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Re: help with "Anchor Tonguing"

Author: tictactux ★2017
Date: 2006-11-19 21:24

Alphie,

you touched a subject rarely discussed - language and embouchure. Language-wise, english speaking people use their tongue differently than eg german-speaking people. You mention the "R" style (italian vs texan), I might add the "dh" style (thee vs tea) - it inevitable affects the way we're moving our tongues, and it might indeed affect the style being teached (like that smiling flat chin thing). This is a mere observation, not a pro/con discussion...

The "light touch" Liquorice is talking about - may it have to do with how "wet" the tongue is? A wet tongue sticks better and stops the reed differently than a dry tongue. Juicy and heavily and fast isn't the main problem here, but light tongueing might result in a squishy effect...just a thought as I observe that in my own playing.

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Ben

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