Bassoon Lessons - Double Tonguing on the Bassoon

[@frankmacchiaYeah]

Really great video in breaking down double tonguing on bassoon! Thanks for this!

[@jazzbassoonpaul]

Gabriel-double tonguing has eluded me for most of my life-this video give me hope. It's the one thing that has never fallen in place for me relatively easily-but the way you coach this and explain the technique is wonderful and I will get at it now with your video as my main source of information.

[@troensspring2650]

very helpful for composers. Thank you.

[@bethanyaus1]

this was really helpful - thank you. I've always been taught 'doo goo' sound which I was totally unsuccessful with. playing with different shapes like 'ti ki' and 'ta ka' has really helped improve the speed and sound

[@lsubassoon]

Thank you for listening and for your kind words

[@OboeSteph]

You explain it so clearly. Thank you.

[@SuperMinecraftguy98]

Wonderful instruction, thank you!

[@windschan8120]

Your video made me success

[@yangr359]

Thank you

[@FunkyBaby01]

4:20 That's an important note: you push with the diaphragm on the 'Ki' to get it to sound more like 'Ti'. Did I understand this correctly?

[@lsubassoon]

Yes absolutely

[@edp9863]

I don't understand this because whenever I try to use the double tongue it makes a strange suction and it messes up my entire embouchure

[@Bassoonist09]

I’ll try this tomorrow my bassoon is not with me. That sounds effective but it might not work for me my tongue is really thick and I was practicing on my own.

[@brsobrso9193]

What you say when you play single tongue?

[@lsubassoon]

It depends on the context, If we are talking about single tonguing in conjunction with practicing for a good double tongue then I say "Ti". However there are other contexts that require single tonguing like slow soft legato where might say "doo" or "di" or "tu" or in a repeated staccato in the mid register I might say "Ta". Largely I find that the consonant at the beginning of a note depends on what type of attack I want and the vowel that follows is typically dictated by either the tuning tendency of a note or the color of sound I want.

[@brsobrso9193]

@@lsubassoon Thank You!

[@harmlessfish7435]

How do you get faster at single tonguing? I'm really struggling with playing quickly.

[@lsubassoon]

I suggest starting around quarter note equal 60 and playing sixteenth note scales slur two tongue two, and slowly increase the metronome maintaining a clean attack on all tongued notes. The Slur gives your tongue a chance to rest, as you increase the metronome speed you will eventually make your way to 120 you can then go back to quarter equal 60 and tongue four sixteenth notes at a time without the slur. To start Instead of playing a complete scale I suggest starting on tonic and slurring to the second scale degree and tongue that note twice (slur two = first note to second note in scale) tongue two = repeat second note two more times tongued. Do this on each scale degree with its upper neighbor. Increase the metronome only when you can do this cleanly. Finally concentrate on moving the tonguing as little as possible, stat close to the reed in between notes, think legato.