Author: Bill
Date: 2005-11-05 16:17
I wasn't able to find this specific topic in the archives.
Self-taught, I never learned to tongue and have simply "stopped" the airflow (I must admit, to darn good effect, lo, these many years) to create my staccato. Like thousands of momentary asphyxiations.
My teacher is trying to get me to learn tonguing, and I feel this is actually harder for me than my (own initiated) switch to double-lip 12 years ago.
Touching my tongue to the reed (a very unfamiliar experience for me!) causes me to lose any control over squeaking. The edges of my mouth go all crazy. And the grunting "tut-tut-tut's" of the sound are maddening (if you can hear them above the squeaking).
I'd love some encouragement. Thank God I'm only 46. This is gonna take time.
Bill.
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