tongue position tone bending

I was at S.P.A.H. last week (not "the spah," but S.P.A.H., www.spah.org ;-) and I found myself often working on a student's tongue position to help them fix issues with their tone. The #1 issue was they had the back of their tongue humped up, causing problems with sounding notes and generally giving them a very weak tone.

Here's how to check it for yourself.

Go in front of a mirror... close your eyes... open your mouth enough to see your tongue position once you open your eyes... drop your tongue in the back... confirm that it feels correct... open your eyes! continue reading...