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Articulations

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Fri, 01/22/2010 - 19:21
jodanchudan
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I'm not clear about when to articulate with a 'k' and when to cough - 'k' on the draw and cough on the blow? What about faster sequences of notes - do you still articulate in the same way?

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Sat, 01/23/2010 - 15:26
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David Barrett
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You are correct on the usage. For faster passages we use those articulations as well.

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Fri, 10/21/2011 - 18:13
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articulations

Hi David,

I've been playing for 3 years, most of which using the pucker method and learning from your books. this site is amazing btw. I hear your articulations when you play and they seem so much cleaner and crisper than what I can produce tongue blocking. do you have any other tips on this that could help.

When I compare articulations that I can achieve using the pucker method they are so much cleaner.

I was thinking that maybe a very short pull might be what you use.

What's your trick.

Thanks.

Mike

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Fri, 10/21/2011 - 18:54
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Welcome to the site Mike. It took me a while to get my TB articulations to be crisp. I practiced with my KA articulation over and over, working on getting it as sharp as my pucker... it took a couple of months. I found it to be important to arch my tongue (in that KA spot) as pointed as possible... articulating and getting the heck out of dodge for good tone.

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