Author: d-oboe
Date: 2005-10-16 23:21
My two cents?
Doing these tongue tricks, is somewhat like doing circular breathing. Generally they are secondary skills, and a player could very well become a professional without ever learning how.
For example the double tongue, is an option for people who can't single tongue very quickly. But that's not to say one is better over the other. I know people who can single tongue at sixteenths to 160, and other people who can double tongue only up to 150. Go figure!
The circular breath is similar. Some people unfortunately use it instead of planning the phrases properly. Even in seemingly endless fluid music, there are tons of places to breathe. Even in Tchaikovsky 4th, I don't use a circular breath, because for me it's not reliable. But that's just me!
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