[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: triple tongueing
When I first started having tenor horn lessons at
school my teacher Jim Shepherd was insistent that I
had to get a good single tongueing technique before I
started double or triple. I also had another teacher
who played french horn and started me off with
tripling probably long before I was ready, using the
"tu ku tu" method. I found it difficult and never
really got the hang of it, so I asked Jim for help. He
told me that I was doing it wrong and helped me start
again using the "tu tu ku" method, which I found
easier.
A couple of years later, and I now have a strong
triple tongue. I personally find that "tu tu ku" is
much easier to keep even, but I would advise that you
try both techniques and find which is best for you. I
think that the problems I had to begin with were
largely to do with the terrible teaching of the french
horn player, and not neccesarily the method which I
used.
It is important to start off slow and develop the
technique evenly. If you try to go too fast too soon,
as I was encouraged to do, it all falls to pieces and
produces a terrible sound. Instead gradually build it
up and don't try to go as fast as possible. By doing
this it may take longer, but the benefits are worth
the wait.
Hope this helps.
Helen Varley
Solo Horn, Elland Silver Band
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