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Re: triple tonguing

If you don't mind a few comments from across the pond, I would like
to share with you my efforts in regard to multiple tonguing.

First, ALL of the materials are based on one person, J. B. Arban, who
spoke FRENCH;-)

Second, the "K" in his METHODE is a very curious choice of consonant
as any word in French with a "K" comes from German, English, or some
even more exotic language.  French already has the "hard-C" sound, so
Arban's choice of "K" is very curious.

Third, I came across (in a used music shop on the Rue Legendre in
Paris) a triple-tonguing METHODE by LIGNE (a student of a student of
Arban).  In it he describes the "T" as being made by touching the
tongue to the tip of the "teeth of the upper jaw."  According to
Berlitz ;-), this is a soft "th" sound in English.  According to
Ligne, the "K" is made by "placing the tip of the tongue BEHIND the
teeth of the lower jaw and touching the upper teeth in the same spot
as for the "T" with the latter part of the tongue."

The net effect of this is to place "T" and "K" very far forward in
the mouth.  I find that "at speed," the "K" will be a bit less
forward; however, it is very much better than the "choking-K" that
plagues so many students.

I hope this helps some of you.  If you would like to know about
multiple-tonguing as practiced by German-speaking trumpeters of the
baroque, I can help with that too;-)

--
Henry Howey
Professor of Music
Sam Houston State University
Box 2208
Huntsville, TX  77341
W (936) 294-1364
http://www.shsu.edu/music/howey.html
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