Definition of "double-tonguing" []

• A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes. (noun)
• The rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing. (noun)

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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.""