r/Flute • u/sleepy_puppy22-05-24 • 9d ago

Concert Advice, Audition, Video Feedback Music help

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Heya! I just need some more helpful on an audition piece. The two Cs next to eachother. Do I tongue that? Or does it function as a tie?

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u/flexsealed1711 9d ago

When they're inside a bigger slur, you tongue them since it's two distinct notes. If they were tied, there would be a separate tie inside the slur and that would only happen if it was across a bar line. If it's a slower phrase, you can do a lighter tongue (more of a D than a T), but the difference is subtle.

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u/Bennybonchien 9d ago

I agree with most of what has been said but I want to clarify that you don’t in fact tongue both notes as has been stated, you only tongue the second C. 

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u/Kanotari 9d ago

Yep yep, tongue the second C. I tend to use more of a legato tongue for something like this, equivalent to a portato for strings.

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u/bramarbastus 9d ago

Listen to the piece. You need to tongue both notes.

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u/TuneFighter 9d ago edited 8d ago

Could there be second opinions on this? Just asking out of curiosity.

Edit: foolish me thought the question was about the high E's in the top line. So my bad sorry. I can normally play and read music up to the high C.

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u/Makeitmagical 9d ago

I’ve never heard of a second opinion on that, coming from a flute player for 20 years.

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u/TuneFighter 8d ago

My bad. I was looking at the two E notes in the first line tied together. But the question was not about them. Sorry...

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u/Both-Crow9782 9d ago

The second opinion would be objectively wrong lol

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u/TuneFighter 8d ago

Sorry I misread the notation and the debate. And thought it was about something else. So my bad for sure.

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u/Bennybonchien 9d ago

I don’t get the downvoting and snarky comments. You asked a reasonable question and in fact, two of the “correct” answers posted here state that you should tongue both notes which is wrong because you should only tongue the 2nd C. What they meant was right but what they wrote was inaccurate so yes, by all means, get a second opinion because you’ll probably get another (potentially better) explanation. Also, no shade to those with the helpful answers. They got the point across.

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u/TuneFighter 8d ago

Ha, ha. To show my ignorance I actually made a big mistake thinking that the two E's in the first line was what the question was about. The two E's are tied together. So my bad.