triple tongue
/ˈtrɪpəlˌtʌŋ/
verb
- To produce a rapid series of notes on a wind instrument (such as a trumpet or flute) by using the tongue to interrupt the airflow in a pattern that sounds like 't-k-t' or 't-k-t-k'.
- To play that march correctly, you need to triple-tongue the repeated sixteenth notes.
- She practiced triple-tonguing every day to improve her speed on the flute.
- The trumpeter learned to triple-tongue to play the fast passage in the concerto.