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triple tonguing

  • a word derived from triple-tongue.
    triple-tongue
    verb (used without object)
    to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.
triple-tonguing
  • a word form of triple-tongue.
    triple-tongue
    verb (used without object)
    to interrupt the wind flow by moving the tongue as if pronouncing t and t and k successively, especially in playing rapid passages or staccato notes on a brass instrument.

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Their orchestra also featured crisp saxophones and triple-tonguing trumpets, a legacy of the Big Band era.

From Washington Times May 3, 2015

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