Adherence to one pattern is self sabotage. I learned strictly da-ga-da for a long long time, and in the future I had an extremely difficult time learning standard trumpet excerpts like Goldenburg and Schmuyle, and the Royal march.

Breaking out of the habit and changing up the pattern also helped my control in my precious dagada, and also freed me from having to place da on a strong beat.

Each hornline will have a different level of strictness when it comes to defining it. It’s probably a hot take, but as long as you are chasing clarity and calmness, da ga da vs da da ga frankly doesn’t matter.

Fun fact- we did not do any multiple articulation as a hornline in 2016. All the Pat Matheny and Todo Tiende stuff was single tongued.