Please help ne with my Tonguing!

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JasonTongRulz
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Please help ne with my Tonguing!

Post by JasonTongRulz »

I have a moderately nice tone.. I have a resonant vibrato and my tone is clear but what is really bothering me is that..

I hate my tonguing. It's not that my tonguing is muffled or unclear.. Quite the opposite.. My tonguing is too loud! I try to Tongue lightly but this only works for the low notes because if I try to Tongue softy, the air isn't fast enough or possibly there isnt enough to Tongue softly higher than the low register.

How can I Tongue softer and lightly, as my loud Tongue is preventing me from being satisfied with my tone..

lianeandflute
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Re: Please help ne with my Tonguing!

Post by lianeandflute »

abdominal support. practice scales repeating tonguing on each note several times and try to make it clearer each time. abdominal support.

getting clean tonguing isn't about using lots of tongue or not much tongue or lots of air, if you support the air through abdominal support you don't need much air, and support the tonguing through ab support you don't have to use lots of tongue.

tongue must be behind top teeth.

sorry for abrupt language. can't be bothered to write full sentances!
"It's happening inside you; not in the flute!" - Emmanuel Pahud (At a masterclass in Sydney, Nov. 2010)

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