tounging help while soloing

Young Trumpeter · 12-16-2006, 09:41 PM

hi everyone. i'm a sophmore in high school and i LOVE jazz. i love to listen and to play and i've got a jazz band concert this upcoming wednesday. only a few months ago did i really start to focus on learning to improvise and with the concert coming up theres one problem that's really bugging me: soft tounging. every time i solo i tend to tounge too hard and it distorts my jazz style and phrasing.

how do you tounge softly? is there a specific spot in the mouth thats better to hit or is it just practice until its muscle memory?

thanks

Brekelefuw · 12-16-2006, 09:53 PM

When soloing I mostly use a 'da' sound to tongue. It is much softer than the 'Ta' sound.
Listen to guys like Chet Baker, Nat Adderly and Clark Terry for great 'soft' tongues.

12-16-2006, 09:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
Young Trumpeter Pianissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 111	tounging help while soloing hi everyone. i'm a sophmore in high school and i LOVE jazz. i love to listen and to play and i've got a jazz band concert this upcoming wednesday. only a few months ago did i really start to focus on learning to improvise and with the concert coming up theres one problem that's really bugging me: soft tounging. every time i solo i tend to tounge too hard and it distorts my jazz style and phrasing. how do you tounge softly? is there a specific spot in the mouth thats better to hit or is it just practice until its muscle memory? thanks

12-16-2006, 09:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
Brekelefuw Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Toronto Posts: 885	Re: tounging help while soloing When soloing I mostly use a 'da' sound to tongue. It is much softer than the 'Ta' sound. Listen to guys like Chet Baker, Nat Adderly and Clark Terry for great 'soft' tongues.

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