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Definition of Tonguing
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.
Definition of Tonguing
1. Verb. (present participle of tongue) ¹
2. Noun. (music) A technique used with wind instruments to enunciate different notes using the tongue on the reed or mouthpiece. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tonguing
1. the use of the tongue in articulating notes on a wind instrument [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tonguing
Literary usage of Tonguing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1842)
"prelude to this song resembles almost the double tonguing of the flute, blended
with a tinkling, .-hull, and solemn warble, which re-echoes from his ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1903)
"And also the combination of the tonguing and grooving cutter-wheels for tonguing
... And, finally, the combination of either the tonguing or the grooving ..."
3. The Technique of the Modern Orchestra: A Manual of Practical Instrumentation by Charles Marie Widor (1906)
"As an instance of double-tonguing, let us take the Scherzo of ... When ternary
groups are in question, triple-tonguing is adopted, being nearly as ..."
4. A Collection of Patent Cases: Decided in the Supreme and Circuit Courts of by U.S. Circuit Courts, United States Supreme Court (1854)
"And also the combination of the tonguing and grooving cutler-wheels for tonguing
... "And, finally, the combination of either the tonguing or the grooving ..."
5. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1911)
"In the planing operation the tendency of the plane is to lift the boards directly
up against the rollers; but in the tonguing and grooving the tendency is ..."
6. Reports of Decisions in the Supreme Court of the United States: With Notes by Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States Supreme Court, Richard Peters, Henry Wheaton, Alexander James Dallas, William Cranch, Benjamin C Howard (1870)
"4 H. wheels for tonguing and grooving, for the purpose of planing, tonguing, ...
And also the combination of the tonguing and grooving cutter-wheels for ..."
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