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Re: Suggestions for practice time

Author: Markael
Date: 2005-08-04 18:34

We have seen the daunting GBK routine before, but what I read as the key phrase in the beginning post of this thread is “warm up.” That is, what do you do when you first put the clarinet in your mouth?

Long tones sound to me like a place to start.

Someone gave me an article out of Windplayer magazine, entitled “The Comprehensive Warm-Up,” by Julia Heinmen. Heinmen’s routine is in two parts, the first of which is a lengthy and detailed regimen of long tones and twelfths.

How much is enough?

How much time spent on warm-ups is realistically practical for busy players who are not “professional clarinetists” and don’t always get in enough practice time?

How soon after taking the horn out of the case should one go into the fast and furious mode?

Aren’t there performance situations where the ideal warm-up is not possible?

Can you warm up till you're worn out?

I have thought about these same issues in reference to piano practice. Some people warm up on scales and Hanon. To me, if you do this at a fast pace, it is tantamount to a runner warming up on the hundred metre dash.

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