Author: cjwright
Date: 2007-10-02 07:30
Last year I made a comeback after taking 6 years off, and it took me a long long time (6 months or so?) to build enough strength to be able to play a simple solo piece. I'd suggest doing small reeds, and really being disciplined in your long tones. Keep a record of what long tones you do, for how long, and how many beats. I did a ton of long tones between middle D to high C just to get my "rolling in-rolling out" muscles developed properly, because I knew if I didn't I'd end up biting hard.
If you're just coming back, 30 minutes a sitting is too much! I know it sounds like a little, but for dormant muscles, you need more time to go slowly. I had to go about 10 minutes and build about 2 minutes or so every 5 days to a week. Remember, it takes your muscles about 6 hours to recover enough in order to build muscle. If you work your muscles again to quickly (with not enough rest time in between), you end up tearing muscle. Tearing muscle can lead to scar tissue, eventually weaking the general vicinity in which you want to be strengthening. Easy does her.
Do you have a good source of reeds? Make sure they're well-made, and stable!
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