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Originally Posted by Nick Mondello  As an aside, I need some recommendations for RR/RW exercise(s) to improve/ensure set is appropriately closed, set to play, and subsequent tongued attack is focused and precise. Thoughts? |
Glad to hear that you, too, are noticing real improvement after practicing out of
FocalPoint for some time, now.
If you re-read the point #5 about
"Response" (page 2) and keep using
FocalPoint as your first blowing of the day, I believe your other concerns (above) will melt away.
I wrote pretty much every exercise in this book to take you a full octave (in both directions) from your chosen focal point. I'm finding in my own practicing (time constraints requiring me to be as efficient as possible) that if I limit each drill to about a perfect fifth in each direction I avoid tiring myself out prematurely and still reap the benefits of starting my playing day on a focal point that's higher than the hub of my range.
Give that a try and let us know how it goes, alright? Thanks, Nick!