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yamahadude · Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2005 6:45 pm Post subject: Ten Minute Warmup

I saw this short warmup and tried it and it works great! Here it is:
This is a simple but effective warm-up in two exercises.

EX. ONE=

Classic Cichowicz Flow Study in half notes, downward pattern. G-F#-G-A-C-A-G-E-C. Rest as long as you play, continue down by half steps seven times ending on low F#. Full free sound, constant air flow, sound like Phil Smith.....or as close as possible!

EX. TWO=

Tonal Area Phrase Ascending and Descending. Take a tonality (Maj. Pentatonics for example), begin with low C and ascend one octave up and descend back to the lowest note on the horn. C-D-E-G-A-C-A-G-E-D-C-A-lowG. Do this pattern up by whole steps (everyother one, D Maj. Pent. would be next) through your playing range. Since this is not a range exercise but a warm-up, play until the tone production is easy and natural. I like to alternate slur/tongue, slur the first tongue the next and slur the next etc. If you start with C today, start with C# tomorrow to cover all keys. Practice each study slowly but with motion, using easily all the air in your capacity. Go from the center of one note right to the center of the next.

If part of a longer work out routine it would be easy to go on to Lip Flex next, tonguing and technique, range studies, etudes, etc. But for a ten minute warm up this works pretty well. You can go through many tonal areas over time, Minor Pentatonics, 7th chords, Dim. Scales, Major/Minor Scales.

nextbandjesus · High C Joined: 06 Aug 2005 Posts: 73 Location: Midwest

I might just have to try that, I really don't have a warm up
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clevemcs · Middle C Joined: 05 Oct 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Montana

I have discovered that a nice warm up in the morning makes for the days practice. If only the 10 min. mentioned. Sometimes you can go for 30 min. However, just doing warmup up chromatics and lip slurs sets the chops and blood flow for the day. The afternoon can be more regimented and then enjoy the evening with playing for fun works for me. I have done one hour warmups then played heavy technique studies for an hour and later in the evening played for a couple of hours. But that can be very taxing on your chops.