Double Tonguing on the Saxophone

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Jazz at Lincoln Center's JAZZ ACADEMY

9 жыл бұрын

Ever wondered how saxophonists play rapid staccato lines? Saxophone master Ole Mathisen walks you through the double tonguing technique, showing you how it works and giving you tricks on how to practice it!
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Ole Mathisen - Tenor saxophone
Eric Suquet - Director
Bill Thomas - Director of Photography
Aaron Chandler - Sound Engineer
Richard Emery - Production Assistant
Seton Hawkins - Producer
Recorded September 18, 2014

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@rwtig 8 жыл бұрын

The ladies love him

@latinkeys1 4 жыл бұрын

rwtig hahaha stupid!

@jaykay1053 5 жыл бұрын

That's the nicest classical tenor sound I've heard. Beautiful.

@olemathisen6018 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@olemathisen6018 7 жыл бұрын

Andrew - that's a very good question. I have experimented with taking less and more mouthpiece, and I find that it is a bit easier to double tongue when biting farther out on the mouthpiece. However, don't compromise your sound. With my current setup I bite pretty far in on the mouthpiece, and I have gotten used to having the tongue pulled back a bit to compensate.

@olemathisen6018 7 жыл бұрын

If you are curious to hear this technique implemented more thoroughly and musically, check out my new album Floating Points: www.olemathisen.com/floating_points_album/

@lisanichols1744 5 жыл бұрын

This worked great for me, thanks so much, Ole! As a flutist, I'm pretty spoiled on double tonguing. I'm doubling for a musical and my saxophone tonguing was much too sluggish, but I didn't like the results I got with a "Guh" or "Kuh" the way most videos recommend. Ole's technique is simple and sounds much more even, and it came pretty naturally too. I think of playing "Te The" with "The" being the backstroke. Takk!!!

@olemathisen6018 4 жыл бұрын

Takk til deg! Very happy to hear you found it applicable - great luck going forward.

@Chronic.Pivoter 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that. At first, I thought he suggested doing the same thing as on flute, but in the end I realised that I didn't get his explanation at all. Your comment helped me understand what he meant.

@PemaquidGirl 3 жыл бұрын

@@olemathisen6018 Thank you!!!

@PemaquidGirl 3 жыл бұрын

@@Chronic.Pivoter I'm so glad it helped!

@robertzantay5923 3 жыл бұрын

Try not touching the reed at all, just disturb the airstream by saying doodle, doodle for sixteenths and doodle da for triplets

@jaykay1053 5 жыл бұрын

Wow! Sounds amazing! I You've inspired me to add this to my regimen.

@olemathisen6018 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome - have fun!

@mathewtrejo5577 5 жыл бұрын

This was really Inspiring, a Million thanks!!!

@olemathisen6018 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I was happy to hear that you found it useful.

@TRstarburst383 7 жыл бұрын

do you find you use less mouth piece while double tonguing, i find it hard to use my tongue very well when i pull it back in my mouth far enough to move above the mouth piece.

@josharave2736 4 жыл бұрын

Mate holy crap this helped for even my normal tongueing

@olemathisen6018 9 жыл бұрын

@Evan De Turk, Not quite - I believe flutter tonguing is more like rrrrolling the r. Also, with flutter tonguing you can not control the speed.

@trumpetplayerdude9838 6 жыл бұрын

Ole Mathisen you can control the speed of it by blowing more or less air more faster less slower

@sawyerkiddmyers5673 6 жыл бұрын

Why is he wearing a sax case strap as his neck strap?

@zaynemaddox2508 5 жыл бұрын

sawyer Kidd myers tf I just noticed

@jaykay1053 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like a really great custom strap. Anyone know if it is or if it's sold somewhere?

@pilargarcia7732 5 жыл бұрын

I wear mine like that too lol

@pascal62 5 жыл бұрын

he might have forgotten his strap at home lol

@olemathisen6018 4 жыл бұрын

Haha, It is a custom strap and very comfortable I might add.

@LCohenSax 9 күн бұрын

Amazing!

@garymelhaff9327 4 ай бұрын

wow - never heard anyone suggest this method of double tonguing! So curious, if this is easier why do people do it the other way?

@evanhenderson7783 4 жыл бұрын

Is it possible that different mouthpieces have different difficulties

@ericperry1861 5 жыл бұрын

I have never found that I can control the speed when doing this dawdle tongue method. Similar to how James Carter uses it, I can only go one speed.

@kidding6712 5 жыл бұрын

Eric Perry Same I can only go one speed not faster or slower

@olemathisen6018 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I spent a lot of time controlling double tonguing at every tempo.

@blueeyedsoulman 6 жыл бұрын

My tongue feels numb now lol

@vioklarnet1722 6 жыл бұрын

Techniques name?

@AviCiderMmm 2 жыл бұрын

i learned to do this by myself last week before even watching this, i do the exact same thing as him and i think thats pretty cool

@teezhengxuan1651 6 жыл бұрын

dont you think that the mouthpiece is hard to tongue（i tried to practice up and down but its to hard to tongue😕)

@teezhengxuan1651 6 жыл бұрын

Hope i can get more advice of double tounging

@manswine7735 5 жыл бұрын

how old are you

@evs7534 5 жыл бұрын

Does that break your Reed?

@olemathisen6018 4 жыл бұрын

No it does not. However, I am using plastic reeds and I am an endorser of BARI Woodwind Synthetic Reeds

@darrenhill9931 7 жыл бұрын

might be a change of subject but still relevant to sax playing im sure, :) do you and most players have trouble with the amount of saliva / spit accumulating when playing the sax, especially when doing this exercise ???? look forward to your answer..

@jeremysoda 7 жыл бұрын

suck it up :D

@darrenhill9931 7 жыл бұрын

glad i asked,,i would never have worked that one out,,.

@olemathisen6018 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Darren, Yes, I've had to experiment a bit with different setups to minimize the artifacts associated with saliva buildup on the reed. Generally, darker sounding mouthpieces work better for me.

@fbi-agentvillegas9033 6 жыл бұрын

I get gallons of it on my bari sax