Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2020-07-25 22:12
Maruja wrote:
> Thanks for your reply Karl. Yes, to your questions - I would
> slur most passages and start off with air rather than tonguing
> the note...
So, to deal with starting off first, you get a much clearer, cleaner beginning to any note if you start it with your tongue - not very differently from the way you start the word "done." You say you're OK with the mechanics, so I'll just say that, except for rare, very soft entrances when you want the effect of just appearing out of nothing, classically trained players begin an entry note with the tongue. (I once heard a masterclass, or maybe read an article, by Marcellus in which he said even those soft attacks should be tongued - that you should never start with just air - so those entrances are a matter of opinion).
As to articulating within a phrase, I'd just repeat (echoing Ed P) that, where the style includes a composer's articulation markings, the most basic rule would be to do what the printed music says to do. If notes are slurred, start the first note with your tongue and connect the rest of the notes under slur without tonguing or separating them. If there's no slur, assume they're meant to be tongued.
Changing what's printed for personal artistic reasons will not cause you to be struck down by lightening or some dead composer's wrath, but the choice should be deliberate.
Karl
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