David's Tip of the Day: Parts of the Tongue, Part 5 - Back
Posted Thu, 07/10/2014 - 06:59 by David Barrett Admin
The back of the tongue is used for articulation with all embouchures (it's the primary articulation for tongue blocking). This is commonly accessed by using "g," as in "ga" or "k," as in "ka." When bending this turns into "gu" and "ku." This is also the area of the tongue that's raised when bending lower-pitched reeds, like 3, 2 and 1 on an A Harmonica for example.
