kevgermany
ex Landrover Nut
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Have been avoiding tonguing, cos many of the notes I can get without doing it, and those I need it for weren't blowing cleanly with it - in fact it was making things worse.
Recently discovered that tonguing with the flat part of my tongue (say about 1cm from the tip) seems to damp the reed and give me the clean blown notes I need, but it's a little awkward. But sounds much better than the tip of my toungue.
Perhaps I'm missing something, but everything I've read so far says to tongue with the tip.
Should I revert to trying to tongue with the tip of my tongue? Or should I keep on with the area behind the tip. What I don't want to do is to start doing things I'll have to unlearn later.
Recently discovered that tonguing with the flat part of my tongue (say about 1cm from the tip) seems to damp the reed and give me the clean blown notes I need, but it's a little awkward. But sounds much better than the tip of my toungue.
Perhaps I'm missing something, but everything I've read so far says to tongue with the tip.
Should I revert to trying to tongue with the tip of my tongue? Or should I keep on with the area behind the tip. What I don't want to do is to start doing things I'll have to unlearn later.