Tonguing exercises

Play these exercises tonguing lightly to the root of your upper teeth. Choose a tempo that you can play the six bars on one breath (usually about +-100bpm).

Sound example: Tonguing exercise 1, Tempo=100

Tonguing exercise 1

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Choose a tempo that you can play the five bars on one breath (usually about +-100bpm).

Tonguing exercise 2

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Choose a tempo that you can play the five bars on one breath (usually about +-100bpm).

Sound example: Tonguing exercise 3, Tempo=120

Tonguing exercise 3

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You can use any scale you want for the tonguing exercise above. Below are few examples using mixolydian and natural minor scales.

Tonguing exercise 4, mixolydian

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Tonguing exercise 5, natural minor (aeolian)

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Sound example: Tonguing exercises, Tempo=

Tonguing exercises

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