Staccato

Bo · Post by Bo » Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:39 pm

Does staccato always have to be played double-tongued on the flute?
Thanks in advance,
Bo

zummerzet_lou · Post by **zummerzet_lou** » Thu Jun 03, 2010 5:23 pm

was that a trick question?

Nope .. you can play staccata single, double or even triple tongued.

Zevang · Post by **Zevang** » Fri Jun 04, 2010 2:23 pm

Hi Bo,
In fact, there are times when playing double tongued is worse than single.
The double staccato is done preferably in quick passages. When these passages involve notes grouped in three or six, the best is to do the triple staccato, that is "pronounced" as TKT TKT...

Bo · Post by Bo » Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:59 pm

Thanks, that's what I thought too...

My source of confusion was that in many staccato exercises I have found recently the instructions are to play them double-tongued... They must all be in groups of two or multiples of two.

muzikislif3 · Post by **muzikislif3** » Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:17 pm

i've always played staccato single tongued unless it was fast eighth notes or 16th notes.

Bo · Post by Bo » Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:27 pm

Yes, I have noticed too that single-tongued can sound good if the notes are not very fast.