Klarinet Archive - Posting 000084.txt from 2009/06

From: kurtheisig@-----.net
Subj: Re: [kl] question concerning tonguing
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:27:13 -0400

Danyel,

The tongue itself does not start the air vibrating, but the air. The tongue releases the air.

In a lesson in college with Clement Hutchinson, he was giving me an exercise from Arey, and telling me how to tongue. With trepidation I told him that it did not sound like that was what he was doing. He spent a few minutes tonguing and then told me that what he was actually doing was tonguing the top edge of the bevel at the end of the mouthpiece with the under side of the tip of his tongue. Clem was an amazing player, and taught beside Arey at Eastman in the late '30's.

Kurt

-----Original Message-----
>From: corvo di bassetto <rab@-----.de>
>Sent: Jun 30, 2009 6:11 AM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] question concerning tonguing
>
>Dear colleagues,
>
>It appears that touching the reed with the tongue -- in single
>tonguing any how --, is not only considered standard technique but
>virtually the only possible one ever discussed in any book or taught
>by any teacher -- or not?
>
>I was not successful in spotting any reference where a "t" on the
>palate or any other single-tonguing technique that would not involve
>touching the reed was ever referred to, except for the old "reed
>above" school.
>
>Has there been a past thread on that issue?
>To me it seems that playing portato can be made more delicate if I
>don't actually touch the reed and have taught that over the years to
>many students with pleasing results.
>
>Best wishes,
>danyel
>
>
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