Clarinet Double Tongue Tutorial

[@aviyocheved2474]

Hi! I'm a high school first clarinetist in a wind symphony and orchestra who is seriously considering pursing clarinet in university and beyond; our orchestra pieces have become more demanding and learning how to double tongue has helped me so so much! This video gave a lot of good insight about articulation that was really helpful to me. I really admire you as a clarinetist.

[@goalexey]

Abby Davis Thanks a lot Abby! Glad this is somewhat helpful. :)

[@Faaizer]

ye this is help full

[@ethumlalo]

Perfectly explained methodically.... best regards from Poland. Thank you again...:)

[@Rayxl1]

I've found it good to imagine you are saying 'digger' over an over again then make your fingers move twice for every 'd' sound instead of once as with single tonguing.

[@williamwilliams6020]

After 50+ years playing (and struggling) trying to use T instead of G, progress is made. Thank you.

[@dreamwaves2rg]

Good tutorial - thanks for sharing! I have been double tonguing for years on flute and just recently applied the technique to my clarinet playing. I, too, have found that using it on different notes is better than articulating on one note - your legato tonguing approach is also a great idea! Great video!

[@robbiemarrsmarrs5429]

thank you so much watched hundreds of videos but this one is the most helpful gonna start practicing this now as it may help with a piece I'm doing for diploma and haven't really got a fast single tongue and I'll look up your website as I'm sure there's even more that could help me thanks!!!!

[@hazeld8016]

Came because my band director said it couldn’t be done, stayed for the great tips

[@claudia398]

how do you make the G sound on the clarinet, which part of the tounge is used? your tutorial is good but I dont understand still how to make the sound DG, thanks

[@luismigueloliveira]

amazing. Cheers from Portugal

[@goalexey]

:)

[@leonardobolivar00]

Brutal tutorial,AWESOME! .... I am Dj and Clarinetist lesson 's learned ! Greetings from Valencia, Venezuela !

[@fj7509]

Thank you for the encouragement. I kept getting frustrated because the sides of my mouth kept getting tired from performing the "Ga" part of the double tongue. I thought that my embouchure was weak and flawed when really it's just your body being introduced tot he new technique. Thank you (:

[@substitoad7069]

Faheem Jamaloodeen think you are saying digger

[@nycdavid68]

Bravo. Thank you for doing this video.

[@goalexey]

:)

[@MatthiasLenardt]

Wonderful explanation ... well made ... I learned the double tongue on clarinet from the Taragot (rumanian traditional instrument) ... probably this helps few people also ... Greetings 🙋‍♂️

[@lauraelisha]

Thank you for all your videos. I'm a composition student, now composing a clarinet solo, and both the recordings of contemporary music with score and this video have been really useful to figure out how to write for clarinet (:

[@lacroixr41]

Great to have discovered you. Now I can practive double tonging without doing TK all the time. DG is better and I have tried it. All I need to do not is practice my scales and make use of the new double tonging. Merci

[@machinecoma1270]

this guy is awesome! I don't know why I didn't start watching him earlyer

[@Outreachmusic1]

brilliant video -- thanks so much from New Zealand

[@michaelpfahler1022]

That thing you were talking about around 6:00 in is called a Clark study for us. Thanks for posting. 16 years old and I can flutter. Want to learn how to double. Gonna use your videos for my playing. You teach well!

[@blangermatthieu]

Great help . thank you! I'm a jazz clarinetist who just got interested on the subject!

[@miketheclarinetplayermikeo6215]

I recently made the top band in my school... And this has helped me to try and play songs such as "Flight of The Bumblebees," etc. This was really helpful thank you! :D

[@Larka1121]

Flight of the bumblebee is slurred...... Isn't it?

[@michaelpfahler1022]

It can be. It can be tongued also.

[@akliluzewdiewoldearegay4536]

Amazing and very helpful tutorial , Many thanks and God bless you.. Alexey.

[@SuperWorldRailFanProductions]

This video will definitely inspire me on being able to double tongue, Thanks for posting.

[@alickagali]

Благодарю, Лёша! Хорошее видео, поучительное .. в студенчестве баловались двойным стаккато, а в практике мало использовала, а зря.. своим видео напомнил п.с. не у всех получается произносить слог га из-за отсутствия его в повседневной речи.. нет этого звука "г" и в китайской речи, а в английском "г" звучит мягко и гнусяво.. отсюда сложности в использовании "г" в двойном стаккато.. им наверное, проще практиковать слог Ка! Восхищена твоим исполнением Паганини! Браво!

[@tfmatos1]

Incredible! Amazing! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🖖🏽

[@javi9793]

I GET DOUBLE TONGUING NOW THANKS !!!!

[@ozlorca9105]

That video really has helped me, but i still have doubts about double tonguing in the very high register. Thanks for all.

[@mendezamorelisandroismael6442]

That video was extremely heplful, Thanks a lot !!

[@Sophie-ck1kp]

wow thx so much! I kinda got it!

[@LeoBercoff]

Thanks! Nice tutorial! I'll be practicing in the next weeks! Nice studio too! :)

[@ClarinetistsMusic]

Excellent Alexey!

[@aidanso4481]

This helps a lot!Thx so much 😉

[@hudsoncampos5976]

Very good.

[@failedkamikazekevin6594]

great work man

[@iliaspapadopoulos4837]

Really Very good tips dude!thanks..Still trying for high register where is the most difficult part!it was also helpful to use the dotted eight-sixteenth practising but i had to keep the airflow between them.Go for a slap tutorial!!shoutout for Logic X :))))

[@DreamBIG224]

Hi Alexey! I recently made first chair at my high school and tried out for mid state the for the first time last year and I actually made the band! While I was there though I realized how much better the higher chair players were than other players my age (I'm 16) than I had heard. After watching the movie "Whiplash" I was like "gotta get my crap together" so I started looking up tutorial videos and I found yours. I am totally blown away by hearing you play! I definitely have a lot to work on! (Is it ok to start crying now? Lol) Thank you so much for making this video and I hope to see more videos like these from you in the future! Also, you were talking about a size 5 reed earlier. A size 3 Vandoren is standard at my high school but I'm currently playing on a 3 1/2. Our band director doesn't want us getting higher than that, but what do you think about progressing in reed size or the relevance of it to your level of playing?

[@goalexey]

DreamBIG224 Thanks a lot! I personally loved "Whiplash". It had its cheesy moments, but overall energy was great in my opinion.

[@leonardonsius]

Why aren‘t you famous as fuck - you‘re one of the fastest musicians I‘ve ever heard you should try to break the „flight of the humblebee - record“

[@TheRat900]

hello. thanks for doing this video. one thing i might have missed in the video, when you do the DG articulation, does your tongue touch the tip of the reed? i tried to do a D articulation while also trying to hit the tip of the reed and i had a lot of troubles

[@goalexey]

Hey Daniel - yes, D is the regular tongue on the tip of the reed. What I mean by "D" is the tenuto tonguing. Think legato and articulate in such a way so the tongue hitting the reed doesn't disrupt the air much. If you are practicing single tonguing, you can do it on one note. That's how I practiced it before.

[@TheRat900]

Oh, okay. It'll take a little more practice, then. Thank you again for this video

[@rafacli]

Hi Alexey Thanks for thi video. Is very useful.

[@domdlcruz]

Thank you for explain something difficult so simple. About me, it´s no easy . But seeing you do it, it seems very easy

[@tahinaalailimas6989]

This video really helped! The only thing Im struggling on is making the "G" sound. Im kinda confused

[@BennyGoodman1977]

Agree

[@torivenske]

How do you get the "ga" articulation? What part of the tongue do you use for that ? And is the "di" articulated with the tip of your tongue?

[@substitoad7069]

well just "talk" into your clarinet i have played 12 years so it just becomes natural after a while

[@fimind]

Крутой видос и крутой канал, спасибо!

[@nirolfaciram]

Thank you!!

[@oscar7499]

When you make the daga articulation do you articulate the da and simply blow air on the ga?

[@folkclarinet]

Brilliantly explained! I've dabbled in double tonguing on clarinet (after learning about it but not being able to do it on flute) for years. This year I'm learning taragot (tarogato) and the speed at which many Romanian taragot players from the Banat region play makes double tonguing necessary. I had my taragot out while watching this and experimenting with your ideas. Worked great! Now, my only question is: In a week or 2, how much faster will this become? 10-20 metronome clicks? More? (I know a bit of it is based on practice time and quality, but if you could give a general idea I'd appreciate it!)

[@Anca1200]

I've got a question. when I try to pronounce dg dg dg dg, I feel like my throat is moving, or like shaking. What is it?

[@stoicepictetus833]

Hi Alexey, would it be possible to have a single lesson with yourself so I can be sure I'm doing it correctly? Thank you for showing this tutorial. My single tonguing is too slow so I've started practising double tonguing starting at tempo 72bpm to try and get a solid technique before speeding it up, and I'd like to get it checked out before I go any further. With thanks and best wishes.

[@masterdurick5667]

I don't know how to double tongue, I am trying to learn, by the way. Would you say that going from "T-K" to "D-G" is more of a natural process? I remember when I first learned single tonguing in elementary school, I was taught "t-t-t-t-t", but then I was told to legato tongue and it was hard for me to do. The "t" sound was very harsh for me. Just after years of playing, I naturally developed a "d-d-d-d-d" and a legato tongue. I didn't specifically work on it, it just naturally... "came" to me. To me, the "d" sound is just a much much more delicate and softer form of the "t" sound. Wouldn't you say the same for the "k" and the "g" sound, and that when learning, it's okay to do the "k" sound but just try to make it as soft as possible for the "g" sound? I also find that when I make the "g" sound as soft as possible, sometimes I am "too soft" in that I don't stop any air or cut any air at all, and I end up producing a kind of tremelo.

[@matthewc2100]

YOU'RE INSANE

[@Clarinet69]

Can you do double tongue while circular breathing? A few sax players do it, and Robert spring does it in his recording of moto perpetuo.

[@petermancinime]

what is a great strategy for a 7th grade bass clarinet player trying to get quicker on 16th? Any help

[@fatpig33]

Thank you so much for this, it has been a great help (like you I also started on single notes as well as t-k) the change has done wonders! Is the Mendelssohn arrangement you have purchasable at all? It sounds fantastic and Id certainly love to play it if there was an opportunity to!

[@goalexey]

Mendelssohn track or the score? the track you can get for free if you go to my website and subscribe (alexeygproject.com) The clarinet score is the private arrangement of Charles Neidich, so it's not for sale unfortunately.

[@fatpig33]

ah ok - I meant the score but that's ok! The track sounds fantastic :-)

[@arthurvictor4298]

u are amazing...

[@substitoad7069]

what clarinet do you play on?

[@TarasButrie]

Is there a specific sound you reccomend in order to double tounge in the upper register? (high F on staff and above)

[@joaovalinho6586]

how can I have a clean double tongue on upper register, starting from F fifth line?

[@Dara-ij1ng]

Спасибо! Полезное видео!) Кстати, интересно, как называют основные виды артикуляции духовиков(types of articulation) там, где вы живете? Столкнулась с множеством вариантов на английском))нам привычное деташе - это normal tonguing?

[@Dara-ij1ng]

Буду благодарна за ответ:)

[@ПетрКрюков-ч8с]

Могли бы вы мне помочь? Я делаю на та-ка и ка всегда как будто перекрывает воздух и получается что просто прекращается игра, а просто пустота после ка! (( Помогите пожалуйста

[@ПётрАркадьевич-б4н]

Добрый день. А такой приём подходит для саксофона?

[@midnightcat1202]

Do tongue the Guh sound ?

[@yoonjikim7173]

This was a very helpful video but I can't really make the 'G' sound :( I keep making Tsk sounds in my staccatos and I have an audition this week for Bacchanale(?) and barber of seville! please help!

[@liriogomez5956]

Does this also work out for bass clarinet.?

you are awesome.

[@MrKaczmarov93]

Very nice video! Help me a lot! Maybe its stupid question, but if i can't tell "Da, ga" in very fast way, that means, i can't play it on clarinet so fast? And other question: Is it the matter of tongue how fast we play staccato? Because I think my tongue is very slow and my tongue is very long. Is it matter when I play staccato? Sorry for my english, I am doing my best to improve my english, but its still bad :P Greetings

[@waterlily-crystalpearl51213]

My first reaction: how is anyone able to play sixteen notes THAT fast. I have tried to double tongue and it is NOT easy.

[@abrahamgarcia6408]

Whats that called at 5:50

[@musokid89]

abraham garcia returning scales

[@is02ub]

For the double tongue technique, are you touching the reed with your tongue or is the articulation created only by the air interruption by the DG sounds?

[@MultiFuckme22]

I know its a year late but the air should never be interrupted

[@joshuacho7782]

Im confunfused with the g part as well

[@normasmale7138]

What do you do for altissimo? I find D G works fine in first 2 registers but once I enter altissimo it starts to get much harder, especially above E. The shape at back of mouth seems to interfere with the 'G' production.

[@WoodwindRevolution]

What kind of clarinet setup do you use?

[@goalexey]

+WoodwindRevolution My current clarinet setup - Selmer Recital clarinet, Viotto (german model) mouthpiece, Vandoren White Master reeds (for german mouthpieces).

[@antonksilnikov893]

А про перманентное дыхание? Если можно для русскоязычных 😄)

[@ClarinetistsMusic]

I should make one with the type of rapid Articulation that I do - swinging the tongue side to side.

[@whoitisnot]

Cool - so where IS that video??

[@eugiejoshvargas3262]

Plss help me how to use the sound Gi mso confused

[@pae913]

How long does it usually take to get the hang of this?

[@gameaddiction7731]

Clarinet Catato A few years to get it sounding really clean.

[@hollymunfordbloe4744]

Yes very helpful! Ukulele Atlanta Holly Bloe

[@Y.D.S.H.N]

При тренировке двойного стаккато во рту скапливаются излишки воздуха. Это нормально?

[@waterlily-crystalpearl51213]

he learned double tonguing at age 21/22 and I have to learn as a middle schooler.

[@blackwavvy6274]

Im in middle school band i cant do this

[@gduiaudiu3028]

I'm both clarinet and recorder player but I can only do double tongue on recorder Lol

[@Musix4me-Clarinet]

Argh! 16th notes from slow to quarter = 90 okay. Quarter =180 okay. Everything inbetween??! Argh! Patience...patience.

[@angelpena3979]

Mejorar la embocadura Saludos sigue estudiando

[@clarinete09]

AngelVzla en serio le estás recomendando mejorar la embocadura? jaja

[@machinecoma1270]

this guy is awesome! I don't know why I didn't start watching him earlyer

[@nicktheclarinet6718]

Earlier** lol