Klarinet Archive - Posting 000777.txt from 2002/11

From: Karl Krelove <karlkrelove@-----.net>
Subj: RE: [kl] Introducing tongueing - was "teaching clarinet"
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 00:00:05 -0500

Start tonguing as soon as a sound has been produced - second lesson in a
class, possibly (but not necessarily) first lesson in a private lesson. The
longer a student starts notes in some other way, the more likely you are
later to hear "but it's easier the other way."

Karl Krelove

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Audrey Travis [mailto:vsofan@-----.ca]
> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2002 10:03 AM
> To: klarinet@-----.org
> Subject: Re: [kl] Introducing tongueing - was "teaching clarinet"
>
>
> To extend this topic to teaching a beginner tongueing - at what point
> would you teach a rank beginner to tongue? As soon as the student can
> produce the first decent sound? A week or up to a month later? Much
> later? Does the answer change if this is a band class with many
> clarinet students?
>
> I would very much appreciate the collective wisdom of those on the list
> who teach beginners.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Audrey

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