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Re: Clarinet tonguing

Author: Tom H
Date: 2018-04-24 06:08

Practice this: Start on low C. Play CCCDEEEFG and hold the G. Gradually faster and faster. Go as fast as you can and still do it cleanly 9 out of 10 times. Only then, try even a faster speed. Then do it up the scale and hold 3rd space C--ei. CCCDEEEFGGGABBBC a couple of times, then up & down---CCCDEEEFGGGABBBCBBBAGGGFEEEDC. Then up & down to high C (2 octaves). The idea is that it is easier to tongue on one note than deal with the tongue plus moving fingers. But, at various points you are tonguing 3 different notes ei. CCCDEEE--you are tonguing the middle CDE just as fast as the first 3 Cs. It took me a month or two and my tonguing went from fairly sad to impressive. Of course, you can then do it on all scales, major and minor(s), etc. I learned this studying with Leon Russianoff. It is one of the short studies in my book (see Advanced Clarinet Book thread).

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