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Re: Remediation of Back-of-Tongue-Motion During Articulation

Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date: 2014-08-31 01:45

Embouchure hasn't come up in this discussion, but it might be a factor. Check out this Harvey Pittel video about sax embouchure.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvvilCbPjfQ

Pittel refers to Joe Allard's concepts, and shows how tension in the corners of the mouth causes tension in the throat. A very tight throat could have a negative effect on tonguing.

I think a good first step would be to check the student's embouchure and make adjustments if necessary. The student's reed and mouthpiece choices are other important factors.

Once the student has a good embouchure with a relaxed throat, try a variety of tonguing syllables. Roger McKinney likes the "nu" syllable, and it does work well for some players. In this article, McKinney also discusses the embouchure-tonguing connection.
http://www.tcnj.edu/~mckinney/tonguing.htm

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