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Re: Overcoming Anchor Tonguing

Author: Jarmo Hyvakko
Date: 2016-08-02 17:25

I have been anchor tonguing for whole of my life, anchor tonguing meaning that the tip of my tongue is touching my lower lip whole the time and i am beating the reed very near the tip of the reed with a spot somewhere backwards from the tip of my tongue, without even knowing the name of the technique. I am able to play 16th notes in over 140 tempo, at least for a short while. I would say that there just are 3 different main techniques out there. 1: tip to tip, 2: anchor tonque and 3: old Italian, beating the reed through your lower lip. The key question is, in which version your toungue is most relaxed and how can you adjust the attack-quality the best, because in the woodwind section the clarinet is the bridge-builder between the oboe-razor and flute-fluff.

Jarmo Hyvakko, Principal Clarinet, Tampere Philharmonic, Finland

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