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Author: Tad
Date: 2000-06-28 13:47
Should I stop my tonguing that is done without touching the clarinet reed?
I tongue just like when I play the trumpet: Touching the anterior area of the hard palate, i.e., just behind the upper front teeth-- without ever touching the reed.
Is this ok? Please help.
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Author: Mark Charette
Date: 2000-06-28 14:10
Tad wrote:
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Should I stop my tonguing that is done without touching the clarinet reed?
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Standard tonguing technique is to touch the tip of the tongue to the tip of the reed - a physical (but light) touch.
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Author: John
Date: 2000-06-28 14:15
No one knew I was tonguing on the roof of my mouth until I reached college! I didn't know it was wrong and must have sounded OK, even to professional private lesson teachers. My college teacher got me to change. Although it was a frustrating 3 or 4 months, it was for the better. So, do it.
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Author: Graham Elliott
Date: 2000-06-28 15:36
i don't understand how you can do this. How can you get the tongue past the mouthpice so it touches just behind the upper teeth?
Tad wrote:
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Should I stop my tonguing that is done without touching the clarinet reed?
I tongue just like when I play the trumpet: Touching the anterior area of the hard palate, i.e., just behind the upper front teeth-- without ever touching the reed.
Is this ok? Please help.
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Author: Lelia
Date: 2000-06-28 16:33
Graham Elliott wrote:
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i don't understand how you can do this. How can you get the tongue past the mouthpice so it touches just behind the upper teeth?
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I can do it, too. It all depends on how somebody's mouth is put together. I have a slight overbite and a fairly prominent ridge of gums behind my top front teeth, so I can tongue up there without touching the reed. IMHO, it's not a bad idea for people who *can* do this type of tonguing to go ahead and learn it. Usually, I tongue on the reed, but double- and triple-tonguing is much, much easier and faster if you never touch the reed.
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Author: RJ
Date: 2000-06-28 16:59
I also tongued this way all through high school. I find single-tonguing to be much easier for me now that I am doing it right.
RJ
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Author: allison
Date: 2000-06-30 00:26
I learned that way in grade school from an old army band clarinet instructor years ago. When I got older I relearned, but to this day revert to the old way if I get super tired. It is kind of nice cause it gives your tongue muscles a break... and no one I know has ever known when I was using it. Took my teachers a long time to figure it out in the first place.
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Author: Rob
Date: 2000-07-01 01:37
I tounged that way for the first few years I played. I was not taught that way, it just felt more "natural" to me as a beginner. I re-learned because I could never get enough speed or differentiation of tounging styles doing it that way.
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