To really get you going, I can recommend an online lesson with Greg Spence. I’m pretty sure that it would be worthwhile. I can say from experience, how difficult it is to lose old bad habits particularly when you are not even aware of them. Greg picks them up in a flash, and invariable it boils down to tension in you technique. Greg will be able…[Read more]

What’s generally worked OK for me is to use a “Da” syllable for the more gentle approach. Its obviously similar to “Tu”, but because the tongue is flatter, the release of air is nowhere as abrupt. Thinking about it, “Na” or “Nu” is the most gentle, as it just interrupts the airflow, and I would use it for soft articulation during a passage. BUT…[Read more]