Instrumental techniques for woodwind

Technique

Meaning

Slurred

A smooth movement from one note to another,

the opposite of tonguing
Each note played separately, as each is
tongued using a d sound
Use of the tongue to articulate a note on a wind
instrument. More specifically, flutter-tonguing
is a rapid movement, creating a flutter, usually
on an r sound
Making a note temporarily sharp or flat
Singing or speaking into a wind instrument
instead of blowing. This technique was
developed in twentieth-century art music
a percussive hammering of the keys of a wind
instrument to produce a clicking sound
Producing two or more notes simultaneously on
a wind instrument. This sound is produced by
forcefully blowing into the instrument, or
blowing and vocalizing at the same time.

Tonguing
Flutter-tonguing

Pitch bending
Singing/speaking
into the
instrument
Key-clicking
Multiphonics