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Author: Justin
Date: 2000-04-27 02:21
I first learned music on the flute, but that doesn't matter because I don't reme,ber anything from. Ive been through more instruments than Microsoft has lawsuits before I settled on clarinet. When I played recorder, my tacher said to pronounce the letter t when tounguing, and now on clarinet I make that little popping/clicking/t sound. My private clarinet teacher gave me the following advice for smooth, clear tonguing:
Touch the reed with the tip of your tongue.
Now, is this touch the tip of the reed with the tip of your tongue, touch the tip of the reed with your tongue, or just as he said, touch the reed with the tip of your tongue? Confused? So am I. Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-04-27 02:36
Tip to tip is the most common method - tip of your tongue to the tip (just past the edge) of the reed.
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<br>It's interesting to note that the physical tip of the tongue and what people perceive to be the tip of the tongue are sometimes not the same place - but the idea works.
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Author: Lisa
Date: 2000-05-01 15:11
I know exactly where you're coming from Justin. I just finished my first year of university studying clarinet, and had to completely re-learn how to tongue. It can be QUITE a difficult and frustrating process. Aim for making the tip of your togue touch the tip of the reed as lightly as possible. It's very tedious to re-learn something like this. Keep at it.
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Author: Frank
Date: 2000-05-01 19:50
Justin:
That's very good general advice. However, not everyone has the same shape tongue. Some tongues are larger than others, longer than others, etc. Tip of reed tip of tongue is a general guideline. I tounge a little behind the tip of my tongue because of my oral physiology. I also know people that use the extreme tip of both tongue and reed to tongue. It all depends on your oral cavity. But the advice you have received from your teacher is a fabulous starting point.
Good luck,
Frank
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Author: Frank
Date: 2000-05-01 19:55
Addendum: While not being able to be there to hear you tongue, it does sound as though you may be doing "slap tonguing." It's a tonguing technique more closely associated with saxophone. It's an extremely inefficient method and is used only for effect. It is produced by using "too much" tongue-reed contact. You might use this info as a point to work backward from.
Good Luck
Frank
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