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Re: Which is the default: tonguing, or slurring?

Author: Dutchy
Date: 2008-03-25 19:59

Wow, this whole thread is tremendously illuminating and helpful, and I'm going to print it out for future reference. I actually didn't know you could do a "legato tongue", but now that I know it exists, I'll definitely work on it.

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There are instances where you will need to tongue within a slurred phrase, such as a large downward interval to the lower register to be sure the lower register note speaks, but just a light tongue is needed to get the lower register note to speak without breaking up the smooth line of the phrase.

I have wondered about this in the past, about how the trick was done. There are several places in my music where the composer has definitely marked a slur down to a lower note (the worst one is a G to C, bleagh), and I just cannot get the C to play without tonguing, I mean, the note just will NOT come out. So I'll try "legato tongue".

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