Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2005-11-05 16:58
Hey Bill,
Learning tonguing, properly, is difficult. One prof. I recall had likened it to potty training.
Start just having the tongue on the reed. Then start to blow. Release the tongue from the reed. Tonguing is really just taking the tongue off the reed, NOT hitting the reed with the tongue.
Try to get Daniel Bonade's "Clarinetist's Compendium." There is a ton of great information in a small pamphlet. It may only be available from Leblanc directly, I'm not sure.
Good luck. That will be lots of hard, worthwhile, work!
.............Paul Aviles
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