Slow Single Tongue On Trumpet? Try This Simple Exercise!

[@Goyote]

Gold mine of a channel.

[@RyanBeachtrumpet]

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[@wythetrumpet6419]

Very helpful. Many thanks! 🎺👍

[@RyanBeachtrumpet]

Thanks for watching!

[@abnercotto2368]

Way harder than it seems. I’ve played for decades and still struggle with it. Challenging just to go for 15 seconds. 😁 Thanks for the videos!!

[@RyanBeachtrumpet]

My pleasure! It is challenging, try to keep the tongue as relaxed as possible!

[@frankcervino3312]

When single tonguing for a period of time I find my air starts backing up on me, neck bulging choking off the air, any advice or tips to prevent this from happening? thank you Ryan love your channel!

[@HiYesThisIsJake]

The advice that echoes in my mind is "stay on top of your single tonguing", which I believe was given to Charlie Geyer from Herseth. I'll have to give this drill a shot.

[@RyanBeachtrumpet]

Let me know how it goes for you!

[@jaredfreeman2410]

Chris Gekker pointed out, in a 2022 clinic with the Rockville Brass Band, that this exercise demands a relaxed tongue. Without it, you simply can't get to the 60 second mark at any respectable speed. For a bit more detail about the exercise, purchase Gekker's "Articulation Studies." It's a demanding book, but then demand is what exposes one's strengths and weaknesses. Thanks for the video about this and so many other topics.

[@RyanBeachtrumpet]

I totally agree with this, and I like it better than how I described it.