Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2014-09-24 21:05
SRK wrote:
> Yes. Basically, anything where I have to tongue thinking about
> the syllable TUT which makes a note short. I mean when I do
> TU-TU-TU-TU it all sounds fine but as soon as I introduce a
> short gap between the notes by keeping the tongue on the tip of
> the reed for some time, doing TUT-TUT-TUT, strange things start
> happening
So, when you stop the reed, you may be pressing too hard with your tongue or adding pressure as you release, which can distort the "attack" (which is what acousticians seem to call the beginning of the note). Unless you're trying for a particular effect, the start of the note should be clean but not harsh. Instead of thinking tut--tut, maybe try tut---ut---ut (with no beginning 't') or tut--dut--dut. I'm not pushing any particular syllable, but you have to find what image works best.
You may be stopping the air once you've stopped the reed. Air needs to precede releasing the reed, so if you stop it during the silence, you need to restart the air pressure before your tongue moves.
Your embouchure shouldn't change as part of the articulation process. If you're clinching your jaw as you pull your tongue away or there's any visible movement in your mouth or jaw as you stop or start a note, it will cause distortion - anything from a scoop in pitch to a failure of the note to speak immediately.
The trouble is that except for externally visible jaw movement it's really hard for a teacher to tell what's going on inside your mouth or with your breathing. So it has largely to be diagnosed by the sound. If your teacher is a fantastic player who may not ever have had to deal with this kind of problem in his own playing, he may not be able to do this well.
Whatever you try, keep in mind that in general good staccato (in its broadest sense - articulated, or separated, detached notes ) is good sound with spaces.
> P.S.
> The thing that upsets me even more is that when I used to play
> trumpet my staccato tonguing was just fine and I never even
> considered it as something much different from regular
> tonguing....
I need to run, but I want to come back to this later.
Karl
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