[TPIN] Air Leakage While Tonguing

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brett Johnson" <brettjohnson1111 at hotmail.com>
To: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 9:49 PM
Subject: [TPIN] Air Leakage While Tonguing


> Hi all,
> I've had this little problem for a while now, but I was recently 
> practicing and it really stood out. I've been *trying* to work on my 
> multiple tonguing to prepare for a concert piece in school. I don't have 
> the "ideal"-shaped tongue. Mine is fat and round. Whenever I approach 
> about an E or F near the top of the staff, I have air leaking from just 
> outside the mouthpiece, and when I try to tongue fast I get nowhere. My 
> speed drops considerably, sometimes just cutting off the note.  As you 
> might expect, this could hold me back while playing this song, as it calls 
> for high C's, and I have to take it down an octave. I don't like taking 
> things down :-). I do use a rather big mouthpiece (Schilke 20) if that has 
> any relevence. Seems like I need to correct something big here. All help 
> would be really appreciated.
> Thanks,
> Brett