tonguing

Tonguing is a technique used with wind instruments to enunciate notes using the tongue on the palate or the reed or mouthpiece. A silent "tee" is made when the tongue strikes the reed or roof of the mouth causing a slight breach in the air flow through the instrument.

transitive : to touch or lick (something) with the tongue. cows tonguing the long grass.

A musical technique performed by wind and brass instrument players that involves interruption of the wind stream by moving the tongue in order to articulate notes. This affects both attack and articulation and is often employed to produce a rapid succession of notes.

Off. So you may sound similar to that all. I'm doing is just blowing I'm just.

'Tonguing' refers to the tonguers, men who would cut up the whales on shore; they also often acted as intepreters with Māori communities, who also worked as part of the whaling crews. This vivid watercolour by Alister Hardy comes from further south, from the remote Grytviken whaling station in South Georgia.

Why is tonguing so important? The start of the note (sometimes called the attack) is what contributes the most to any instrument's and any player's individual sound quality. If you record a single note, then edit out the initial attack portion, it is often difficult to even tell what instrument is playing the sound.

tongu•ing (tung′ing), n. [Music.] the manipulation of the tongue in playing a wind instrument to interrupt the tone and produce a staccato effect.

Color. A pink tongue is healthy and normal. A red tongue may indicate heat in the body like a fever or a hormonal imbalance. A reddish purple tongue is a sign that there may be inflammation or an infection in the body. A pale pink tongue may be a sign of a vitamin deficiency, a weak immune system or a lack of energy.

The tongue drum, also referred to as a steel tongue drum, a tank drum, or a hank drum, is a relatively new instrument belonging to the idiophone family of percussion instruments. An idiophone is an instrument that produces sound via the vibration of the instrument itself.

And place that air in place with the tongue in place already blocking the airstream. So instead you get. Okay so each time we're not putting the tongue. Into that to make the articulation.

- - that's where it's going to hit. So now say this with me - - - try it - - - and you'll hear that I connected all of those sounds.

So I'll do the back one first. You can do it like that and then you can do it short. And that front one. I only practice the front one short because I don't really use it for long notes.