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Author: si bemol
Date: 2004-01-05 00:25
I'm trying to learn how to double-tongue. I've found two very good articles on this site, one by David Pine and one by Clark Fobes.
What's not clear to me is the position of the tongue on the "other" stroke (the "k" in the t-k-t-k). Is the wind stopped by the tongue against the palate? Or by the tongue against the reed?
Any advice from those who have mastered double-tonguing would be greatly appreciated!
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(vaguely related to the question above...)
A clarinetist walks on stage for an orchestra audition. He plays through the required concerto and a number of excerpts. The committee and conductor are impressed. Someone from the committee says "thank you, that was excellent."
"Thank you," the candidate replies. "Now would you like to hear me play thome articulathionth"?
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Author: Jimmy
Date: 2004-01-05 01:32
The clarinet was not really made to double toung. nor was any other single reed instrument. I have heard it done well, so that the crispness of the single toung is equilled. What are you playing that you need ot double toung for anyway?
Jimmy
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Author: Brent
Date: 2004-01-05 13:09
When i double tongue, at least, the "k" is produced by the tongue against the upper palate. When it's done very fast and especially in the upper registers, it isn't a complete stopping of the air, just enough to make it sound as though it is tongued.
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Author: William
Date: 2004-01-05 15:06
Another method of double tonguing is done by flicking the tongue over the beak (tip) of the mouthpiece/reed, enunciating the tone as the tongue passes over on its way up, and again on its way down. John Bruce-Yeh, Associate Principal Clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra uses this method, and you can hear it in his recording of the Nielson Clarinet Concerto.
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Author: Wes
Date: 2004-01-05 23:29
When you learn to double tongue, you may realize that one can double tongue with long notes and short spaces or else with very short notes and longer spaces, both on the t and the k sylables. If the passage is very fast and the notes are staccato, as in the Bartered Bride, one may well find that the double tonguing with very short notes is best as it makes it easier to tongue fast enough.
With practice, you can learn to double tongue very well. Even with a fast single tongue, the ability to double tongue can make it easier to play. I believe that one should practice double tonguing at both slow and fast speeds although it would not ever be used at slow tempos. It is easier to double tongue on the clarinet than on the oboe but both can be mastered with practice and patience.
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