Lesson 41: Advanced Articulation — Double Tonguing
- Alternate t and k syllables evenly at moderate speed.
- Keep double tonguing even while the notes change.
Let the second syllable share the work.
Double tonguing shares the work between t and k sounds; begin slowly so both notes sound equally clear.
The basic alternation
Say te-ke slowly, then play it on one note; match the two sounds before adding speed.
Compare single and double tonguing.
Alternate te-ke on each pair of sixteenth notes.
Play: Handel, HWV 367a — Furioso, bars 2–4
Listen now; play this wider-range excerpt after Lesson 49, keeping its sixteenth notes even and its rests in time.
Source: Kuhnen’s autograph-based edition, CC BY-SA 4.0; down a fourth for soprano. Source slurs omitted.
Now play these
- Handel: complete HWV 367a
- Practise the Furioso in its full context.
- Telemann: TWV 41:F2 — complete recorder part
- Advanced continuation: connect the Vivace’s semiquaver sequences.
- Telemann: Duet Sonata TWV 40:101 — complete first part
- After Lesson 50: practise the Allegros’ semiquaver passages.
When two slow runs of the scale have equal te-ke attacks and a steady beat, move on to Lesson 42.