Single, Double, and Triple Tonguing 

Trent, it's amazing. Your story is exactly like mine, (I'm a slow single tongue person,) except you have put in much more practice and sound great. I'm still struggling with playing fast passages but I am now determined to practice the double tonguing technique. I play in a community band and "get by" by playing every other note, letting the other trombones cover for me. Perhaps in the next year, if I dedicate myself to more practice, I can participate fully. Thanks again for sharing your insight. (Pennsylvania, USA)

I got an ad about reeds before rhis

When I try to Ta-Ka i can't stop flutter tonging

i have a feeling that trombone is his main instrument

I've been struggling with this for 6-7 years, you are a godsend. I can finally die with ease With Heart and Voice

You have an amazing tone on the trombone in my opinion

3 years of baritone experience and still can't get my tonguing down.This my help.New SUBSCRIBER.

I've had trouble double-tounging for many years. You're the first person to explain that the second tounge as a throat thing. Thanks a lot!

What work do you do where you can afford all these instruments and mouthpieces?

Hi Trent! Thank you so much for your videos on RU-vid and this particular video on tonguing. Your explanation is one of the clearest on the subject and I like that your reviewed the physical processes to achieve the different methods, single vs double vs triple. Brilliant indeed, Sir! Thank you! Rob T-Bone Allen in Thailand.

"k" is a sound you also produce your with your tongue, only it shuts up the throat with another part of it. Love your videos, I hope to see more in the future!

I too had a slower single tongue than my peers and was yet another reason to learn and develop my double and triple tongue. What got me the really comfortable with almost any tempo is replacing even slower musical lines with double tongue (rather than single tongue) so that there can be an overlapping of the two articulation types. Regarding triple tongue, people seem to be proficient at both variations ("ta ta ka" and "ta ka ta"), so it seems to mostly be preference.

I was a horn player, and I didn't do so well tonguing notes. I really prefer slower "ballads" because I love the creamy smooth and golden sound of the instrument.

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Thank god! I have to play Legend by Georges Enesco as my High School and All-State audition. This helped me prepare for the double and triple tounging.

So i can ta-Ka all day long free "tonguing" i always have issues with consistency and the using the back to tongue (non Tongue ) how do i fix this

"Trombones through away any dignity and play as loud as they can". As a trombone player, I wasn't aware that I had any dignity. ;)

Thanks. Very interesting. I play the melodica, and I try to improve my mouth articulation. Your video is very useful for me.

This is extremely helpful. Many thanks from Rockledge Florida!

Thank you. This video was very helpful. Keep up the good work😊

im having a VERY hard time double tougning

Thank you for uploading all these videos. You are really inspiring me and motivate me to play on all my brass instruments. /Mattias, Sweden.

As a trombonist I was surprised to hear you go for throat second I usually go for back of my tongue first so I’ll have to go practice now

Thanks Trent, Loved it!! :D

your legato on trombone without tonguing was superb

my god everytime i hear this the trombone just sounds absolutely amazing

Thanks man this helped me a lot with my slow tongue from my speech impediment.

I wasnt paying attention to his words but blue bells of Scotland got my attention hehe @ 9:30

doodle tonguing is the science of making a trombone into a trumpet speedwise

Hey Trent, As you may remember I wanted to learn a brass instrument. Well, now I am. I recently obtained a marching baritone horn so I can march it. Do those skills (besides the piston fingerings) transfer to the trombone? What about trumpet, euphonium, and tuba? Also, can you do a video specifically about the Baritone horn?

Excelente explanation , Thank a lot

triple tonguing is like the notes on the song darude: sandstorm, the main part, is a good example of it. I used to be really good a double and triple tonguing and now, since I've gotten braces, I cannot tongue as good. I am starting to do it a little better now.

Just a question, what bass trombone are you using. Im part of a high school state qualifying marching band and our bass trombone just graduated and my director wants me to switch an dim looking for a bass. Thanks for the help!!

I have a problem with tonguing, I spit each time I tongue the note. How do I fix this

Hey Trent, can you make a video on flutter tonguing? I have a show to perform in about 3 weeks and need to flutter tongue but am having trouble doing so.

thanku this helped me a lot

could I please have the name of the march you were playing in this vid. i think it would be fun to show my friends at school.

Thanks you this video help me out on my trombone

Thank you for this.

Thanks for this video that help me a lot! A acually still have problem with makink the "Ka" sound... I'm off of my trombone for a couple of month, and I'm training only with my mouth piece, do you have particular exercises for tounging just with mouth piece ?

Is there a way to help doing triple tonguing more consistently instead of taking a small break after the third break?

Nobody ever told me how to double tongue so Eventually I came up with my makeshift double tonguing where i tongue, move my tongue down a bit and tongue with the front of my tongue. It works quite well.

Ok thanks a lot. I will try it playing my ephonium

Very helpful👍

I can tongue pretty quick, also I have mine split and can move either end independently, perhaps that could be used to go faster? I suppose it helps with certain types of tonguing.. And I really am double tonguing. I don't own any brass :-( have some woodwind, percussion and stringed instruments but not aquired any brass yet, what would you recommend as a first? I imagine the trombone being more difficult due to the slide, I'm learning to play the violin at the moment, perhaps dividing my time further isn't a good idea for now? And another instrument where I struggle to find the notes.. Would you say finding notes on the trombone is difficult for a beginner, even with previous experience playing other instruments. I can dig it! Dig it, dig it dig it, dig!

when saying ka it sounds like he is trying to say car

OML THANK YOU!!! NOW I CAN PLAY SNAKE PIT/SONIC BOOM CLEARLY NOW!!!!!!

The back of the tongue closes off the throat so the sound doesn't go through the mouth piece. So the tongue is used for both syllables.

WHY AM I WATCHING THIS I PLAY THE CLARINET

This video is 5 years old but I have a question for any knowledgeable people about this: I do Ta-Da-Ka for triple tounging and it works fairly well, is that actually a good way of doing it?

the way i practice it is i play an easy etude on all ka tongue it really works

Wait, do I see a server rack back there? Cool! What do you use it for?

Hey, do you or anyone else have any tips on tone? I'm going to be first chair trombone next year, and the major flaw that has been with me for the past four years is my tone. Now, my Solo and Ensemble judge told me I have a bright tone, which I kind of understand. He also recommended a bigger mouthpiece, but that didn't help yet. So I'm just wondering if there is something big that I'm doing wrong to not sound like everyone else. Thank you in advance for any help!

I made up a technique where I go "di gi di ga di ga"

Does having a lisp affect it

Is that Trombone a yellow Brass bell

Hello I've been playing trombone since 5th grade, and now I'm a junior.I'm working on this solo call Concerto and it has an extremely difficult trill plus triple tonguing. I was wandering if you could possibly give me any advice as to how I should get by these two challenges. I try to put the bpm on the metronome to 60 on the triple tonguing section in the piece and its still difficult. I even double tongue slow. If you could help me out it'd be greatly appreciated. Maybe a future video?

0:32 do you have long fingers, or are u just putting ur entire hand on the valves xd

don't get it anything,anyone have a better explaination to help me out?

Does this ta-ka technique useable on woodwind instruments??

Im a highschooler playing concertino as a solo for hopefully state help plz

I can single tongueabout twice as fast by going behind my front teath to cut the first sound and continuing movement up to the roof of my mouth so I can say so fast but I can't put that noise into my trumpet.

Hey Trent !! I love Brass Instruments but play a Flute your trombone has somewhat more tubing at the rear than the ones I Have seen what's special about those ? would love to hear from you whenever you spare sometime Brother !!

can you so some basic tips for tuba players?

I find it quite misleading that the soft tongue is referred to as "da," as it's not really a "d" sound being made, it's a lot more a strong "ra," where the tongue starts where it would make an "r" but ends with a sound that is similar to a "d."

I have been trying to double tongue for a few weeks now and I still can't make a sound with the "ka" plz help

do you know how you let your fingers overhang on the trumpet that is a realy bad habit

Replay this video with captions 😂😂😂

You can also double tongue by saying "Di-Ga" by using the front of your tongue with the Di and the back of your tongue by saying Ga.

Very interesting, I find it quite surprising how tonguing applies to Most wind instruments. Out of curiosity only Please; considering You use your lips to produce a sound on a brass instrument, would you be able to do something like "Too-duh-lah-doo-duh-lee", and what I mean is: could you use the letter L for very quick tonguing??

1:45 *WUMP* *wump* *WUMP* ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

Very informative for me a trumpet player picking up on the 🍖

Please tell me, what kind of trombone are you using?

this issue of tonguing was actually the reason I switched from trombone to baritone

Lol I love blue bells of Scotland

I am in love with that trombone 😍😍😍 Edit: OMG this was so freaking helpful I have super slow tonguing

Trent, is it weird that this is going to be my 2nd in my schools Band and I can already Double tongue? I'm not fluid but nobody in my trumpet section of my band can't double tongue and they have been playing for 3-4 years

... I'm going to be entirely honest. I didn't even know double and triple tonguing existed until I watched this video. For fast parts, I use breath attacks and really fast (and admittedly jerky) slide movement

Nice bass trombone

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Tryig to learn... wish me luck xD

How do u slur

Do you have any of those switches for sale lmao?

I came for the trombone, but stayed for all the cisco equipment.

0:41 amazing

I play the trombone and that is really true

When I do das, I just tickle the roof of my mouth and it works out 😂

Do u do private toutor

It is weird for me because single tounging is easy for me but my tongue stumbles when double tounging. I will still work on it though

Why am I here, I play trumpet, which is literally the exact opposite of the trombone in the brass family.

what do you call yourself a trombonist or some thing else

Yo holy shit thats a lot of servers in the backround

there are a valve trombones tho!

sitting in my room with my trombones

This has absolutely nothing to do with double tongueing but I can hot the second C above the staff with a normal trombone. I think it's a tenor.

"ta-ka-ta" is much easier than "ta-ta-ka" for me, the triple tonguing method might just a matter of personal preference but idk you're the expert lol i probably just suck

He was playing 1 octive f scale

Trent, just out of curiosity how old are you?

Does he play a bass trombone

0:44 That's why the Wagner tuba was invented.