How to Play the Trumpet : Double Tonguing Technique for Playing the Trumpet

[trumpet3077]

da ga can be used for lower register MAYBE but you should use ti ki for high register, ta ka for middle, and tu ku for lower da ga

[anatidaephobica]

@BoccBuck LOL. That's amazing.

[BoccBuck]

or you can say FUCKA FUCK FUCKA

[dorry18]

@BoccBuck lmaoooooooo

[ParasiteQueen1]

Lol. Don't pratice double-tonguing in a library. Someone next to you might think you're crazy. :)

[iLVincentini]

@akamiszu he was probably refering to "wind" as like marching band. Like, the actual band is called winds, and drumline is called battery.

[4guyswithlives]

Eureka's marching band is realitivily small but they made it to finals at the state of Illinois marching band competition.

[redKELLYMHRCH]

i sometimes find myself accidentally double tonguing like, playing a song and then when i get to a part that double tonguing fits, without realizing it.

[alecplus]

if you can play this with perfect articulation and double tonguing and make a video and put it on youtube. its called concert etude by alexander Goedicke, i can already play 2/3rds of the song already and i got it 2 weeks ago its pretty hard... i dont think you can do it!!!!!!!!!!1

[Akamiszu]

Did he just call Trumpet a Woodwind instrument? GG

"Trumpet players and other Woodwnd players might..."

[euphoniumification]

Is that JD Shaw from phantom regiment? Even tho he plays horn and not trumpet....

[samajojo1]

i bought a trumpet and woke her up on Christmas

[B0omtown]

Lol i once knew someone who used kitty for sylables

[saubrezn]

use TTa-KKa thats importent. his tonging is very very soft. play it as hard as you can. When you play longer its comming automatically softer.

[Dizzyphan]

"Da-ga" is so wrong!! Actually watching this he's really saying "ta ka". The "Da ga" is way too legato and is ok for those kind of passages. I know a guy who learned "da ga" and now he can't do "ta ka". Much better to learn "ta ka" first then when needed to soften the attack you can shift into "da ga". Arban's and even Raphael Mendez taught and used "ta ka", especially Mendez for those crisp spanish passages. Also check Al Hirt on the Green Hornet theme.

[Dizzyphan]

Also, (as I ran out of characters on my last post) the "da ga" attack was a way for high school band directors to soften attacks for their competition marches and/or in some legato passages in wind ensemble music.

[boricuatrumpet69]

@Dizzyphan There's a reason he wants you to learn Da Ga. your tongue without the mouthpiece will say da ga but with it is a totally whole new feel to our tongue.

[Dizzyphan]

@boricuatrumpet69 Heh...in my 42+ years of playing it's "Ta ka" with or without the mouthpiece, LOL. :) I again refer to my buddy who still can't double tongue well because of the "da ga" from his band director years ago. When he had to play the Green Hornet solo in a drumcorps show he was in a few years ago, he actually "gargled" it instead of double tonguing it properly. Sounded like he was underwater, LOL. Believe it or not the Arban's book IS correct on some things eh? heh.

[boricuatrumpet69]

@Dizzyphan I understand what you are saying.... 42+ years of playing. That's cool. I know guys who played for 60 years and still can't get it right with the double tonguing.

[Dizzyphan]

@boricuatrumpet69 Well....I figured it out at age 13, but didn't get it going well till way later when my teacher had me infuse "K", Double and then Triple tonguing withing flexibility excersises. Started out with K's tho. Object was to make the K's sound like T's. Told me to take it slow as I wanted, which I did. I also have a video now of myself on here playing Mendez' "Macarena". Now THERE's a challenge,heh. Mendez lived in Palos Verdes Estates next door to my teacher's 1st wife,.....

[Dizzyphan]

@boricuatrumpet69 ...who says she observed Mendez doing hours of double tonguing in his garage. That guy was a machine on this. heh.

[FairyOfFlowers22]

@Dizzyphan It's not a matter of who's wrong or right, it's really based on the person and the style music they're playing. Either works!

[Dizzyphan]

@FairyOfFlowers22 Certainly I agree with the style of music. See WRBrass' comment from a year ago. Like I was saying if it's more a "legato" thing the "Da ga" works for that. Fanfares and Spanish/Mexican solos like Mendez did call for the harder "Ta ka" tonguing. I've found through my other buddy that if you learn "Da ga" and ONLY that it's harder to switch gears into "Ta ka" when it's needed. Learn "Ta ka" first then backing off to play "da ga" is easier. 

[FairyOfFlowers22]

@Dizzyphan It's not a matter of who's wrong or right, it's really based on the person and the style of music they're playing. Either works!

[WRbrass12]

ive been taught to use both. ta ka ta ka for shorter and more seperate articulation, an da ga da ga for more smoother articulation. ive also found that da ga da ga helps with speed more than ta ka ta ka. but thats just me.

[silfner1]

I like using "ta ka ta ka" more than "du gu du gu"

[69charger440sixpack]

its da ga, not du gu.

[silfner1]

its da ga, tu ku, du gu, ti ki. What ever works for you and what the music calls for. I personally do tu ku

[jamalb1993sbcglobal]

TA KA TA KA

[silfner1]

Um, ok.....?

[MusicalMuppet]

@silfner1 Not meaning to be rude but its tu ka, other variants may work but the tu ka gives you the best outcome as you are already going 'tu' when you are single touning, not da du and definately not ti !

[silfner1]

@MusicalMuppet Well in the end it's all up to the person's preference. But you should change your tonguing style for different styles of music. i.e. tu for fast stuff like jazz, da/ du for slow music that can't be tongued too hard. And as for double tonging I find that ta ka works best for me, but it may be different for you.

[MusicalMuppet]

@silfner1 I see where your coming from now, i think aslong as your not changing how you play single just so you can play double is not how to progress. Also, after reading your first comment i tried playing "Ti" and "ti ki" and i cant beleive anyone can play like that, notes tend t owave manily Flat. Cheers man :)

[silfner1]

@MusicalMuppet Yeah, I don't really like the ti ki method either. But it is a method so that is why I put it. I'm sure there is someone that likes that method. lol

[palamunen000]

dagadaga done much vibration than tkataka ,i rather use dagdaga^ ^

[graham915]

as a flute player ... i have struggled with double tonging, but i find it helpful to say "D-eh, G-eh [gay]"

[kidnflorida]

yes

[112233jjooee]

all middle aged male trumpet players look the same you look like my teacher too

[TATYSAMN]

So I've tried saying dagadaga, but I just can't get it fast enough. do I need to lighten up my tongue or what????? Help!

please. =)

[whatfrog903]

Dude...I was taught..

Ta-Ka-Ta-Ka-Ta..... not

Da-Ga-Da-Ga-Da

but the 2nd one is way easier xD so i used that for now until I can learn takatakata

[angelkilla245]

Da-Ga gives it more sound while Ta-Ka shortens it and makes it more aggresive. most trumpet players like myself cut the notes too short and dont let the notes gets its full value. but yeah. its just the way i was taught. but go on whatever you thinks its best. just an opinion.

[geoffpeplau]

there are many ways im learnin it with daga and tookoo and taka it kinda just depends on your preference

[urdanien]

Today, in my trumpet lesson, my teacher told me NOT to say "da-ga-da-ga". He said it must sound "ta-KA-ta-KA", so that the "KA" is stressed.

dagadaga is no problem for me, but i think takataka is more difficult :-(

What would you advise me???

[whatfrog903]

lol takaka is more difficult. i can easily do dagadaga. takaka is more crisp and precise.

[urdanien]

that's what i said! i know, i can also do dagadaga easily, but i think it's hard to change from daga to taka, THAT's my problem. i learned it myself wrong (because in the past i had no teacher)!!

[whatfrog903]

it's not wrong lol it's just an easier way of doing double tonguing.. I do it on low notes but i think for the higher notes you should really have to use Taka Taka

[Halo3rockss]

you can also do Tagataga its waht i do :D

[jths5393]

haha, same here, my teacher says to use takataka.

[NoirMusic]

Try recording yourself, DAGA sounds different the TAKA, you will probably end up using both...

[baconpatrol1]

That's what I thought the syllables were, thanks for the clarification

[DasSneakyGerman]

Did he ever conduct the middle school sonoma county honor band?

[nia225]

its so hard 4 me to play high notes..

hope u can show how to reach the high notes..

[JimboJohnsy]

to play high notes play Chromatic C major scale every day only try and play a semitone higher every day.

[TATYSAMN]

That and make sure you pull the trumpet away from you instead of mashing it into your face to hit the higher notes. Believe me, it helps.=P

[datbitch2008]

wud u use the same syllable for low brass instruments

[bodenguy2]

this is going to help me so much thank you!

[sean2339]

How long should it take me to do that

[facesonfire13]

that was helpful :]

[tyler2484]

I play trumpet and starting to learn guitar. Not bad at trumpet, but I just got braces on. Which sucks since im in high school lol

[kayleeduhduh]

i play the trumpet but i want to switch and play the guitar or clarinet i really want the guitar though

[azulablue]

why don't you practice slurring notes, it'll help you get to a higher range

[kayleeduhduh]

thx i will try doin that.................never really tried alot of stuff thought i was worthless and should quit but im not thx for the advice

[Datboied09]

TRY PETAL NOTES!!!!!!!!!

they really work!!!!

[paintballa2448]

wow, you look alot like my band director. ironic.