Explore my dissertation document, “Mapping the Double-Tongue: Incorporating Body Mapping into the Double-Tonguing Learning Process.”

The research investigates the benefits of incorporating Body Mapping methods and kinesthetic awareness exercises into the double-tonguing learning process. To explore the effectiveness of this approach, an Institutional Review Board approved research study was conducted, in which eight oboists learned double-tonguing with a preliminary iteration of this method. The tongue and oral kinesthetic sensations that the participants experienced while double-tonguing were also investigated. A summary of the discoveries concluded from this study are included, as well as a pedagogical guide to double-tonguing for oboists inspired by the research and findings.