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veery715 · 06-13-2008, 04:03 PM

Wedcome and congrats on Daddyhood. You needn't worry about his horn for a while yet. And your strad is a plenty fine horn played by many a pro.
Now about your heavy tongue. You may well benefit from what's known as k-modified tonguing. You anchor the tip of your tongue behind your bottom teeth, and use the area right behind it in an arch to open and close the air flow - it moves to and away from the roof of your mouth while the tip remains fixed behind your bottom teeth. Eric Bolvin has an article and video about it at:
::: Eric Bolvin Music Studios - Music and Trumpet Stuff:::

at the upper right side of his page. I don't know if it will help or not but there is less overall tongue movement involved. Playing first chair with "throat" tonguing is pretty amazing, if you ask me (but nobody will).

06-13-2008, 04:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
veery715 Mezzo Piano User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Ithaca NY Posts: 625	Re: why, hello there Wedcome and congrats on Daddyhood. You needn't worry about his horn for a while yet. And your strad is a plenty fine horn played by many a pro. Now about your heavy tongue. You may well benefit from what's known as k-modified tonguing. You anchor the tip of your tongue behind your bottom teeth, and use the area right behind it in an arch to open and close the air flow - it moves to and away from the roof of your mouth while the tip remains fixed behind your bottom teeth. Eric Bolvin has an article and video about it at: ::: Eric Bolvin Music Studios - Music and Trumpet Stuff::: at the upper right side of his page. I don't know if it will help or not but there is less overall tongue movement involved. Playing first chair with "throat" tonguing is pretty amazing, if you ask me (but nobody will). __________________ Music = Love Trumpets: Lawler Bb / Olds Recording / Schilke B2 Selmer Rad 2 / Yamaha 8310Z Holton MF ST 550S / Stage 1 California C Easyplay mini-trumpet (????) / Chinese Special / Benetone 1934 Cleveland (HN White) 603 Silver Plate w/ Gold Bell Kanstul ZKT 1525 Flugelhorn Cornets: Conn 36A / King Super 20 Master Olds Ambassador / Conn 18A King HN White 1904 Bb+A / Ohio Regent Soloist Conn 16E Eb/F Mellophone Piano, keyboards, vibes, congas, guitars, yada yada