Home / Forums / Melodica technique / The Amazing Melodica! – Tutorial (fragments ) / Reply To: The Amazing Melodica! – Tutorial (fragments ) Reply To: The Amazing Melodica! – Tutorial (fragments ) August 20, 2016 at 5:19 am #7518 jazzman1945Participant Exercise 2 – eights Straight eights: A) “TA-tu-TA-tu-TA-tu-TA-tu” b) ” tu-TA-tu-TA-tu-TA-tu-TA” Syllable variations: “TA-KA” “TU-KU” “TA-PA” etc. Metronome: start with 84 MM in quarters, gradually increase to 120 MM.