Author: Liam Murphy
Date: 2008-01-29 05:18
Clarinet BBoard,
It has been about ten months since I abandoned my "incorrect" tonguing techniques, in response to my instructor's repeated requests, -- and my conventional "tip-of-the-tongue-on-the-tip-of-the-reed" tonguing is coming along nicely. I have never read any article, nor heard a verbal explanation of the ways that I used to tongue.
Basically I am asking this question out of curiosity:
Has anyone ever used/witnessed tonguing techniques similar to the following explanations?
1)
-- Tongue Position: Sandwiched in front of the back-teeth, behind the bottom lip.
-- Method of attack: Pushing the lower lip with the tongue until the reed stops vibrating. (This did produce a clear staccato, but legato was difficult)
-- Register of use: mostly the chalemeau, and lower clarion. Any higher and the attack would not be crisp.
-- My top speed (single): 125 Sixteenths
-- My top speed (double): circa 144 Sixteenths. The secondary attack was a "Ka" syllable. My current double tonguing is a lot more efficient and clear (around 185 Sixteenths)
2)
-- Tongue Position: far at the back of my mouth. Like when you'd try to sing your lowest possible note with an "Oar" sound.
-- Method of attack: quickly throwing the back of the tongue forward in a "Yah"-like motion.
-- Register of use: anything higher than clarion F.
-- My top speed: 120 eighth notes. Double was impossible for me. (faster was possible in short bursts, no longer that 6 notes in a row)
This may seem ridiculously complex compared to the "conventional" tonguing method, however it seemed to be the natural way for me to tongue
As you might have guessed, when I explained all of this to my instructor, he was a little horrified. At the time I was tackling repertoire like the Copland and Weber Concertos.
Anyway, descriptions of "anchor" and other esoteric tonguing techniques do not seem to fit mine. I was hoping to know if these are unique to me, or if there are others out there that are similar and documented.
Thanks for anyone's help,
-Liam
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