Oct 23, 2020 · A lot of tonguing issues involve moving too much of the tongue too far inside the mouth. A way to tell is if you can see movement in the throat tonguing while looking in a mirror, …

Jul 24, 2009 · So it's Andrew talking and playing. We use to do this as warm-up at our Rocksax workshops. You can include ghosting as an improvasion over just one-note. You can play the …

Jan 17, 2016 · Thanks for the tip on the tonguing. I hope the "du" sound will make my tonguing cleaner. Whenever I listen to myself, it's like I'm "spitting" whenever I tongue. (Or maybe it's …

Feb 21, 2014 · The idea is to practice scales using the rhythm patterns shown with a metronome gradually increasing the tempo as you progress. The key, of course, to fast tonguing is to …

Sep 27, 2022 · Light tonguing is a degree more than that, where the reed stops, even if just for a couple of milliseconds. As you move toward stacatto, the tongue simply stays on the reed …

Nov 7, 2022 · @Ves Glad you are improving and finding it easier now, me too. I think I have it down now, the tonguing anyway. Plus some sort of vibrato. Could all be wrong but won't find …

Mar 8, 2010 · Have been avoiding tonguing, cos many of the notes I can get without doing it, and those I need it for weren't blowing cleanly with it - in fact it was making things worse. Recently …

Sep 27, 2022 · To me dots and slur is meaningless, the tenuto lines and slur means soft tonguing and absolutely no break between notes, but really the slur is superfluous but maybe useful to …

Jan 23, 2020 · Legato tonguing and staccato use the same action, but for staccato the tongue remains in contact with the reed longer in order to create the longer silence between the notes. …

Nov 9, 2023 · I interpret this as light tonguing to separate the note whilst not diminishing the slur too much. This is similar to the slur with staccato that is taught in the ABRSM grade 5 theory - …