Klarinet Archive - Posting 000465.txt from 1998/01

From: Jacqueline Eastwood <eastwooj@-----.EDU>
Subj: Re: Warm Up Scales and Tunes
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 17:11:41 -0500

On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, J. Shouryu Nohe wrote:

> Jason,
>
> I find that although long tones is often a common warm up, It doesn't help
> me too much. As for what I find in books, ah, I'm not partial to those
> either. This is not to say that they are bad; it's just not too
> resourceful to me. I use an excercise that not only warms me up, but
> betters my playing.

(Exercise snipped)
>
> If your embouchure is well set and unmoving, and your tonguing clean,
> there will be no squeaks or breaks, and voila! You've warmed up!

Interval exercises like this are good to get your "face" set, get your
circulation and breathing going, and get your head focused. I do a
similar one myself; it takes about 10 minutes. BUT after that, I move on
to scales, arepggios & tonguing exercises for another 20 - 30 minutes!

>
> Shouryu
>
> @-----.edu/~jnohe - SIGN THE GUESTBOOK ^_^ O_O -_-
> It's a Clarinetist, It's a Bassist, It's a Saxist, It's a Tenor
> It's a Pianist, It's a Drummer!
> No! It's Da Music Man! SHOURYU NOHE--Freak in General
> Jesus Freak*Music Freak*PfR Freak*Anime Freak*Nabiki Freak*Fujisawa Freak
> *********************(BUT HE CAN'T GET A GIRLFRIEND)*********************

With that many "freaky" qualifiers, it's hardly surprising! And, you
know, everyone thinks clarinet players are geeks, at least non-clarinet
players think so, so you're not making things any easier for yourself.
(Just kidding!) ;+)

> "Man fears the Darkness;so He scrapes away at the edges of it with fire."
> ICQ: Shouryuzani 6771552
>
>

Happy practicing!

Jacqueline Eastwood
University of Arizona/Arizona Opera Orchestra
eastwooj@-----.edu