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Author: Lori
Date: 2000-10-19 16:23
I started playing the clarinet as an anchor tounger, but changed the habit early in my college career to improve my articulation. I didn't have a terribly difficult time changing techniques. Now I have a student that is trying to stop anchor tounging, but the excercises that I am familiar with are not working.
I realize that the most effective way to change a habit is through consistant, slow tempo practice of a new technique, but does anyone have any tips?
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Author: jb
Date: 2000-10-19 21:24
Just out of curiousity, what is anchor tounging?
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Author: Sam
Date: 2000-10-19 21:40
Anchor tounging is a bad thing for most players, and it is better not to know about it in the first place.
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Author: Dee
Date: 2000-10-19 21:45
jb wrote:
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> Just out of curiousity, what is anchor tounging?
This is where the player places the tip of the tongue behind the back teeth and keeps it "locked" in that position while tonguing with some other portion of the tongue. Generally it is slower than normal tonguing (tip of tongue to tip of reed) and doesn't give as clean a tonguing. Of course there are exceptions.
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Author: earl thomas
Date: 2000-10-20 01:40
I'd suggest concentrating on the "dick tracy chin" while aiming the tongue towards the gum line of the upper teeth, utilizing a soft-like articulation similar to saying "thoo-thoo-thoo" and making the tongue movements as small and short as possible - nearly undetectable. Anchor tongueing may be very hard to break for some and quite easy for others. I've seen it take months in some pupils and a day or two in others. I've also seen the "dick tracy chin" take quite a while to develop in some and hardly anytime at all in others. But, as you say, consistant practice of fairly simply tongueing exercises will accomplish the goal....eventually. We might remember that some people have very long tongues, and I've hard that used as an excuse for anchor tongueing, but I'll never buy it, since we don't talk with our tongue anchored behind the lower teeth, now do we? However, be advised that there are a lot of very successful players out there who do anchor tongue, which only proves that if you work hard enough at the wrong technique, you can achieve good results. Sincerely, E.T.
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