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Re: Tongue'n cheek

Author: sylvangale
Date: 2006-03-14 07:35

Hmm... I would imagine tounging the roof of the mouth to be rather difficult. Perhaps even though you've been out of the oboe for so long that was a method you developed and are still comforable with.

You can probably try working in some excercises where you force yourself to toungue pieces on the tip of the reed... not dead center, but lower/center so you don't hurt your tongue... try maybe 5 minutes a day one week and then increase it by 5 minutes the next week and so on. I would imagine you would eventually find it to be a huge relief.

It could be worse... some people develop glottal tonguing and have to learn the whole art of actually using their... tongue.

Since you said you were a flutist... do watch your left hand position. It should be the same are your right. Straight horizontal fingers, not slanted as if you were holding a flute. It'll cramp your style... and also is a dead giveaway of your flute heritage. lol.

Regards,
Stephen

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