Klarinet Archive - Posting 000471.txt from 2004/03

From: Richard Bush <rbushidioglot@------.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Tounging technique...
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:23:16 -0500

I don't know if anyone can say much about your tonguing technique
without first hearing you play. Have others personally commented to you
on your tonguing, positively or negatively?

I think that one should be able to tongue a rather hard, stung
sfortzando, a strong marcato, a smooth legato, a very light, almost
nonexistent "brush stroke " legato and a stopped tongue, extremely
short staccato. To sum it up, one must have many variations and styles
of tonguing to contribute to the interpretation of music.

If your tonguing technique offers such variety, then you're probably
OK. If it works for you, if it doesn't introduce certain problems or
handicap your playing in any way, then use it.

Richard Bush
rbushidioglot@------.net

On Mar 8, 2004, at 6:31 AM, Timothy J. Kosto II wrote:

> As a young musician, probably about eighth grade, I learned an
> apparently
> acceptable, although certainly not traditional, tounging technique.
> My Dad
> used to always say that my tounging was harsh and I developed a
> technique in
> which I tounge the roof of my mouth, much like brass players would,
> rather than
> the tip of the reed. I recently read David Pino's Calrinate and
> Clarinet
> Playing in which he describes the same technique that I have been
> using for
> fifteen years.

CLIP
>
> Thanks for any advice.
>
> Tim