[Trombone-l] Carl Fontana-doodle tonguing-

[Eliezer Aharoni]

Barry Green wrote:
 Bob McChesney has written what is probably the best book
 imaginable on Doodle Tongueing. You can check it out at:
 http://www.bobmcchesney.com/

Yes. As well, there are two more doodle tonguing books available:
The Art Of  Doodul Tonging for trombone (baritone) by Curtis Fox
by Beam Me Up Music c/o CPP/Belwin Inc, Miami Florida 33014

Jazz Trombone Doodles by Dale Cheal
Jamy Abersold Jazz, www.jazzbooks.com
Anthony Panek <xc1816 at hotmail.com>
 
> On Dec 27, 2008, at 5:47 PM, Eliezer Aharoni wrote:
> 
>>
>> Anthony Panek wrote:
>> Did Carl Fontana ever release a book about doodle tonguing?
>>
>> I don't think Fontana did any oorganized book about doodle tonging.
>> I tried a little research and found few quotations referring to  
>> Fontana &
>> doodle tonguing:
>>
>>
>> Fontana was also greatly admired for his mastery of the "Doodle  
>> Tonguing"
>> technique, particularly by fellow trombonists. This skill allowed  
>> Fontana to
>> smoothly execute runs of notes at speeds many had not previously  
>> considered
>> possible to achieve on a slide trombone. (Wikipedia)
>>
>>  Having developed a technique that he referred to as "doodle
>> tonguing" ---claiming that he did so as a defense against multi- 
>> noted tenor
>> sax players---Fontana could go toe to toe with any musician.  
>> Responding to
>> Carl's reputation of literally "blowing other soloists off the stage,"
>> The Great Fontana: Carl Charles Fontana
>> by Ken Hanlon
>>
>> Mr. Fontana invented a technique he called ''doodle-tonguing,'' in  
>> which a
>> trombonist creates legato by mouthing ''doodle doodle'' in the  
>> mouthpiece.
>> He developed it, he once said, ''in self-defense against tenor  
>> saxophone
>> players.''
>> ''They were playing breakneck tempos,'' he said, ''and I came to the
>> conclusion that if I didn't learn to play fast, I would not be able  
>> to keep
>> up with the times. So I started practicing a fast way of  
>> articulating.''
>> Carl Fontana, 75, Trombonist Who Improved Jazz Technique
>> By BEN RATLIFF
>> Published: October 15, 2003
>>
>> CARL FONTANA'S TONGUEING SYLLABLE EXERCISE: "DOODLE DOODLE DOODLE" FOR
>> TRIPLE DOODLE TOUNGE...."DOODLE DOO DOO, DOODLE DOO DOO"
>>
>>
>> CARL FONTANA-as told to Dede briscoe
>>
>> CARL FONTANA, (WHEN ASKED WHY HE DOESNT PLAY MORE "OUT" OF THE  
>> CHANGES) "I
>> DONT STRAY TOO FAR FROM HOME, I'M AFRAID IL'L GET MUGGED!"
>>
>>
>> CARL CHARLES FONTANA
>>
>> Fontana was also greatly admired for his mastery of the "Doodle  
>> Tonguing"
>> technique, particularly by fellow trombonists. This skill allowed  
>> Fontana to
>> smoothly execute runs of notes at speeds many had not previously  
>> considered
>> possible to achieve on a slide trombone.(Answers.com)
>>
>> One observation about multiple tounging ( regular and doodle): the  
>> trick is
>> to reduce the number of silllables going through your mind:
>> Instead of thinking two sillables (da dl da dl) you think of one:  
>> da-l,
>> da-l). Instead of thinking of three sillables ( da-dl-la, da-dl-la)  
>> you
>> think of one (daula, daule) this enebles the mind to control the  
>> notes  with
>> less "load" on the mind. Once the syllables are mastered,
>> then the coordination of embochoure and slide technike with the  
>> sillables,
>> agility is achieved.
>>
>> best wishes
>>
>> Eliezer Aharoni
>>
>>
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