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Tonguing


vb. n.

Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the performer's tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute. In single tonguing only one kind of stroke is used, the tongue articulating a rapid “t;” in double tonguing , two strokes, as for “t” and “k,” are alternated; in triple tonguing , “t, k, t,” etc.


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