#100DaysOfPractice - Day 30 - Developing Your Multiple-tonguing!
Ah yes, the joys of double- and triple-tonguing! Challenges that every young player needs to tackle at some point. Even advanced, experienced players can be frustrated by feeling like they've "plateaued" in their command of these techniques.
So...it seems like the main pitfall is a very simple one: we practice too fast!
We need to SLOW DOWN our multiple-tongue and k-tonguing, striving to match the quality of our single-tonguing and aiming for perfect consistency and evenness between tu and ku syllables (or as many of us - including me - are more likely to use: "du" and "gu").
Arban gave us all we need for this, starting on pp. 189 and 214! (p. 155 and 175 in the old edition). We can and should apply these same ideas to repertoire of course; I demonstrate a bit with Arutunian and some of Arban's cornet solo passages.
Here's a formula I find REALLY helpful for tough multiple-tongued passages:
1) Slow it down.
2) Slur it.
3) Single tongue it.
4) K-tongue it (very humbling, I know first-hand! But it really helps!)
5) Double tongue it - still slowly - then gradually speed it up!
Also, check out days 11 and 12: Clarke Studies can be hugely helpful for daily work on every type of articulation at relaxed (or faster!) tempos:
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As for the old video clip from like 2010: This is a fragment of my composition "016 Fantasy" for Trumpet and Piano. My goal is to re-learn this passage during this #100DaysOfPractice project, and to document that process to share with you!
Email me at rex@rexrihardson.net and I can send you the music!
29 апр 2020
