Double tonguing and triple tonguing
Originally posted by: euper101 What helped me is I practiced the "Ka" on its own. I would take the arban articulation studies and just Ka it. I would practice it slowly to get the desired sound and articulation then I sped it up. When I learned how to multiple tongue I also had a professional teacher guide me through the technique. I would highly recommend to ask your tutor about it if you have one. If you dont I would highly recommend to get one. Good luck!
Spot on. In the new Arban's, edited by both Brian Bowman and Joe Alessi, they both mention this technique with strictly the "ka" sound. It sounds like a train wreck at first, but it gets better.
Also key to clean multiple-tonguing is, oddly enough, a fast, clean single tongue. They recommend practicing those same exercises at a fast, controlled, single-tongue and then break into the "ka" exercise, and then after that, to slowly work on the multiple tongue itself, whether double or triple.
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