Tricks how to get sound - where exactly to put yr toung???

    
Tricks how to get sound - where exactly to put yr toung???    08:31 on Saturday, November 1, 2014          

quack
(1 point)
Posted by quack

Hello!
Please, in the very beginning, can someone tell me sth more then "put the tip of the tounge on the hole of the reed"?

Where on the reed hole should the top of the toungle be and what does it mean for the sound?

Many thanks!!!


Re: Tricks how to get sound - where exactly to put yr toung???    02:40 on Thursday, March 12, 2015          

Hotboy
(72 points)
Posted by Hotboy

You should touch the reed with the very tip of your tongue or slightly underneath the tip.

Practice in front of a mirror, play several repeated tongued notes, then stop with your tongue on the reed and open your mouth so you can see exactly where on your tongue you are touching the reed. Significant problems occur if you use a part of the tongue above the tip.


   




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