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Re: Growth to expect in tonguing speed

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2019-03-24 04:33

I would also LOVE to hear input from others on the SLOW vs FAST tongue issue. We don't really talk about this in a helpful way. Many who have fast tongues assume that we "slower" folks are not using proper technique or have not invested enough practice time. I can say as a retired Army clarinetist that I have worked on speed in every way possible and tonguing 16th notes at a quarter note equals 116 beats per minute was all that I could muster (single tonguing)......and that may even be a stretch.

I don't really believe "the tongue is physically too big" argument. If it is possible for you to tap the back of your front upper teeth near the gum line with the tip of your tongue, then you can do the same to the tip of the reed.

Never having stopped the very tip of the reed with the very tip of the tongue before, you will feel a weird buzzy feeling upon your first attempts and through the first week or so. After that, It will become second nature and you wont believe how much cleaner the articulation becomes!

................Pau Aviles

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