if anyone needs help with double tonguing i have some good excercises that someon taught me and they really help. get a cup of water and a straw. ok? and blow through the straw as hard as you can. (keep the cup away from you as you dont get wet). then try double tonguing through the straw. ta ga ta ga helps. thats how i do it anyway. um yes. do this excercise every day and trust me all the work will not go to waste. you will find yourself a seriously good double tonguer! seriously try it-it helps

The main difficulty with double tonguing I encounter is having the "ta" and the "ga" produce equally sounding notes. (I use other syllables, such as tu - cu, because of the different language)

How does your exercise with the water and straw could help on that?

I think the only thing you might accomplish with that method is:

A. You get wet
B. You quench your thirst
C. You waist water and a lot of straws in the process.





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Please note I spelled it WAIST and not waste on purpose. I thought you might like that bowralbusker. (Inside joke.)

jose_luis, try using doo ga, if you haven't yet.

One of my languages is the same as José Luis'. I use ta-ca normally, although I am having a hard time over the whole thing! Could anybody make other suggestions?

Kara, I've just tried "doo ga" in my understandimg of the corresponding sounds.

I take "doo" as one pronounces the verb to "do" and "ga" as in gallery.

But the "a" in ga forces my throat to open quite a lot. It seems to give more force to the secpnd tonguing but its exhausting and too slow. Am I taken the wrong vowel values?

You have the doo right, but it depends on your accent when saying galary. Try saying Goo, I think that one works better, at least it does for me. The GA may make you have to part your lips more then neccesary, making it harder, when thinking more about it.

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Sorry, I meant gallery.

Ah ha, ah ha, Kara!!! Inside joke... great! With double tounging, I was always taught "tuh - kuh" and then told to take simple scales faster and faster. Primitive, but it worked. (I tried the straw thing, though, out of boredom, and I waisted a straw, a cup, and water.)

I get it Kara, thank you.

The second syllable should be something like the goo of Google.

"D" and "G" are softer sounds also in Spanish.

I think the teacher told me to use this tu - kuh at the beginning, because it was easier to learn. Then I should practise with softer Ds and Gs.

I guess the same thing is valid for normal tonguing, except when a sharp note attack is required.

Anyway, we have left double tonguing aside for the moment, as I still cannot finger fast enough as to need it.

Sorry, with sharp I meant "sudden", not the semitone..

I find that a tick-a-tah works really well to get my tounge moving in practice, as I warm up. It sounds a little like a train, because I place the accent on the first "tick." My tounge has always been stubborn, but this loosens it up a little.

OOh, for triple tounging..it's usually tkt tkt tkt..right? but my teacher wants me to do tkt ktk tkt ktk and so...on. it's kinda harder then the normal one..but she says that'll be better when you triple tounge. have you guys tried that?

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anyone? hello?...

sorry 'kara' actually if you have skill you dont get wet. just wear an apron and ull be fine! lol! and you get wet a bit to start with but dur cope!