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Re: Tips on Arching My Tongue?

Author: araclar
Date: 2023-06-28 08:19

It's important to point out here that you should not have to force your tongue into position in order to play clarinet; it should feel quite comfortable and without tension, though it may take some time for you to get used to the correct position.

It may help you to think about making contact with your top molars; if you say "ess" and notice where your tongue is touching your molars during the "e" part of that sound, that's roughly correct.

If your tongue is too low, the act of articulating may be somewhat of an upwards motion with the tip of your tongue, kind of like you're taking your hand and reaching up underneath something (tapping the bottom of a table with your fingertips, for example). Instead, you want to think about articulation more like a hinge motion with the tip of the tongue, like if you take your hand palm down and make a kind of shooing motion with your fingers. You should only need to move the tip of your tongue; if your tongue is touching your top molars, you should not feel it sliding against them when you articulate, because only the tip should be moving.

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