Klarinet Archive - Posting 000576.txt from 2003/08

From: Audrey Travis <vsofan@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Articulation Problems
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 10:42:11 -0400

Tony and Annie
Just as background information, I teach a homogeneous group of beginning
instrumentalists at the elementary school level (woodwind, brass and
percussion). I would appreciate your considered opinion(s) on how early in a
ten or eleven year old's musical instrument's life to begin teaching tongueing.
They do have a lot to contend with - learning to read music, embouchure, air
flow, finger position, posture, etc. Many have said they should learn to simply
slur everything for quite awhile (months), others say teach it along with
everything else at the beginning.

What are your thoughts?

Thanks!

Audrey

Tony Pay wrote:

> --- Anne Lenoir <AnneLenoir@-----.net> wrote:
>
> > Dear Howard, David and Mary,
> >
> > I personally suggested "Du-du-du-du-du" pronounced "do", because I
> > hear many people hitting the reed too hard and sounding like "tphew". I
> > like to hear a nice, relaxed legato at first. ANNIE
>
> I think you're better off thinking of it round the other way, as in
>
> "mud-ud-ud-ud"
>
> I wrote quite a long post about articulation, explaining this viewpoint, at
>
> http://www.woodwind.org/Databases/Logs/1999/09/000395.txt
>
> You might find it helps. (It starts with a bit of a philosophical discussion
> about what I call 'playing metaphors', because it was pulled out of another
> piece of writing, but don't let that put you off.)
>
> Tony
>

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