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Author: L Skopitz
Date: 2002-05-02 06:37
what would be a good daily warmup regime for a guy who has limited time? I have the daily exercises by Paris, Baermann and a couple of others, but running through an entire text is not feasible for me. Suggestions? Thanks LMS
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Author: gemmaelizabeth
Date: 2002-05-02 10:59
some scales???
Just do the majors, starting on bottom E, playing one octave then, f one octave, then f sharp one octave....just keep moving chromatically all the way up till you get to c major beginning on the c above the stave.
The next day, you can do it with harmonic minors, then the next day melodics, then arpeggios, and so on.....
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Author: Ed
Date: 2002-05-02 13:59
JeanJean Vade Mecum was designed with this in mind. It may take you a while until you are familiar with it, so work a little at a time. It is a great workout.
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Author: Mitch A
Date: 2002-05-02 14:09
Cut and paste (with real paper and glue, if necessary) 30 pages of 'core' excersizes. My own "a page a day" loose-leaf binder has grown to 150+ pages. When you can only practice for 15 minutes, perhaps when the pasta's boiling... you play a page - the NEXT one in rotation (no cheating by skipping past the tough ones). When you can practice longer, play as many pages as you can, but play at least one whole page. Don't forget to throw in a few rhythm excersises. When I sit down to wood shed, I warm up with the next page in the book, then 'shed the scores I'm having problems with. My practice time is more productive even if I only do all 12 scales (major and minor) once through. I used to hate that page, now I barely glance at it and it only takes three minutes. Some pages take much much longer, but none of them are a waste of time.
Make a mixture of tunes you want to 'know', scales, etc.
When I first started (on sax), I played two hours a day - every day for two years, often breaking a sweat at 1:00 in the morning. I'm a beginner on clt - 1:00 am isn't as bad as I remember it. There's always time for the things you want. Never put your horn away, never close the book.
Play for 10 minutes before work, 10 mins before dinner, 10 mins after dinner, 15 mins before popping in that evening's DVD, 15 mins before bed - that's 1 hour, maybe two to five pages. Play for Dave Letterman also... add 1 hour, that's 2 hours. Easy as pie!
Good luck.
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Author: William
Date: 2002-05-02 14:57
My warm-up is to play a couple long tones to establish my reeds "sound" and then play through all of the major scales (in thirds, then diatonic, then arpeggio) starting on low E, progressing upward in half steps until I reach bottom line Eb, using varying articulations and dynamics for each. Then a chromatic scale starting on low E up to double high C and back down to the E--one breath--slurred or articulated. A shorter "pre-concert" warm-up is to begin on the low E major scale and play up to bottom line E--then go up one-half step to bottom line F and play that major scale down to low F; then play F# major up to F#, and down again with G major; the up with G# major.....etc, until I have gone through all of the major scales. This pattern works well as a continueous series of notes, no stops until you have completed the "cycle" of keys. Then, a quick chromatic and I'm usually ready to attack any manuscript in sight. So far, no need for an oxygen tank back-up, but the older I get............... Good Clarineting!!
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Author: jez
Date: 2002-05-02 15:18
I think daily/warm-up exercises should be aimed at maintaining/improving the embouchure, tone-production, articulation, rather than working on the fingers. These are the things that suffer through lack of use. I could recommend my thoughts on practice posted under "jez's musings"
good luck
jez
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Author: Bob
Date: 2002-05-02 15:32
In Band we are now using a group of "numbers" going by the name of "Lip Warmers". Seems to be a good way to start off a practice session....
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Author: Wes
Date: 2002-05-02 17:08
A warmup based on R. Spring's warmup is quite good. It amounts to playing long tones from low E to C4 and down as possible with four beats per note at 60 to the beat using alternate fingerings and different dynamics on occasion. Rest four beats as necessary. Then do the Klose page 123 scales and the Langenus pages 14 and 22 for chords and tonguing, respectively. This whole routine takes just a few minutes. Good luck!!
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Author: Gayl
Date: 2002-05-02 21:11
LMS,
I suggest that you play through the entire klose scale sheet and a set of long tones...maybe one from Carmine series.W/a metronome, you can do the scales, integrate different articulation patterns, and I suggest extending the scales that have turn arounds into a three octave work out. Then if you have time, integrate passages/licks that you have a hard time with in any music you are working on and change around rhythm and articulation for variation.
Good luck!
Gayl
PS Spring's warm up is really good too.
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Author: BeckyC
Date: 2002-05-03 14:58
Just to vent a little frustration, I would like to share "the other clarients player beside me" 's way of warming up.
After running in to sit down to join us in practice, she throws her clarinet together, squawks a way out of tune note through the horn, and turns to me and says........."where are we starting?"
UUUUGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!
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Author: BeckyC
Date: 2002-05-03 15:02
By the way........what is a Clarient? haha
it is definitely nowhere near 'clarity' or 'clarion'......:)
Sorry for typos.
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