Tongue blocking - why three instead of two holes?
Sat, 03/24/2018 - 15:27
Dear David,
I trust you are well! Many thanks for your course and the tip to start with tongue blocking right away. I think I will succeed.
But I have a quick one about that: Why shall I block three holes instead of just two ? Is that only for beginner training or will we stay with that througout the course? Many thanks!
Kindest regards, Erin André Wirz from good old Bavaria
Thank you Erin, I'm glad you're finding the material useful. You will stay over four holes for all of your studies. There are two reasons...
1) You can easily move to an octave without changing your mouth size, you just move your tongue to the center.
2) Your slaps, flutters, pulls, etc. have a larger chord behind them, for a fuller sound