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Re: Coordinating fingers with tongue

Author: kdk
Date: 2014-08-20 22:34

Paul, I understand the process, and I didn't have it "backward," - I think I said the same thing both you and Katrina have said (so I don't disagree about how the process works). If I didn't re-describe it clearly, that's a writer's fault, not one of misunderstanding the technique. The fingers move while the tongue is stopping the reed. So, of course, you're "moving to the note you want BEFORE you tongue," assuming that by "tongue" you mean release the reed to begin the note your fingers are already set for.

I stand by my opinion, though, having been taught this way (somewhat, I thought at the time, perfunctorily) by players in a direct line back to Bonade, that, though I find myself *doing* it that way at slow note speeds, I don't find it a useful conscious technique for myself to try to continue the process as the speed increases. As always, YMMV.

Karl

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