Hi Greg,
I’d like to clarify how I should be approaching the ‘double tongue/slur’ and ‘double slur/tongue’ variations in the “Suggested Chromatic Variations” in the Moderato A flat (and I guess subsequent) lessons.
Does ‘double tongue’ in this context mean I should be applying a T K pattern of tonguing to these exercises? I ask this question because:
a) Your video example moves so fast it’s hard for me to hear what’s going on, and
b) At face value, it seems to me that vanilla single tonguing ought to be OK for this exercise (but maybe that’s just because I’m doing it relatively slowly, at around metronome 152)
As a side note, I certainly find your expectation that I should be able to play all these scales in one breath pretty daunting (although you can clearly do it!). Is this truly something you expect a “Moderato” level player to be able to do before advancing to the next stage?
Am enjoying your course.
For what it’s worth, I’ve created my own “progress chart” for these scales, as a way of keeping myself motivated and showing myself that I am, in fact, making some progress.
Regards,
Peter Dann