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Double Tonguing - Double tonguing will allow you to tongue certain rapid combinations of notes much faster than is possible using regular tonguing. Try double tonguing four quick G notes on your ocarina using the syllables tuh, kuh, tuh, kuh (or dugga, dugga). Then try playing the first two measures of "Johnny on the Woodpile" in Unit 17 of Learning to Play Mountain Ocarinas^® like this: tukka, tukka, tuh, tuh, tukka, tukka, tuh. Using this method of tonguing, the first measure of "The Drunken Sailor" in Unit 20 is articulated as tuh, tukka, tuh, tukka, tuh, tuh, tuh, tuh and a tongued triplet as tuh, kuh, tuh. Once your tongue gets used to this, your blazing tonguing speed may amaze you.