Author: kdk ★2017
Date: 2022-07-24 21:06
For me, it isn't something I need to think about, so I'm not sure how to explain it mechanically. I just stop blowing while maintaining my embouchure to prevent a drop in pitch and keep the actual timbre consistent to the end of the note. If a longer taper is wanted, I just reduce the air slowly - if al niente, until the sound disappears.
The irony is that most kids, once they learn to start notes with a tongue release instead of a "whooo," end all of their notes this way. It comes without thinking about it. The tongue doesn't go back to the reed until the sound is over (the vibrations have stopped). Teaching them to tongue "on the airstream", with a continuous airstream while only separating the notes with the tongue, annoys them at first because touching a still vibrating reed tickles. But without learning to maintain an airstream while articulating, it's hard to play even moderately quick "tongued" notes and really fast tonguing is impossible.
Karl
Post Edited (2022-07-24 21:38)
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