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Author: megan
Date: 2000-09-28 02:59
When i first begin to play clarinet i never learned how to tongue . My old director never corrected me . now i would really like to try and tongue but i don't know if you can help please send me suggestions.
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Author: Sara
Date: 2000-09-28 03:16
Its hard to tell you how to do it right without actually bieng there, but a very basic explaination is to place the very tip of your tonguge on th etip of the reed kinda like going ti ti or ta ta. the best way to learn this however, is to sit down with someone on on one and that way they can give you specific details and pointers.Best of Luck!
Sara
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Author: Sara
Date: 2000-09-28 03:16
Its hard to tell you how to do it right without actually bieng there, but a very basic explaination is to place the very tip of your tonguge on th etip of the reed kinda like going ti ti or ta ta. the best way to learn this however, is to sit down with someone on on one and that way they can give you specific details and pointers.Best of Luck!
Sara
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Author: Steven
Date: 2000-09-28 04:16
I didn't tongue correctly for the first five years I played clarinet. I was always afraid of breaking my reed if I put the tip of my tongue to the tip of my reed, so I used to tongue abve my mouthpiece against the roof of my mouth. Now, I find use the tip of my tongue against the reed just below its tip. I find that it helps prevent spit from getting in my clarinet.
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Author: contragirl
Date: 2000-09-28 04:29
My teacher explained it to me as bringing the back of your tongue up, like you are going to make a hissing sound. The tip of your tongue would be aimed at the back of your top teeth,and you would hit the note"tah". But with this comes a embouchure where your mouth is saying Q (or O and E at the same time). The throat has to stay open and the air speed needs to be kept up to have a completely supported sound. Also the chin has to stay straight, my teacher used to tick a pencil between my mouthpiece and chin to make sure I wouldn't lose the straight chin. It's hard ot explain if no on eis there to correct you. I haven't gotten it down totally yet, myself.
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Author: Hiroshi
Date: 2000-09-28 04:46
Beginners may better understand first the word 'release'. Tonguing stops reed vibration. If tongue is lifted from the reed, the vibration of reed starts. This is release. Tonguing is just like a valve. Merely understanding this enables the player to speed up tonguing.
There are two ways to pronunciate:da,de,di for soft tonguing, and te,ta,ti for clear tonguing. D or T denotes how tongue tip is used and 'a','e','or i' denotes how the mouth cavity is shaped. (There are even people who assert that French players have benefits of thier pronunciation of French.)
Two ways to touch the reed by tongue. One uses tongue tip and another one uses more remote place of tongue. In the latter, the tip of the tongue is set behind the lower teeth row and is used as anchor point.
Another way of tonguing, which do not use tongue itself. You can whistle a tune and separate each note. This is done by an organ such like a voice gate(I do not know its terminology). This is used by Flutists when they play Debussy's Apres Midi d'un Faune. Clarinetist can also apply this method.
It might be a good idea to experiment to see what part of reed shoud be touched depending on the characteristics of music.
In short, tonguing can be developed by the player himself. If he develops wider techniques, he can also widen his expression. If he sticks to one simple way,he narrows his expression. I really think so. But this is very difficult to attain.
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Author: Don Poulsen
Date: 2000-09-28 15:07
Hiroshi--
I don't understand your differentiation between "t" and "d" sounds when tonguing. When speaking, "t" and "d" use the same tongue and mouth positions and movements, the difference being that "d"s are voiced (use the vocal chords) and "t"s are not. And since we typically don't use our vocal chords when playing the clarinet...
In regard to the vowel sounds of "a," "e" and "i," I can see how these could be used to describe oral cavity shape, which affects the tone produced; however, they are not directly related to tonguing.
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Author: J. Butler
Date: 2000-09-28 16:55
I have a little different approach to the problem. Does everyone wear the same shoe size? Is there only a "one size fits all" way to tongue? I believe that each individual has a different tongue size and shape. The best way for me to teach tonguing is to tell the student to try to touch the tip of the tongue to the tip of the reed as much as possible. I explain that not everyone has the same shoe or hand size and this placement will be different for each individual. Then I tell them to move their tongue back and forth (in and out) between the lips slightly with the tongue coming out, just a little, exactly between the lips. I then tell them to put the mouthpiece in their mouth but try to touch the reed lightly as if the toungue were coming out between the lips. This gets the student to a close proximity to where they should be touching the reed. Adjustments can be made by listening to the sound of the student. I also have them place the tongue to the reed BEFORE they begin blowing air and tell them that when they want the sound to start, just move the tongue back. I hope this helps.
J. Butler
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Author: Andy J.
Date: 2000-10-04 02:23
I kinda' sing into the clarinet... and sing the da, de, di etc..s into it.. it works pretty well for me.. this method also helps me keep my throat open when going through really fast imposably difficult parts when you forget to open your throat... eh..
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