How do you tongue better on a trombone?
Stick your tongue out and lightly touch its tip with your finger. As you are doing this, move just the tip up and down without moving the middle or back of the tongue. You can move just the tip of the tongue without getting the rest of it involved and this is what you should do to articulate on trombone.
What are the five articulators?
Read a brief summary of this topic The main articulators are the tongue, the upper lip, the lower lip, the upper teeth, the upper gum ridge (alveolar ridge), the hard palate, the velum (soft palate), the uvula (free-hanging end of the soft palate), the pharyngeal wall, and the glottis (space between the vocal cords).
How do you practice double tonguing?
* Practise moving phrases at loud dynamics, making sure you’re really breathing through. Sometimes it’s a tendency to hold our breath a little when we play in general, and when we’re trying to double tongue specifically. I find if I’m breathing through the line, it makes double tonguing that much easier.
Why do trombone players use doodle tongue?
Since trombones don´t have keys or valves, we have to articulate different than other wind players, tonguing all the notes, possibly combined with natural legato where possible. Where double tongue is well suited for fast marcato and staccato playing, doodle tongue is perfect for fast legato playing.
Which Double Tongue exercise is best for You?
* If things are uneven, go back to the first exercise for a bit and make sure your double tongue hasn’t become irregular * If you’re just getting started with double tonguing, #6 is the best one to go with, because it doesn’t have too many moving pitches and you can just focus on a rapid-fire double tongue.
How do you practice double tonguing on the clarinet?
A nice way to get used to this is to just practise double tonguing without the resistance of the clarinet – just use your mouthpiece and reed. Fobes also suggests starting on throat tones and with a softer-than-usual reed. This sounds like a pretty good alternative. It would also make it easier to implement my next point sooner.