Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mus.) A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.
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- noun music A peculiar action of the
tongue byflute players in articulatingstaccato notes . - noun music The rapid
repetition of notes incornet playing.
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Directly afterwards he began to run up and down, playing through some exercise with which he was familiar extremely softly; and then by way of a change he began what is technically known as "double-tonguing."
A Dash from Diamond City George Manville Fenn 1870
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