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Re: Anchor tonguing? really the wrong way to go?

Author: Ed Palanker
Date: 2011-04-16 16:38

First let me say that I doubt that the Average clarinet player can tongue 16th notes at 140 for any length of time. Sure, there are many players that can do that but certainly not the Average player. With that said, I think clarinetguy gave you very good advise. In Perter Hadcock's book The Working Clarinetists, he tells how he always anchor tongued as well as tonguing the "proper" way. It is true that most teachers will change a student to tongue the "proper" way and that is probably a good thing for most students because anchor has it's limitations with most students. With that said, if you can anchor tongue well but have limitations you should learn to tongue the "proper" way as well and if necessary use both techniques as the passage calls for. The most important thing is to make the music sound musical regardless of how you accomplish it.
Some players that have long or thick tongues have to use alternate ways of tonguing like double tonguing to play certain passages correctly. I have some suggestions on tonguing on my clarinet pages on my website if you're interested but I do not cover anchor tonguing. ESP http://eddiesclarinet.com

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