It's amazing that you're giving these lessons for free! Thank you very much!!

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

10 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! GLAD they're helping you! David

I, for the life of me could not figure out how to do this and I've been playing flute for 8 years, thank you for this amazing video!

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

8 жыл бұрын

+Sophie Lawrence You're VERY welcome! Thanks for commenting. David

7 years later people are still watching you. Amazing!

Hi Erica! I'm so honored that you are watching my videos! Thank you so much for your continued support! David

I've watched a ton of videos attempting to explain this technique and NOBODY explained it like you... I actually understood it when you demonstrated what the tongue does at the beginning and then you just kept adding even more valuable tips!!! Great video!!! Thanks so much! Practice is key🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩 New subscriber!!

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your very kind comments! I am actually n the beginning stages of creating a brand-new website dedicated to teaching videos for the aspiring flutists. Wish me luck!! You take care!!

@madelinegrudens

8 ай бұрын

Looking forward to your training website and improving my skills. I just got back into playing after not having a decent flute for many years and now I can't stop!!! Finding someone like you is invaluable!!!

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

8 ай бұрын

@@madelinegrudens I have begun to work on them. Stay tuned!! DK

Awesome! I'm so glad to help both you and your student! David

@JoseAcosta-wq2yg

8 жыл бұрын

thanks David

Thank you for sharing your expertise with us, you seem like a very kind person.

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

10 жыл бұрын

Hello! Well, thank YOU for the very kind comments!! David

GLAD it helps! Best wishes, David

very nice explanation.I like it.

this was really helpful, thanks!! i cant stop watching this video

@ericalin7415

9 жыл бұрын

DrDavidandJudiKlee please respond to my comment, im a huge fan

Thank you so much! I picked up the flute in school band, it was a very basic class and if I played wrong my sound was drowned by the other instruments so I did things my way because I sounded good compared to the other beginners-- I know I was terrible. Recently I got my own flute and I realized that I had a sound problem, I thought it was the flute but it was the fact that I was not tounging. And I'm reminded that things are so for a very good reason! Haha My sound is much better now thanks again!!

Thanks for the video! This is the first one I've found that actually explained double tonguing well and how to improve the skill :)

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

9 жыл бұрын

Awesome! So glad it helps! Keep up the good work. David

This really helped! Thank you for posting this!

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

9 жыл бұрын

Colleen Fisher You're welcome! Glad it helped!! David

3:30 *Spits out water*

Thank you David for a great lesson

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

8 жыл бұрын

+doug tessler You're welcome Doug! Glad it helps, David

I play the flute too so you make is double and triple helped me very much

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

Жыл бұрын

Great! Keep up the good work! DK

Very helpful!!! Thank you!!!

You're welcome StarBluez101! I appreciate YOU too! David

Excellent Video! Thank you very much!

@davidklee1163

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Take care! David

This helps so much!!

I have a piece that has some double tonguing in it and I had never done it before, I didn't even know it existed haha! But with the help of my private teacher and some practice I can do it decently now 👍

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

4 жыл бұрын

Great!! Keep up the good work!!! David

Thanks 🙏 David

Really cool video

omg..Thank you very much! this is reallllllly helpful

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

7 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!!! David

just finished watching it lol. actually really helped. on my way to faster tk's woot! thanks man.

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Andre, Glad the videos helped!! David

Thanks this is helpful cheers

Thank you!!!!

How do you get noise out during the faster notes rather than just the sound of air? It's hard, when playing 16th notes, for example, for me to get enough air in to make a clear note rather than an airy sound.

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

9 жыл бұрын

Hi! Usually when a flutist is making noise when they are tonguing it is because the tonguing action has not been built up enough. You need to practice single/double/triple tonguing exercise EVERYDAY starting very slowly and going faster as the tongue gets stronger. Also make sure you keep the tongue down low in the mouth and the teeth open. David

@helpsavethehumans

9 жыл бұрын

DrDavidandJudiKlee What do you mean by "down low in the mouth"? I have only ever single-tongued, but I'd like to learn to double- and triple-tongue. However, even when I'm single-tonguing, which I've been doing for years, it's difficult for me to get tones out during really fast runs. They go by so quickly that it's mostly just air rather than a clear tone with each note. (If I slur the notes, then obviously it's much easier to get the tones out because there is a constant air flow rather than short bursts of air.)

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

9 жыл бұрын

helpsavethehumans There is a limit as to how fast you can single tongue. I have had 1-2 students that could single up to 132 to the quarter note. Most flutists cannot single any faster than 70-85 to the quarter note. The tongue needs to remain low in the mouth (pull the back of the tongue downward toward the lower jaw) other than the tip that is used for the articulating. David

Thank you so much!!!!

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

10 жыл бұрын

You're VERY welcome, Snicky! Keep fluting! David

thank you😊😊

watching this to get better at beatboxing lol.

CAn I practice doing da ga though out the day while I am waiting on line or out walking around without my flute and still get some benefit.

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

10 жыл бұрын

Hi! That is a great question! I once asked one of my former flute teachers the same question. Her answer was that we use different muscles when we say it verses actually using it when playing the flute. But I also have read where a different flute teacher stated that it was a great way to practice when you don't have your flute with you. I practice all the time such as saying it when I am driving. I would say to just go ahead and practice it whenever you have a moment or two. Good luck! David

Hi David, for triple tonguing do you use the articulation - tu ku tu, ku tu ku. tu ku tu, and/ or tu ku tu, tu ku tu, tu ku tu.....etc and is there a place for each? Many thanks

Thx!

3:29 that's awesome !!

What if I have been doing beatbox for 9 years? Do I still have to make the exercise?

This vidoe helps

What advice do you have for synchronizing double tounging with different fingerings? My double tounging is decent but it becomes an issue when I'm playing different notes.

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

6 жыл бұрын

Hi!! Usually if the fingers are not synced with the tongue that means that you have not been practicing slow enough and long enough to get them to work together. This is a very slow process over weeks and months. I would also work with a metronome and gradually increase the tempo ONLY after it is absolutely smooth and clean. Good luck!!!! David

@zeeke5209

6 жыл бұрын

DrDavidandJudiKlee ok thank you

Any advise on how to get rid of throat noises? They seem to show up on quicker passages with double and triple tongue.

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

4 жыл бұрын

Chances are you need to open your teeth more and possibly even your throat. Many or my flute teachers, I have had, always stressed whenever double/triple tonguing always open your teeth more. It is almost like yawning with your lips together. Try that. David

I expect I'm being dense, but with double tonguing is it simply that the first movement of the tongue is forward and the second movement is back , each movement bringing with it a momentary block to the air flow? Or is the throat itself blocked on the second movement?

Loved the video! Helped so much in double tonguing, but there's a piece in.which requires double tonguing, but I'm having a bit of trouble double tonguing the low notes. Is there any tips you have in helping me get those low notes out?

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

10 жыл бұрын

Glad the video is helping! To help the articulation in the low notes try to open the teeth more and make sure to use your low range embouchure (more flat and lips pulled back). David

Are there ways to tongue softly? I don't wish to use the "la" sound to replace the tonguing, but I'd like it to be softer and less noticeable when I play for recordings.

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

10 жыл бұрын

I use da-ga for all my double tonguing whether soft or loud. You can try moving the mic a bit further away from the flute when recording. You should be 6-10 inches away. Hope this helps! David

Thanks again David! I know of a elementary-school band teacher who is using the "pooh" syllable for her beginning flutists just learning to single-tongue. I understand that there is something called "French tongueing" using this. Seems a bad idea to teach this?

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

6 жыл бұрын

Hi!! I do not teach the French style of tonguing simply because I do not use it. Some teachers use it very successively. It is where the tongue touches between the front teeth instead of above the top teeth. Good luck!! David

Great lesson. It would help if you showed the spelling of the words and more examples of when to use them. I am dyslexic and need to hear and see to fully process. Thanks!

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! The two syllables I use are "Tuh-Kuh" or "Da-Ga" when double tonguing. I hope that helps!! David

HareKrishna&GodBless❤️🙏

Hello Dr. David, Are there any alternatives for the 3rd Octave High E note? I find that note suprsingly harder to play properly. Funingly enough, I can play much higher notes on the fourth and fifth octaves fine. If you could give any insights into this note it would be much appreciated! ;))

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

7 жыл бұрын

To lower the pitch of the 3rd octave E you can play it without the little pinky finger on the right hand. That brings the pitch down 20-30 cents. David

@Gioachino_Orsini

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the advice!

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Always glad to help :)

How are you getting such a clear tone on your (ka). I've been practicing double tonguing for a while, and I'm getting no place.

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

10 жыл бұрын

Hello Jamie! Always open your teeth even more than normal whenever you are tonguing. And make sure that you keep the back of the throat open also. David

@jamielivingston9289

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Dr. David

What's the song at the beginning

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

8 жыл бұрын

+Faith Webb Hi! The song is called “Mi Bonita” and it is off of my Mi Bonita CD. It is an original tune. David Klee

Hello sir, is practising 10 min. a day for 6 months enough for professional tounging? Or I need to increase my practice time?

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

6 жыл бұрын

There is a direct correlation between input and output when it comes to results from practicing. A non-professional needs to build different areas of their technique-this requires alot of effort to do this. A professional who has already worked long and hard may only need to practice to maintain their technique. The long to the short means that as a non-professional you have to work harder AND longer to develop your technique than a professional. To really develop your tonguing you probably need to work your way up to 20-30 minutes or more or various tonguing and articulation exercises. I would suggest the Taffanel/Gaubert 17 Daily Exercises for the flute to start with. Good luck!! David

@anishgasi2727

6 жыл бұрын

And sir, When I tongue for more than 5 minutes, my mouth produces alot of saliva. Am I doing wrong or it's natural?

So, for triple tonguing do we say t k t over again like t k t t k t t k t t k, or do we do t k t k t k t k?

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

4 жыл бұрын

If it is different notes (example-F-G-A) I use TKT. If it is the same note (example-F_F_F) I use TTK. Some flutists use TKTKTK-etc. when it is different notes. David

tonging it self dose not problem.the problem is double tonging and fingering dose not much.

Is the bottom of my tongue supposed to touch the back of my mouth?

@DrDavidandJudiKlee

9 жыл бұрын

Hi! I am not sure I fully understand your question. When producing the Da or Ta syllable the tongue should be rather low in the mouth with the tip of the tongue barely touching the gum just above your front teeth. The back of the throat should be open. Hope this helps!! David"

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