Author: TonkaToy
Date: 2006-01-16 13:20
Ah, tonguing.
For me, as it seems for you, tonguing was my nemesis. It wasn't really horrible, just not what it needed to be. My sticking point was that I could tongue repeated notes fine, but in a passage where the notes changed I couldn't seem to tongue as fast as I needed to sometimes and would get tense which exaberated the problem, slowing me down even more.
My "Eureka" moment was understanding that rapid tonguing in a non repeated passage had less to do with the speed of my tonging than with how even my fingers were. The slightest deviation from the beat caused my tongue to be out of sync with my fingers.
My solution? (and yours may be different) Slow, even playing. Making sure that there wasn't the slightest variation in tempo or length of notes. My teacher, a Bonade student was a great believer in slow playing and "soft" fingers. The combination of very slow practice while always thinking about "soft fingers" was the remedial exercise that I needed to overcome my fear of rapid tonguing.
Again, this my not solve your problem but I hope it is food for thought.
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