If you feel the exercises to be too fast eheheh or too slow ahhhhhh you can use many programs to change the speed without affecting the pitch. See all 5 formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Much like learning to double tongue, one should begin practicing triple tonguing on a c major scale exercise and at a steady tempo of 60 quarter note. When you are tonguing, you are temporarily preventing the air from getting through. Soloing with the band pdf library slightly difficult solos by paul. The trumpetsolo from petrouchka strawinsky in 12 keys. Begin with a full breath, tonguing one note per beat on, say, throat g or throat e for stability, if you like for as long as you can sustain the note. Bud was the principal trumpet of the chicago symphony orchestra from 19482001. Tonguing and technique palton a great way to multitask in your daily routine is to work on tounging and technique with scales. If you are willing to do the work and be patient you will succeed at double tonguing in just a few months. Daily warmups for trumpet lonoke elementary school. Triple tonguing is a technique used by wind musicians as a replacement for single tonguing, specifically in groups of three. It is designed to improve the basic tongue stroke on the reed sort of like adjusting the default setting on a computer program.
In an exercise of this kind the eighths as well as the sixteenths must be played as short as possible. Band articulation exercises free download articulation exercises flute. If you feel this is your difficulty, try tonguing so the tip of the tongue lands on the backside of the upper front teeth, as though you are saying too. In the double and triple tonguing exercises below, however, slurring passages slowly and then, later, quickly with good tone and good air support is the first step to good tonguing. Lip trill exercises take the same idea further, this is more like finetuning. I was taught too or tu as americans say it, and my experience is that students who were taught something else usually some form of tonguing between the teeth have sluggish, unclear tonguing. I recommend that you take a few lessons with a doodling trombone player if you are new in this field to ensure that you get it right from the beginning. Information of the doodle tongue technique was analyzed from various spectrums, including the history of the doodle tongue technique, the common instruments that use andor require doodle tonguing for particular musical situations, and the individual musicians that master this articulation. Embouchure boot camp trumpet 9 you are what you eat great improvement can be achieved by simply listening to great trumpet players and trying to mimic their sound.
Trumpet exercises a free and nice way to learn the trumpet. To play eight notes full value keep the air moving and bring your tongue forward to tongue without stopping the. Trumpet exercises here are some exercises that i use, and like. Check out tons of samples to the left then grab an immediate pdf download above. As the title suggests, it is intended to be a study in double tonguing, a fairly advanced technique which enables flutists to repeat the same note rapidly, but may take a lot of practice to master. Multiple articulation for clarinet a method by robert s. Provided there is already air pressure inside your mouth which. Clarke technical studies for the cornet for a great wealth of fingering and technique exercises. Believe it or not, your tongue is actually pretty even, however, your fingers are not, so this can be problematic when combining the two in fast passages. Trevor wye has some nice double tonguing exercises in his practice book for the flute, volume 3, articulation. The art of playing trumpet in the upper register by august william haas a doctoral essay submitted to the faculty of the university of miami in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of musical arts coral gables, florida may 2011. You can change the pitch rapidly by raising and lowering your tongue as described at the top of the page. But once the obstacle is removed, it is the air support which determines the sound.
He has performed with many wellknown entertainers such as bob hope, jim nabors, roy rogers and dale evans, steve lawrence and eydie gorme, anita bryant, carman cavalara, victor borgie, the four freshman, blackstone the magician, bobby vinton and john. Think of double tonguing only as something to which you will have to resort when your single tongue runsout. Single tonguing exercise the following exercise is designed to improve all of the aspects of single tonguing in a very organized way. Rest for a few minutes after your warmup before continuing your practice session. Clarinetclarinet basicstonguing wikibooks, open books. What actually starts the note is the lack of tongue, ie the removal of your tongue from the mouthpiece tip.
Learn to play harmonicablues harp jamming techniques which includes articulation, using chords, warbles, slides, and dropoffs. Students are encouraged to incorporate multiple tonguing exercises on. Trumpet tonguing lesson effective single double and triple. Bruce was a member of the faculty at the university of northern iowa, school of music in cedar falls from 1969 until his retirement in 1999. The tip of the tongue to the top of the reed takes care of articulation. When doing these exercises keep the notes long not tied, just full value. I first mentioned double tonguing on this blog in this post on articulation, which was mostly aimed at composers, but todays post is a howto aimed specifically at clarinetists. A problem associated with multiple tonguing is the production of the kee sound with the mouthpiece in the mouth. The hinduyogi science of breath in html format a book maynard ferguson recommend. I want to practice multiple tonguing on pieces that could actually be played at a concert. Fast articulation international clarinet association. Its almost as though the tongue isnt long enough to do both. Breath support 1 breathe air in like you are whispering the letter o 2 breathe air out like you are whispering the word toe building lung capacity.
Each day set the metronome slightly faster, but never so fast that the you cannot maintain an even tempo. Play these exercises tonguing lightly to the root of your upper teeth. Shop and buy 240 double and triple tonguing exercises sheet music. Attempt to create as smooth a connection as possible between each repetition of the note, allowing the tip of the tongue to merely brush gently across the tip of the reed, creating as minuscule. The word means different things to different people. Flexibility and lip trill exercises trumpet exercise database. One of best exercises i know for working on tonguing is the basic tonguing exercise a. Again, there should be no attempt to produce sound, simply maintain the air speed used before the mouthpiece was placed in the mouth. Easy trumpet tonguing and articulation for beginners. Tonguing for jazz saxophone posted by mike lebrun on apr 9, 2014 in practice tips, sax last weekend i met up with a former student, who is now a good friend and has since shifted his focus away from saxophone toward his studies in biology at the university of chicago.
The first thing to do is identify ones current tempo for the exercise. It only takes about three minutes, and is to be done every day. Harmonica jamming techniques articulation and tonguing. Choose a tempo that you can play the six bars on one breath usually about. Apr 09, 2014 tonguing for jazz saxophone posted by mike lebrun on apr 9, 2014 in practice tips, sax last weekend i met up with a former student, who is now a good friend and has since shifted his focus away from saxophone toward his studies in biology at the university of chicago. And i also must recommend the great air support while tonguing article from the april 1998 flute talk magazine, by tom kennedy etitled. The tongue motion is the same for staccato as legato.
I urge you to develop your single tongue to a high level of efficiency before you even begin to think about double tonguing. Clarinetclarinet basicstonguing wikibooks, open books for. The goldman exercises for double and triple tonguing on. The same exercises used above see examples 1 and 2 should be repeated at this point. Perfect practice a complete practice routine for the trumpeter by darren fellows is a great guide to become a fine player and contains all the important routines of a trumpeter players daily work out, like warming up, buzzing. If you know any other program to do the same for free and fot pc drop me a line, i will add it to my page. May, 2001 in the case of legato tonguing, this is all done in one action, ie the tongue stops a note and by immediately taking it off the next note is started. The functions of the tongue are 1 to shape, or focus the sound and 2 to start, and often to stop notes. I have been using scales and the arban exercises to get where i am now. Breath support 1 breathe air in like you are whispering the letter o. Syllables for single tonguing ta, tee, too, da, dee, do syllables for double tonguing tika, taka, daka, teekee, deekee. This is a document introducing a unique articulation technique to trumpet players who perform jazz music.
This is the second part of a series of articles about doodle tonguing, and this time i want to share a few basic exercises to improve both speed and precision when using doodle tongue. This exercise is used to increase the speed of the tongue as well as the overall articulation endurance. The information will help you become a more aware musician, a more informed teacher, and a more effective parent of a young musician. I think that you may just need some clarification on how fast tonguing works, however.
If you play the whole book, it takes about 30 minutes. The optional use of the flutter tongue during these exercises will aid in smoothing out the sound and keeping the air stream consistent. Pick a few of the studies from each section for a good warmup. This is a very good example of how smoothly and evenly double tonguing can be implemented into your playing. The hinduyogi science of breath the whole book in pdf format, 46 pages. Once youve got the hang of that, go back to the high tongue placement exercises. In advanced music, triple tonguing becomes a necessity. It can be done in single, double and triple tonguing in. The word articulation refers to the way wind players use their tongue or not as part of musical phrasing and the first thing im going to say about this may sound a bit odd. This means do not play the notes staccato or short, unless it is marked that way. Get a book such as 240 double and triple tonguing exercises by v.
Trumpet tonguing lesson effective single double and. Are there any actual pieces or etudes that will be sort of fun i guess is the word i am looking for. To get started right away, here are some basic exercises you can use to get a irst feel of doodle tongue. As is also true of the embouchure, more than one approach to tongue position exists among professional clarinetists. Keep in mind that your fastest single tonguing and slowest double tonguing. If you are just starting to learn doodle tonguing, i strongly suggest that you take a few lessons in person with a good teacher who is familiar with the technique to make sure that you get it right from start. Use option one or option two to reintroduce tongue to reed surface. Doodle tongue jazz articulation for the trumpet player. Progressively arranged for flute or piccolo sheet music march 1, 1985 by victor v. Embouchure boot camp trumpet brainerd music department. The goldman exercises for double and triple tonguing on the. The tongue is used as an air stopper between the airstream from the players mouth and the mouthpiece, a clarinetist never stops the airflow with his or her diaphragm, the air is merely interrupted by the tongue in a way specific to the musical context.
Hence, tonguing and attack is more about breathing than tonguing. Flexibility and lip trill exercises trumpet exercise. Tonguing is the means by which the airflow is interrupted. One of the biggest issues with tonguing on the clarinet is that much of the time, its the fingers not the tongue that is the problem. Tonguing exercise 5, natural minor aeolian play these exercises tonguing lightly to the root of your upper teeth. For the best results, go back to the third week exercises and practice slowly, cleanly and clearly. The practice of practice will help you understand ways of getting better more clearly. I find that in a passage i need to tongue quickly, if i put just a bit less mouthpiece in my mouth, tongue a little closer to the tip of the tongue, and play softer, my articulation speed is greater. Sep 03, 2014 finally, some clarification is coming for me on the subject of tonguing, thanks to the flute listserv i belong to.