Klarinet Archive - Posting 000690.txt from 1996/02

From: Teri Herel <Herelt@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: Daily Warm-ups
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 14:34:43 -0500

In a message dated 96-02-21 12:14:41 EST, eastwooj@-----.EDU
(Jacqueline G Eastwood) writes:

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>Then, if I have time, I'll pick up the A and do the Baermann scales in
>the regular order!!
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I like to spend nearly as much time on the A as the B-flat. I tend to
alternate: One day I'll do all of my warmups on the A, the next on the
B-flat. I find that if I don't, the A begins to feel awkward. I know when
I've reached the right balance when I will honestly occasionally forget which
instrument I'm playing on.

As well as scales and staccato, I need to do daily finger work to stay on top
of things. I use chromatic exercises, Opperman book one, Perier 331
exercises (well, maybe only about 12 of them...) among others. I start my
day with these for twenty to thirty minutes in front of a mirror, and then
move on to the scale form of the month intermixed with staccato studies.

Teri Herel