| Re: Tonguing
Say a number of words that begin with 't" like took, two, tea, time, tall.... Notice where the tongue hits. It doesn't hit the lips. There's a school of playing that subscribes to the notion that articulation mimics speech. that's what I do.
There are other schools of thought that Herbert L. Clarke used where the tip of the tongue rests gently behind the row of bottom teeth while the center of the tongue does the articulating. Again, the tongue doesn't touch the lips. It's been called "anchor tonguing" which is not a term I care for but that's how the majority of people that do this refer to it.
There are still others that advocate very strongly to tongue between the teeth and strike the lips. I don't know wthat it's called.
Ther are myriad opinions about tonguing and everyone's convinced they are right, so, there you are.
ML |