TRIPLE-TONGUE


Meaning of TRIPLE-TONGUE in English

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: to articulate the notes of triplets in fast tempo on a wind instrument by using the tip and the back of the tongue alternately to interrupt the breath stream beginning each successive triplet with the tip — compare double-tongue , single-tongue

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