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Tonguing

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(1):

(vb. n.) Modification of tone for a rapid staccato effect by the performer's tongue, in playing a wind instrument, as a flute. In single tonguing only one kind of stroke is used, the tongue articulating a rapid "t;" in double tonguing, two strokes, as for "t" and "k," are alternated; in triple tonguing, "t, k, t," etc.

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(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tongue

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tonguing'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/tonguing.html. 1828.
 
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