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Re: Tonguing "grunt"

Author: Paul Aviles
Date: 2021-01-28 07:35

Typical grunt issues involve the register key pad. Many repair guys bevel a cork pad to help with this. There is also a gizm that looks like a spike that comes up from the center of the register pad and protrudes into the hole in open position. Maybe just making the space more open might do the trick.

I personally have a double tonguing issues with notes above the second ledger high C when executing the "kah" of the "tah-kah." In those cases it is a matter of there not being enough air pressure in the oral cavity when the back of the tongue closes off the space (very sensitive in the upper registers). So in the case of your student, perhaps being cognizant of using more air, and/or trying to use the VERY TIP of the tongue on the very tip of the reed. This posture represents the least interference of the air stream.

..................Paul Aviles

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