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Re: Double/triple tounguing

Author: GMac
Date: 2006-05-02 04:03

It is certainly a really good thing to learn. You never know when you will need it! And if you're like me and HautboisJJ, you have a slow single tounge and need to have a backup or you risk sounding sloppy. I know personally that I use double and triple tounging on a regular basis.

As far as how to do double-tounging, I would suggest using the syllables 'dah' (or 'day') and 'gah'. To practice it, first just practice tounging a scale on the 'gah' syllable (using only 'gah' to start the note) until you feel that you have control over it. Then, try and use the dah-gah syllables while making it sound exactly like single tounging. Do this with as long/legato an articulation as possible (if it's short/choppy at a slow speed, when you try to make it fast you'll be putting in way too much effort).

For triple tounging I use dah-gah-dah dah-gah-dah etc. I actually find that triple tounging is way, way easier than double-tounging. There aren't as many applications out there (however, it's certainly useful for Don Juan and La Mer, anyway...) but I've used it quite a lot (recently in the last movement of Tchaik 4).

Good luck, and let us know how it goes!

Graham

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