Lesson 36: Advanced Articulation Techniques

• Keep an even pulse with lighter second attacks.
• Compare articulation choices in Telemann’s Allegro excerpt.

Build on Lesson 15’s smooth pairs: try too-ru for a clear first note and lighter second note, both the same length.

Too-ru pairs

Say the pair first, then play it with steady air.

Did-ll pairs

Next try did-ll; use whichever pair feels easy and keeps both notes clear.

Play: Telemann, TWV 40:102 — Allegro, bars 23–25

Play once with equal attacks, then with pairs; keep note lengths, the changed pitch and the beat the same.

First part down a fourth, adapted from Gavioli (2020), CC BY-SA 3.0; second part omitted, pairing added for practice.

Now play these

Telemann: TWV 40:102 — complete first part

Return after Lesson 50 for the full part’s wider range.

Telemann: TWV 41:F2 — complete Vivace

Advanced continuation: apply paired articulation when the upper notes are secure.

Off to California — O’Neill’s first setting

Use the page’s triplet and demisemiquaver preparation before this ornate tune.

When the paired attacks sound distinct without changing the pulse, move on to Lesson 37.