging
devices to prove it) that the sound comes from the suction created against
the reed with the hollow of your tongue that forms if you use the middle of
the tongue carelessly. (Or deliberately to create the effect). When the
suction releases, the "pop" happens.

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Audrey Travis [mailto:vsofan@-----.ca]
> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 4:50 PM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] slaptongue
>
>
> Oh boy! You mean there's actually an advantage to what I do so
> well and am
> trying desperately to correct (anchor tongueing)???? Whew!!
>
> Audrey
>
> Fernando Silveira wrote:
>
> >
> > The slap togue works backwords(?): the part of the tongue that
> touch the tip
> > of the reed is the midle. The tip of the tongue should be under
> the reed,
> > touching your lips and, the midle of the tongue should touch the reed
>
>
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