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amyboyack
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Hi everyone,
When I double tongue, I am not balanced. It sounds like one of the notes is louder than the other. How do I fix that? Do I just need to practice more?
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jose_luis
(1550 points)
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I have the same problem as you. I suppose everyboy has it at the beginning. My teacher says one must practise taking care that both notes are so equal they cannot be distinguished. Fine! but how?
I believe it is a question of daily practise, fixing not so much on speed but balance of both notes. There is also th possibility of using different pairs of sylabes and they are heavily dependent on one's mother tongue.
In spanish tu-cu tu-cu is often used, but I have seen in this Forum that in English there are several other possibilities, suited to the English pronunciation.
May be you need to find the pair that suits you best. Try a search in this Forum on this subject, as I recall there are some threads that already duscussed it. And good luck!
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Alieannie
(837 points)
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I recently went on a double-tonguing rampage, because I wasn't happy with it. I had the same problems, unevenness and I was kind of slow.
The most important things for me were:
1. Practice every day, and even without the flute.
2. Relax, just completely relax, including the jaw and throat
3. You need a very light touch, probably lighter than you think. Once I thought of it more as flicking the air and not hitting the inside of my mouth, most of my problems went away.
I also switched to tonguing further in front of my mouth, and I can now tongue like a mutha! If I think about it too much, I can get tripped up. It's rather reflexive now, but it took about 4 or 5 months.
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arabians207
(211 points)
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Practice a lot.
I used to have the same problem.. this is how I fixed it 
So you have T and K.. on the "K" you kind of use the back of your tongue, right? Just practice whatever you need to double tongue with JUST the "K" (slowly cause its hard IMO) and with just T and practice actual doubling tonguing some too. Does that make sense??
Just practice a lot, and practice it slowly making sure both T and K sound the same.
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Patrick
(1515 points)
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practice everything slurred first to insure a relaxed tone, then when you triple you won't get the bumps in the sound, the previous advice you got is very good, of course..
I also use more of a du-gu-du gu-du-gu articulation, seems to come out smoother...
Also, don't try to learn to triple by playing a piece or even an etude, practice 3 notes on each step of the scale to build endurance, works for me...
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Patrick
(1515 points)
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I apologize, take my previous advice and relate it to double, not triple, tonguing, sorry...
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Micron
(1476 points)
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I found 3 techniques useful for getting them even:
1. Just as an exercise, take a small (panting-like) breath, or at least relax the breath pressure and tongue between each note. Easier to establish clean, even attack this way.
2. Practice dotted rhythms:
T---KT---KT---KT--- (accent on T)
TK---TK---TK---TK--- (accent on T)
and, much more difficult...
K---TK---TK---TK--- (accent on K)
KT---KT---KT---KT--- (accent on K)
3. Practice triplet passages using double tonguing.
TktKtkTktKtkTktKtk (upper case letters on the beat.)
As with everything, very slowly at first, and very critically. Only gradually gathering speed after you think it is perfectly even when slow.
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amyboyack
(10 points)
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Wow. Thanks for the input. I'm going to put your suggestions to good use as I practice from now on. Thanks again.
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FluteFreak87
(21 points)
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Hey
My Flute teacher had told me before I do the tounging on the flute that sound do it out loud tah cuk tah kuh so when you get to the flute it's instint.
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