TrumpetMaster - View Single Post - What is Your Warm-up Routine?

tpter1 · 10-12-2005, 06:38 AM

I find I need a bit more, but soome days not so much, andd it's difficult for me to tell where my warm-up ends and my practicing begins.

Usually, I begin with breathing; lately I've been doing some lung capacity things and working on quick, full, and relaxed breaths. Usually just a couple minutes there.

Then, I'll do some work on the BERP, with a reference pitch sounding back at me, again, lately I've been adding vibrato and quoting melodies, as well. This helps me concentrate on intonation, what the relationship between sound and fingers is, control of my vibrato, and musical concept.

If I feel response is going to be an issue that day (I can tell by how the buzzing sounds and feels), then I might do some whisper tones or breath attacks, beginning at 2nd line G.

If I feel or hear that my sound lacks focus or resonance, I'll do some work on the leaddpipe buzzing, listening for an octave and fifth above the pitch I'm buzzing (Thanks, Derek!)

Then, some flow studies, with mental imagry for each example. I have about 3 that I alternate. Again, I am working on musical concept, so I try to phrase these as musically as possible. At some point, I also began to try to imagine a great tenor or mezzo-soprano. (Thanks, Manny!)

Move into Schlossberg for long tones. I used to use the metronome, but have now changed that to an external pitch reference (Dr. Beat DB88 tuner function is great!) and try to tune intervals and play musically against those intervals (4-3 suspensiions on number 4, for example; lean into the suspension andd pull back the resolution, or Major to Minor thirds...I try to imagine the end of Mahler 2nd movment 1 with NY...Vince Penzarella's amazing!). Then lip flexibilities. I have discovered that the studies in Arban are far more difficult than Colin...so I'm doing them now, instead. Then scales and intervals, either from Arban, Schlossberg or Clarke. Or any combination. When does my practice begin? Probably the instant I sit down or just before. That whole thing above takes about an hour, including time for resting (an important component in endurance building).

10-12-2005, 06:38 AM	#5 (permalink)
tpter1 Forte User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Northern New York Posts: 2,309	I find I need a bit more, but soome days not so much, andd it's difficult for me to tell where my warm-up ends and my practicing begins. Usually, I begin with breathing; lately I've been doing some lung capacity things and working on quick, full, and relaxed breaths. Usually just a couple minutes there. Then, I'll do some work on the BERP, with a reference pitch sounding back at me, again, lately I've been adding vibrato and quoting melodies, as well. This helps me concentrate on intonation, what the relationship between sound and fingers is, control of my vibrato, and musical concept. If I feel response is going to be an issue that day (I can tell by how the buzzing sounds and feels), then I might do some whisper tones or breath attacks, beginning at 2nd line G. If I feel or hear that my sound lacks focus or resonance, I'll do some work on the leaddpipe buzzing, listening for an octave and fifth above the pitch I'm buzzing (Thanks, Derek!) Then, some flow studies, with mental imagry for each example. I have about 3 that I alternate. Again, I am working on musical concept, so I try to phrase these as musically as possible. At some point, I also began to try to imagine a great tenor or mezzo-soprano. (Thanks, Manny!) Move into Schlossberg for long tones. I used to use the metronome, but have now changed that to an external pitch reference (Dr. Beat DB88 tuner function is great!) and try to tune intervals and play musically against those intervals (4-3 suspensiions on number 4, for example; lean into the suspension andd pull back the resolution, or Major to Minor thirds...I try to imagine the end of Mahler 2nd movment 1 with NY...Vince Penzarella's amazing!). Then lip flexibilities. I have discovered that the studies in Arban are far more difficult than Colin...so I'm doing them now, instead. Then scales and intervals, either from Arban, Schlossberg or Clarke. Or any combination. When does my practice begin? Probably the instant I sit down or just before. That whole thing above takes about an hour, including time for resting (an important component in endurance building). __________________ -Glenn "Roses have thorns; shining waters mud. Clouds and eclipses stain the moon and the sun; and history reeks of the wrongs we have done. After today, after today, consider me gone."- Sting