triple-tongue

trip·le-tongue (trpl-tng)

intr.v. trip·le-tongued, trip·le-tongu·ing, trip·le-tongues

To play a rapidly repeated series of notes on a wind instrument by sequentially placing the tongue in the positions for t, t, and k.

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triple-tongue

vb

(Music, other) Music to play (very quick staccato passages of notes grouped in threes) on a wind instrument by a combination of single- and double-tonguing Compare single-tongue, double-tongue

triple tonguing  n

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

triple-tongue - play fast notes on a wind instrument double tongue music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" music - (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds) tongue - articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments