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Author: newplayer
Date: 2011-03-27 20:47
Hi - my teacher, who is an excellent player and very experienced teacher, has told me that I should use the tongue to start a phrase, to start a slur, to make repeated sounds of the same note and to play stacato notes. Otherwise I shouldn't use the tongue. Is this right?
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Author: Tobin
Date: 2011-03-27 21:05
There's not much left after that. I might disagree with some of the absolutes implied by those directions, except that directions like that are usually given to those who rarely tongue. Is that your issue?
James
Gnothi Seauton
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Author: Joseph Brenner, Jr.
Date: 2011-03-27 22:40
If, as your screen name implies, you are new to the clarinet, then I understand why your teacher might say what you report. It's good to have basic guidelines to learn from.
I'm not sure, though, that the tongue has such a limited use. A series of different notes that is neither staccato nor slurred may be tongued to show the separation between the notes; for example, the notes of a scale. One may also use the tongue, not to start or stop a note, but to shape the sound by raising part of it to direct or focus the flow of air.
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Author: lovemmi777
Date: 2011-03-27 23:26
the way that id think about it is when you dont need to tongue... so pretty much just during slurs... ^_^
helpful??? good luck with your clarinet!!! O_o
~lovemmi777<3
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Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2011-03-28 15:42
The tongue can be used in many subtle ways.
It is normal to pull your tongue off of the reed to start a tone, but being able to make a clean breath attack is a good thing to have in your quiver of expressive tools.
A subtle nudge of the reed can beautify a phrase.
The degree of reed nudge, reed slap, no touchie and the coordination with control of your airstream my modulating your air support all contribute to your expressiveness.
Since your teacher left out the use of the tongue to start a note, I'd guess that, perhaps, your normal attack is a bit harsh and the teacher is trying to get you to moderate that --which is not just tongue, but airstream.
Experiment.
Bob Phillips
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