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Re: Double Tonguing

Author: Johan H Nilsson
Date: 2014-04-21 01:42

David,

Thanks for the response and hope you don't mind a follow-up question. What is the maximum tempo you have heard someone achieve with the Pino method? How much does that tempo exceed their single-tonguing tempo?

I trained this method regularly for a period but saw no improvement. It might be individual. It seems from Pino's book that he had the speed from the start and just had to train finger synchronization.

The side-to-side method is beyond imagination for me. I know there are some movements with the tongue that require some genes and in this case I must be missing them.

I have two theories about double-tonguing:
1. Any tongue movement that is used in the language should be favourable, since we train it every day and have done so since we learned to talk.
2. The back and forth action must involve separate muscles, to avoid fatigue.

The standard t-k-t-k method involves both (1) and (2), the Pino and Stein just (2). The latter ones have the advantage of being on the reed. They are essentially the same method with just different tongue movement direction, vertical and horizontal respectively.

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