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Re: Double/triple tounguing

Author: GMac
Date: 2006-05-08 12:48

You're having exactly the same problem I was having with it! What I would suggest is practice only on the 'gah' syllable for a while. Do slow scales, using only the 'gah' to articulate all the notes. If you can't get a clean attack, then think of accenting the 'gah' and really hitting it hard. Once you can do that, it will be easy to back off and make it lighter (while keeping the same definition). Then practice it normally (dah-gah) while still accenting the 'gah' and try to get your dah to sound like your gah. Remember also that if it sounds really legato and not too defined at a slow tempo, it may be just perfect at a fast tempo (at a fast tempo, articulated notes are going to sound short no matter what you do). By far the best way to judge this is have a teacher judge it for you! However, I realize this is not always a possibility.

Alternatively, maybe dah-kah or tah-kah is more for you. However, I personally found that you have to put more muscular effort into using these syllables so that in the end you will not be able to go as fast as when using dah-gah (the amount of muscular effort that you have to put into single tounging is the reason that most people can't single tounge as fast as double-tounge in teh first place).

Graham

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