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Fudleysmith · 07-04-2006, 12:47 AM

Thanks for all of the tips.

I usually have 4-6, 30 to 45 minute practice sessions each day.

I'm still looking for that "surefire" indicator that I've achieved the maximum benefit from each session.

When I was weight training I would perform a set of exercises until the muscles failed to respond. I do the same thing with the Carmine Caruso exercise #2 (play until muscle failure, rest for 15 seconds and return to the failed part of the exercise), but how do you assess the accumulated fatigue level for a 40 minute practice session to assure that you have gone far enough, but not too far?

I tried exercise #22 on page 44 of Arban's, but I wasn't able to complete it. I only got to the 1st valve D to F slurs before I couldn't "flick" my embouchure any more. I stopped before I started using pressure or intra-oral contortions to get the slur.

Patience in a virtue, but I want to make the most of the time that I am devoting to studying/practicing.

Thanks again for your inputs,

Greg

07-04-2006, 12:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
Fudleysmith Pianissimo User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Niantic, CT Posts: 100	Thanks for all of the tips. I usually have 4-6, 30 to 45 minute practice sessions each day. I'm still looking for that "surefire" indicator that I've achieved the maximum benefit from each session. When I was weight training I would perform a set of exercises until the muscles failed to respond. I do the same thing with the Carmine Caruso exercise #2 (play until muscle failure, rest for 15 seconds and return to the failed part of the exercise), but *how do you assess the accumulated fatigue level for a 40 minute practice session to assure that you have gone far enough, but not too far?* I tried exercise #22 on page 44 of Arban's, but I wasn't able to complete it. I only got to the 1st valve D to F slurs before I couldn't "flick" my embouchure any more. I stopped before I started using pressure or intra-oral contortions to get the slur. Patience in a virtue, but I want to make the most of the time that I am devoting to studying/practicing. Thanks again for your inputs, Greg __________________ Fudleysmith Conn V1 Rose brass bell GR 65M #1bb Conn V1 Flugel (Satin Silver) GR 65FD Conn 8DRS Lawson S670/P10G 705