Author: ClarinetRobt
Date: 2018-11-06 21:14
When I was beginner and dinosaurs roamed the earth, I tongued very hard. I was taught to anchor tongue, not knowing what it was. It fixed all my aliments and got me to a senior in college.
During a lesson my last year in undergraduate, we were casually talking where my tongue touched the reed and for the first time ever I heard the term anchor tonguing. (I was doing sixteenths at 160, so it was never really a problem. No one ever said my tonguing sounded bad, actually quite to the contrary.)
But nonetheless I spent a month of super slow legato tonguing to 'correct' my position. I did fix it, not sure if it made a nickels worth of difference.
So fast forward 30 years, where I play for fun in community groups. I catch myself anchor tonguing all the time. Tonging is quick enough to get through most band music and sounds fine. I'm not remotely worried about it.
~Robt L Schwebel
Mthpc: Behn Vintage
Lig: Ishimori, Behn Delrin
Reed: Legere French Cut 3.75/4, Behn Brio 4
Horns: Uebel Superior (Bb,A), Ridenour Lyrique, Buffet R13 (Eb)
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