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Author: symphony1010
Date: 2023-07-23 16:49
Placing the tongue incorrectly can happen because the vital accuracy of the movement was not established in the first stages of learning. I try to have new students tonguing in their first lesson so that they don't go away and immediately establish a bad habit!
It can be quite difficult to correct but here's one suggestion you may care to try. Firstly, put all familiar music aside for a week or so and just concentrate on some tonguing exercises. If you try to play well-known music or pieces with mixed articulation you will just go back to old ways.
Try holding a long sound, usually in the middle register - something like 3-finger C. Sustain the sound at mezzo-forte and then start to aim at the tip of the reed with the tip of the tongue. Usually it's just under the tip of the reed and not in the reed gap. You may find it hard to keep supporting the air but this must be done as you move the tongue. Then check in a mirror to see if when you tongue there is any facial movement - there should not be. Imagine you are ventriloquist and that the tonguing should be only a movement close to the tip of the reed.
You need to maintain the exercises several times a day - maybe try for just 5 minutes at a time. Do this over a week until the new position of your tongue is completely familiar. be patient - remember you are trying to completely change a habit you may have followed for many years.
The key thing is to establish the airflow before you start to move the tongue. This is what I do with complete beginners and those who I inherit who have similar issues to you.
Good luck!
Post Edited (2023-07-23 16:51)
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facundo retamar |
2023-07-23 00:36 |
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m1964 |
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kdk |
2023-07-23 01:09 |
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symphony1010 |
2023-07-23 16:49 |
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