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Re: Stop-tonguing and Light Articulation

Author: JasonOlney
Date: 2019-11-05 09:38

My favorite exercise is called "buzzing." Essentially you learn to relax your tongue and be so gentle that you can place your tongue against the reed and still produce a note. It tickles a bit, hence the buzz. You spend the first bit acclimating to the sensation and learning control. Then you set a met to 60 and play Bbs for two beats buzzed and then unbuzzed, keeping you tongue relaxed and near the tip of the reed. This is important to train precision and control. You don't want a harsh attach or release of the buzz, either. Even heavy articulation doesn't actually require much strength, it's all about form and control.

As you get better, I like to imagine the buzz as the 'th' in the word "the." You can actually think of that for most articulating, actually... "thee-thee-thee."

Anyway, my two cents.

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