Double Tonguing with a Tied Note Pattern

Post Reply
User avatar
Ztubadude
Posts: 12
Joined: Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:26 pm

Double Tonguing with a Tied Note Pattern

Post by Ztubadude »

Is there an accepted standard approach to tonguing with a tied note passage?

For example: Quarter note tied to a sixteenth, followed by 3 sixteenths.

Do you use a KTK articulation on the 3 sixteenths, or some other strategy?

Thanks!
Kdanielsen
Posts: 601
Joined: Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:35 pm

Re: Double Tonguing with a Tied Note Pattern

Post by Kdanielsen »

In that situation and similar I almost always do TTK.
Kris Danielsen D.M.A.

Faculty:
Dartmouth College
Westfield State University
Keene State College

2nd Trombone, Glens Falls Symphony
Principal Trombone, The Valley Winds
User avatar
Doug Elliott
Posts: 3989
Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2018 10:12 pm

Re: Double Tonguing with a Tied Note Pattern

Post by Doug Elliott »

I would make an automatic decision on the fly as to what would work better, based on the phrasing and what the actual notes are. And I think in terms of D and G, not T and K. Thinking about it, if the first articulated 16th after the tie is a lower note, I typically would use GDG, and if it's a higher note I would use DDG
Lord of the Rims
Post Reply

Return to “Performance”