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Articulation Resources?

Author: MillerMile
Date: 2017-05-06 07:38

Hi,

I recently made great improvements by playing some Kell Staccato Studies, but I am looking for more comprehensive resources that will help me improve my articulation. I want my single tonguing to be much quicker, but I also want to develop a reliable double-tongue across the registers if I cannot increase the speed of my single tongue.

Are there any books/studies that include a large amount of material to play as well as extensive explanations to aid in improving single and double-tonguing?

Thanks,
Joshua Miller

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Re: Articulation Resources?

Author: johng ★2017
Date: 2017-05-07 03:14

Someone else can probably give a list of good articulation books, but I think a great resource is as close as your metronome and a scale book. If you could get a hold of the oboe or flute version of Gillet's Exercises for Scales, Intervals, and Staccato. that is a rich resource. There once was a clarinet version, but I don't think it is published any longer.

John Gibson, Founder of JB Linear Music, www.music4woodwinds.com

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Re: Articulation Resources?

Author: DAVE
Date: 2017-05-09 06:07

Once many years ago I noticed that the clarinet player sitting next to me had a quicker tongue than mine. He really didn't sound all that good, but his articulation was faster. I decided that over the summer I would just tongue as much as I could, so I began tonguing the whole Baermann book cover to cover every day. I had the time, so I did it. I kept the metronome around 90-112, usually just keeping it at 100. Nothing special was needed, just tonging as accurately and lightly as I could. Voicing and tongue placement was critical.

What happens over time is that you will just get more comfortable tonguing, and if you are careful with the placement and touch of the tongue to the reed, the speed should come naturally without forcing it. It will feel as natural as slurring.

So my point really is that you already likely own enough books to get going.

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