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Re: Can oboe players double tongue?

Author: kroboe
Date: 2005-10-15 21:34

If you have a slow tounge double tounging may become a necessity for doing fast staccato runs or fast repeats like in the Saint Saens third symfony.
*Someone* has some good points on how to teach yourself double tounge, but I think he is greatly overestimating the difficulty of learning it. It's just tu-ku-tu-ku-tu, and once you get the hang of it it's a piece of cake really. Just remember to keep your cheeks firm and the back of your tounge close to the "roof" and the "ku" slightly up front to reduce the air volume in your mouth. And keep your air pressure up. You will see that the faster you double tounge the easier it gets. Apart from that you just got to experiment and find your way. Its like turning around in bed, you can't explain the use of every muscle, you just do it. Learning double tounge is really worth the effort, because once you can do it no one can touch you for speed and staccato, and you'll feel like a king and need not be afraid of anything any more.
kroboe

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