How to Ghost-Tongue (Clifford Brown)

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Continuation of the ‪#‎CliffordBrown‬ Educational Series. This post deals with Ghost Tonguing, one of the most defining characteristics of Clifford's playing. Feel free to leave questions in the comments section!

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  • @dontaehamlett4011
    @dontaehamlett40113 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for keeping the sound and genius of Clifford Brown alive!

  • @Funkadelic3
    @Funkadelic37 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this series. Clifford was a gift to the world of trumpet playing

  • @ChrisDavisTrumpet
    @ChrisDavisTrumpet8 жыл бұрын

    This is a great demonstration of what ghost tonguing is. Very well stated too. Thanks for making these videos!

  • @DominickMusic

    @DominickMusic

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! I invite you to join the Facebook Live Q&A I'm doing tonight (Tuesday) at 8pm EST where you can ask any questions related to the Series. You can access it here: facebook.com/dominickfarinacci

  • @jacksonharpemusic1866
    @jacksonharpemusic18662 жыл бұрын

    The is the best demonstration and description of ghost tonguing that I've heard. Thanks!!

  • @prestoncole8614
    @prestoncole86143 жыл бұрын

    That was neat how to ghost tongue within a rhythm. Knowing how to ghost tongue a rhythm allows one to organize rhythm sections into eight notes within an eight count rhythm to play any song. Thank you Dominick Farinacci for making it clear for a layman.

  • @drumqtips
    @drumqtips7 жыл бұрын

    DOM!!!!! Trumpeters, listen to this man. He KNOWS what he's talking about! Miss you brother!

  • @JonErikKellso
    @JonErikKellso4 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed this, thanks, Dominic! Food for thought. You sound terrific.

  • @wayneworthy2672
    @wayneworthy26727 жыл бұрын

    You're a talented musician and a very good teacher. Thanks for sharing.

  • @gentrismoore7566
    @gentrismoore75665 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, very well articulated, conveyed and implied.

  • @davidsmith6863
    @davidsmith68632 жыл бұрын

    Throughly enjoyed this. Thanks so much

  • @pauldance7387
    @pauldance73876 жыл бұрын

    2 years since last response post, this is really good stuff.

  • @ChildOfKingJesus57
    @ChildOfKingJesus574 жыл бұрын

    That was fabulous! You help me understand ghost tonguing; thank you!! I will work at a phrase now!

  • @TravioliTime
    @TravioliTime7 жыл бұрын

    I love the solo at the end! I think I'm going to transcribe it!

  • @alcnon
    @alcnon5 жыл бұрын

    Nice! Thanks for sharing, some great tips for brass players.

  • @robhowe8353
    @robhowe83533 ай бұрын

    That's a great lesson there!

  • @acornflk8549
    @acornflk85496 жыл бұрын

    Dude thank you so much! I found a Gerudo Valley sheet and it had a ghost note and I was so confused until I found this video! I subbed!

  • @sapientia_et_virtus
    @sapientia_et_virtus6 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Thank you!

  • @chrisjones1993
    @chrisjones1993 Жыл бұрын

    You’re soloing is murderous man that was crazy it’s so hard to play fast I can’t even fathom playing that fast on trumpet.

  • @MrCrescendo
    @MrCrescendo6 жыл бұрын

    great info. Love it

  • @cyohara4961
    @cyohara49617 жыл бұрын

    Inspirational, Clifford still lives.

  • @WasatchWendigo
    @WasatchWendigo5 жыл бұрын

    You sir are a great teacher.

  • @JeffWhiteMedia
    @JeffWhiteMedia8 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Dom! Awesome series!

  • @DominickMusic

    @DominickMusic

    7 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoy it, Jeff. I invite you to join the Facebook Live Q&A I'm doing tonight (Tuesday) at 8pm EST where you can ask any questions related to the Series. You can access it here: facebook.com/dominickfarinacci

  • @jazzroom
    @jazzroom8 жыл бұрын

    fenomenal playing and great explanations , thank you! i m watching your Clifford series videos for inspiration in my daily sax shed even though i am a sax player - best regards, Dimitri :)

  • @DominickMusic

    @DominickMusic

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Dimitri! I invite you to join the Facebook Live Q&A I'm doing tonight (Tuesday) at 8pm EST where you can ask any questions related to the Series. You can access it here: facebook.com/dominickfarinacci

  • @colinberry707
    @colinberry7076 жыл бұрын

    I am classically trained and learned to ghost tongue parrot-fashion and would not have been able to explain the processes until now. Excellent Dominick excellent (inspired by the Great Clifford Brown).

  • @youngmonkreturns5973
    @youngmonkreturns5973 Жыл бұрын

    You da man thank you! ❤

  • @BuckMcAntlerson
    @BuckMcAntlerson6 жыл бұрын

    That intro was so legit. I'm 100% in. That was so Cliffordesque it's not even funny.

  • @stilo2703

    @stilo2703

    4 жыл бұрын

    Haha yeah I thought it was a transcribed line

  • @pedromanzanaresromero
    @pedromanzanaresromero3 жыл бұрын

    Wha! What a great video, you're a monster!!!

  • @Chris-ou6of
    @Chris-ou6of4 жыл бұрын

    You have amazing finger speed and sound this is a great video.

  • @adonias220687
    @adonias2206877 жыл бұрын

    very good!!!!

  • @zeusboneman
    @zeusboneman4 жыл бұрын

    EXCELLENT!!!

  • @rjb1122
    @rjb11224 жыл бұрын

    That was great.

  • @1SUNGODELBASIR
    @1SUNGODELBASIR4 жыл бұрын

    Great video. Keep 'em coming. Do one on Chet Baker or Donald Byrd.

  • @paulrodberg
    @paulrodberg7 ай бұрын

    Awesomeness

  • @claudineisilva1997
    @claudineisilva1997 Жыл бұрын

    Tks really usefull

  • @dipsyfriday
    @dipsyfriday7 жыл бұрын

    The ghost articulation is more "TH" than "N". The "N", in a strict sense, blocks air flow completely where "TH" allows air to flow a little. That being said - you sound great!

  • @MrSaulg1991

    @MrSaulg1991

    6 жыл бұрын

    yup, the N consonant will open your nose and close your throat, th is much less confusing to people

  • @samreynolds9915

    @samreynolds9915

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this TH tip! Couldn't get it with the N but this makes sense

  • @magohipnosis

    @magohipnosis

    4 жыл бұрын

    Th as in what word? English is fucking weird

  • @jackiezheng1443

    @jackiezheng1443

    3 жыл бұрын

    literally spent a good 30 minutes trying to figure it out until looking to the comments for help. Thanks!

  • @davisginn1298

    @davisginn1298

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@magohipnosis Words like ‘that’, ‘the’, ‘Thad’, ‘Theramin’ are some good examples, hope this helps👍

  • @ezekieledo9697
    @ezekieledo96973 жыл бұрын

    Nice one sir Looking forward to do more than you

  • @ethanescamilla8672
    @ethanescamilla86726 жыл бұрын

    Thanks and nice eyebrows

  • @tjwtrumpet
    @tjwtrumpet6 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video! I've just subscribed, but couldn't find the link to get the .pdf summary transcription - is it still available?

  • @BopWalk
    @BopWalk7 жыл бұрын

    Hey Dominick, you said this was done with single tounging right? I try to make the sound Dah-Ngn but my vibration gets blocked out when I try to do the "Ngn" sound. Is the Ngn sound done by throat manipulation or are there possibly other ways to do it? Any love your work Dominick, you are my favorite trumpeter, a lot of rich Clifford in your playing.

  • @Wanielyo

    @Wanielyo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Are you letting the air go out your nose rather than around your tongue on the ngn?

  • @blow-by-blow-trumpet

    @blow-by-blow-trumpet

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Wanielyo Oh hang on - if you let the air around your tongue then it's a doodle right? I can do that but I thought this technique was something different. Very confused.

  • @eranswisa
    @eranswisaАй бұрын

    Hi . Thaks for tje info ! And i like the soft tone! Btw is that a committee yiur playing ?

  • @ttrumpetguy
    @ttrumpetguy3 жыл бұрын

    Great video Dominick! Would be nice if you'd provided a pdf of the lick you're playing here (I guess you offered a way to get it that I didn't see a link to here), but then again we'd be cheated of the process of transcribing it ourselves and learning it better, especially the positioning of the accents to get that true Clifford-like articulation. You've obviously worked through this process so many times it's second nature to you, but for us newbies to this approach, I can see that transcribing first and working through it slowly, will yield better long term results! Thanks for sharing your love for Clifford and helping us add this articulation to our arsenals. I find it similar to doodle tonguing, but with much more variation in the dynamics and accents. Excellent video! I'll definitely be sharing this with my students. One question, I'm having trouble using the "en" syllable while playing, as you say it above, "da-en-da-en." I have no problem saying that, but when I try using it while playing, the air column completely stops, however, if I use the syllable "dul" as in doodle tonguing, for example, "du-dul, du-dul, etc. I seem to be getting the sound your getting here is it possible you're using a different syllable that sounds like da-en-de-da to the listener, but is actually something close when playing, but slightly different than that? Aw if only I'd found this comment from 3 years ago; And I agree you sound great! dipsyfriday 3 years ago The ghost articulation is more "TH" than "N". The "N", in a strict sense, blocks air flow completely where "TH" allows air to flow a little. That being said - you sound great!

  • @whatever7688
    @whatever76886 жыл бұрын

    Love the video and you sound awesome! One thing though: when you talk about the Ngn sound there's no way you're actually doing that when you play because when you say Ngn like that it stops the air from going through your mouth. So what are you doing when you play to get that sound?

  • @RobertDiVito
    @RobertDiVito8 жыл бұрын

    very well explained. I'm a classical player who has been wanting to learn this for a while but no one really has been able to tell me what they are doing. Or they didn't want to. In any case, from listening to your explanation, it sounds like the "n" sound is the default tongue placement throughout your phrases with the "da" attacks emphasizing the notes and groupings that give the phrase shape. Need to try this as when i try to play jazz it sounds too clean because my tongue is down and out the way like a classical player. If i employ the "n" placement it will make the sound hazy between the "da" attacks. Thank you for the info.

  • @DominickMusic

    @DominickMusic

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Robert, I'm going to try to better explain this tonight. I invite you to join the Facebook Live Q&A I'm doing tonight (Tuesday) at 8pm EST where you can ask any questions related to the Series. You can access it here: facebook.com/dominickfarinacci

  • @edbarragan
    @edbarragan3 жыл бұрын

    Right, ok.. cool! Lol love it

  • @monkeydooswingband831
    @monkeydooswingband8317 жыл бұрын

    thx!

  • @caleidoscopiasfilosoficasa192
    @caleidoscopiasfilosoficasa1927 жыл бұрын

    Excelente! DaRa DaRa

  • @adonis61atwalla
    @adonis61atwalla7 жыл бұрын

    Very impressive, thanks for share. Is it the same technique as "doodle tonguing"?

  • @katieking165
    @katieking1652 жыл бұрын

    Hi ! Great Video - can I ask if that works on the trombone as well?

  • @casta6c
    @casta6c6 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much. It'll be study very much. I question from Japan. In which song is there this solo?

  • @immanuellasker4273
    @immanuellasker42737 жыл бұрын

    great

  • @mauriziopasqui8937
    @mauriziopasqui89373 жыл бұрын

    Yeah ❤️🎺🎶💯

  • @erikg2515
    @erikg2515 Жыл бұрын

    Learn something new everyday. What kind of horn do you play? Nice tone.

  • @jakdebussy9091
    @jakdebussy9091 Жыл бұрын

    thanks a bunch man, what's the name of this song anyway?

  • @assignmentearth2899
    @assignmentearth28996 жыл бұрын

    Hey Dominick, is that an old New York Bach? I have my dad's old 1943 model. If it is cool.

  • @tjwtrumpet
    @tjwtrumpet Жыл бұрын

    Is there a chord progression for the lick you play in this one or is it all just a G-7?

  • @camiloochoa1239
    @camiloochoa12397 жыл бұрын

    thanks for this my friend, just a question, how do you do the n accent and still be able to blow thru the horn?........great player....thanks

  • @camiloochoa1239

    @camiloochoa1239

    2 жыл бұрын

    5 years after and still waiting for a response......

  • @peterknechtli
    @peterknechtli7 жыл бұрын

    Dominick, what kind of mouthpiece do you use?

  • @howardbivens4376
    @howardbivens43763 жыл бұрын

    Hey man I was Great

  • @garyguthman
    @garyguthman7 жыл бұрын

    Dominik, thank you. Perhaps you've already explained this misunderstanding but would you mind once again? When one says the letter 'n', the sinus passages open and air escapes through the nose, thus leaving no way to use the air to vibrate. I get the other 'doodle' tonguing concept, but in my experience, bone players have better success with this method. Have you got another, perhaps more in-depth thought in what you are doing when you are 'n'-ing?

  • @ethanhodes2348

    @ethanhodes2348

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm a little late to the game here, but when playing instead of "ng" I think more of an "L" to get the air around my tongue. You'll have to practice this alone to get some more pop behind the "L" articulation.

  • @slothoburrell9212

    @slothoburrell9212

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@ethanhodes2348 I'm a bit late too. After watching Clark Terry and his doodle tonguing tutorial, do dl edl adl - OR - do dl de dl da dl. How would we apply Dom's ghost rhythms to Clark's doodles ?

  • @lifetimesofamultiplemediam1003
    @lifetimesofamultiplemediam10033 жыл бұрын

    WOW!… 😳😳😳

  • @joshuajennings6852
    @joshuajennings68522 жыл бұрын

    When you play that line faster, does the "unh" articulation become more of a slur and tongue kind of thing?

  • @edbarragan
    @edbarragan10 ай бұрын

    Cool! 🥴🙌🏽🤣

  • @user-hr5uj1wq5q
    @user-hr5uj1wq5q3 жыл бұрын

    Sorry to bother you.... what mouthpiece do you use?

  • @cyohara4961
    @cyohara49617 жыл бұрын

    Just like going to heavan

  • @blow-by-blow-trumpet
    @blow-by-blow-trumpet Жыл бұрын

    The question about the "n" syllable blocking off the airway and the difference between this technique and doodle tonguing has been posed many times in this comment section but never adequately answered. If anyone reading this has the answers I would very much appreciate an explanation! In hope...

  • @zacharoni2092

    @zacharoni2092

    6 ай бұрын

    Hey I just saw this cause I was figuring out how to do ghost notes as well. Since I just started this today I’m not very qualified to give advice on this topic but I tried da and then dey/day and I felt like that was an improvement. Another comment on this video also tried using L. Hope this helps in some way if you were stilling wondering.

  • @jiyujizai
    @jiyujizai3 жыл бұрын

    ❣️😃

  • @Christian_antonach
    @Christian_antonach3 жыл бұрын

    I think, Perhaps, that the vowel for a Ghost tongue is L instead of N? i think with n the air is stopped by the tongue. Could be a more accurate way of describing this to students, let me know what you think :) Love your videos and playing of course

  • @markusfrey4256
    @markusfrey42562 ай бұрын

    ...more precisely, I think it has to be a kind of doodle tonguing instead of articulating with an "n" to let the air flow through.

  • @hugomorzen
    @hugomorzen3 жыл бұрын

    🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🤩🤩🤩🤩

  • @saxdee24
    @saxdee248 жыл бұрын

    how do people get so good on their instrument? Is there something i'm doing wrong?

  • @DominickMusic

    @DominickMusic

    7 жыл бұрын

    Would be glad to help. I invite you to join the Facebook Live Q&A I'm doing tonight (Tuesday) at 8pm EST where you can ask any questions related to the Series. You can access it here: facebook.com/dominickfarinacci

  • @stevenewton6776

    @stevenewton6776

    7 жыл бұрын

    Michael Oladugba making the most of practice time

  • @arachnid8688
    @arachnid86888 жыл бұрын

    Hi Dominick. Do u use single tonguing or double tonguing?

  • @DominickMusic

    @DominickMusic

    7 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your comment a while back. Primarily single tonguing. I invite you to join the Facebook Live Q&A I'm doing tonight (Tuesday) at 8pm EST where you can ask any questions related to the Series. You can access it here: facebook.com/dominickfarinacci

  • @arachnid8688

    @arachnid8688

    7 жыл бұрын

    Of course! sure I'll be there :D

  • @enti7y
    @enti7y6 жыл бұрын

    Dominick "ghost tongue" Farinacci

  • @michaelsmith957
    @michaelsmith9576 жыл бұрын

    isn't this the basis of scat singing?

  • @joaovianeydelimaguedes4294
    @joaovianeydelimaguedes42945 жыл бұрын

    Cliforf. play now El Degello. I'm brazilian

  • @rodmact6548
    @rodmact65487 жыл бұрын

    Dom, listen, I really don't get what you're doing with your tongue to get that ghost note, and you don't say what you do. Other commenters seem to have gotten it, but articulating the letter "n" totally blocks the air flow. Using "n" can't be correct, so obviously you mean something else, and you don't say what it is. Of course I know how to tongue a note. But the "n" tongue placement? You've gotta mean something else.

  • @BopWalk

    @BopWalk

    7 жыл бұрын

    Charlie Porter explains this a bit more, on his special effects part 2 trumpet video towards the end of the video. You open your mouth a bit more wider and make your tongue touch the ceiling of your mouth longer and higher so that the notes aren't completely blocked but a fuzzy note will come out.

  • @sooty33

    @sooty33

    7 жыл бұрын

    Clark's doodle tongue is another way of approaching it. He uses 'L' instead of 'N', allowing air to redirect around the side of the tongue

  • @BrassPractice

    @BrassPractice

    5 жыл бұрын

    When you're learning a new skill you need to start by accepting that you don't understand it. Think about what articulation is... what does the tongue need to do? Stop the air. The attack on a note is caused by a build of pressure in the mouth when the tongue does this. All of the old cornet method books describe tonguing in this way, including Arban. In the case of this kind of jazz articulation it is not a true attack but more of a momentary disruption of the air flow which is why it still sounds like air flow. Another thing that you haven't seemed to have considered in your comment is the general position of the tongue. Is the tip anchored? Is the tip allowed through the teeth? Does the part of the tongue that makes an 'ng' sound touch the roof, or the back of the teeth? What difference would all of these things make? You can't just watch one KZread video and expect to learn the skill. Stop reading this and go experiment with your trumpet!!

  • @ianmccutcheon646

    @ianmccutcheon646

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think that’s right. An ‘L’ doesn’t block the air flow but gives you a fuzzy articulation of the desired note - and can even mask the exact pitch somewhat creating ambiguity. Saying “doodle” in quick repetition sounds like a lazy man’s double-tonguing.

  • @ISRL380
    @ISRL3806 ай бұрын

    Bro sounds like John Mayer

  • @lofikorean7051
    @lofikorean7051 Жыл бұрын

    whats your horn?

  • @Omygoodnessg
    @Omygoodnessg4 жыл бұрын

    right?

  • @jackfrost127
    @jackfrost1275 жыл бұрын

    News flash. You can’t get air through the mouth by closing your air by saying “N”. That’s why “N’ sound is more of a hum.

  • @markdarreltorres7301
    @markdarreltorres73013 жыл бұрын

    if you say "'N'' the air goes through the nose, cant make a sound

  • @valveslide
    @valveslide4 жыл бұрын

    Slightly misleading as the Nn sound naturally gets channelled through the nose (as is evident when he's singing). He really needs to rethink how he communicates what he's actually doing

  • @prodbyblake4408

    @prodbyblake4408

    4 жыл бұрын

    Valveslide Orenophone the only way I’ve been able to figure it out is by just transcribing and now randomly I know how to do it kind of I guess.

  • @billsmith2619
    @billsmith26194 жыл бұрын

    &e

  • @tomgt007sugden
    @tomgt007sugden5 жыл бұрын

    Dominick your sound is terrible, you are using to much top lip. Forget techniques you need to work on your sound.

  • @ensaiadadebotafogo

    @ensaiadadebotafogo

    5 жыл бұрын

    He always speaks most highly of you!