Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date: 2016-07-24 05:27
Anchor tonguing is one of those things that was fairly common at one time, but is now considered by many to be incorrect. In Keith Stein's The Art of Clarinet Playing, he discusses the topic in great detail, and considers it to be a correct tonguing option for what he calls the "long tongue" problem.
I once knew someone who picked up anchor tonguing on his own. It felt more natural for him, but he couldn't tongue with any speed and he developed the habit of moving his jaw every time he tongued. A switch to the more conventional tip-to-tip fixed a lot of his tonguing issues.
Karl is right. Are you switching because you were told anchor tonguing is wrong, or because it's creating problems? If you're getting good results with it, I see no absolutely need to switch.
If there is a need to change, consider Norman's advice. Because tongues differ from person to person, the advice given to someone may have to be adapted slightly for someone else. Because teachers can't see what's going on inside a mouth, it's sometimes difficult to figure out exactly what's going wrong when students have tonguing issues.
Norman had an interesting thought when he mentioned the possibility of the embouchure slackening. Using a mirror, see if your embouchure changes when you start tonguing. If it does, try making a few adjustments--perhaps pulling your lips back just a little, or perhaps going more toward the "Q" or aardvark approach. You could also try playing double lip. I'm not sure why, but that little switch does help fix some tonguing issues.
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