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Anchor Tonguing

Author: Anonymoose
Date: 2018-11-05 20:57

I have a technical issue that I would like to change and I am posting here to get some advice or some methods of remedy this problem.

I anchor tongue (meaning I tongue the tip of the reed with the middle of my tongue) and I would like to know if I need to change my way of articulating if I want to be at least decent/proficient at playing the clarinet.

On this forum, I've read that some famous clarinet players anchor tongue, but I've also read that anchor tonguing leads to thuddy and heavy articulation (which I agree with, but comes in handy in some cases). How did those players manage to play light and fast, especially running notes/arpeggiated passages? I can currently tongue around quarter = 130 on a good day, and I've somewhat made it less heavy and clean, but playing the Mendelssohn scherzo is not a walk in the park...

I've been working on this issue with a teacher, and I have been successful in practicing tonguing with the tip though I can only play quarter = 90 on a single note.

So here is my problem. How do I transition to use this tip-to-tip tonguing full time? How would I go about doing that? How long would this transition last?

Any advice greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

P.S. I'm a student

Post Edited (2018-11-05 20:59)

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