Doodle Tonguing and Swing Feel
------------------------------------------------ for research purpose --------------------------------------------- "Duke Ellington famously wrote “It Don’t Mean a Thing, If It Ain’t Got That Swing,” but defining exactly what swing has rarely, if ever, been done well. Gunther Schuller claims that, while its definition may be the most elusive thing in all of jazz, swing is something all good jazz musicians recognize and do." -- K.C. Tague "Swing feel depends on a lot more than just the rhythm of your 8th notes. Subtle accents created through tonguing are an important part of the groove too. Articulation also helps lock in the time of your lines. ...... The way that most of the great saxophonists of the past accomplished this was to use a doodle tongue to ghosted or mute the note. Essentially, doodle tonguing is when you gently put your tongue slightly off-center on the reed, letting the note still sound. That creates a muted sound, and when you take your tongue off