My first practice focuses on one of the best exercises I have ever developed which is well known to my students as the “20 Minute Chromatic Warmup”.
The whole concept of my practice routine is to “rest as much as you play”. Through this method the player is forced to “use, yet not abuse” his/her embouchure.
I have included my regular warm up exercise which includes the pre-recorded example to be followed throughout the exercise.
How to use the recording-
• Start the recording
• At the end of each scale, repeat the same material
• Slur every note
• Continue up until you get to the two octave exercise up to high “C”
• Do not continue on to the higher notes but continue the scale each time to the same high “C”
• Continue to repeat the high “C” scale until the recording descends to the same scale.
• Continue down repeating the scales on the recording to the bottom where you first began
This completes your first day of practice.
