DAILY Warm Ups
Before your warm up: CHECK YOUR POSTURE!
Before your warm up: CHECK YOUR POSTURE!
Deep Breaths
Deep Breaths
Slowly breathe in and out through your mouth.
Breathe & Hiss
Breathe & Hiss
Breathe in through your mouth then "hiss" air out (tssss)
Long tone
Long tone
Take a deep breathe from your mouth and play a long, steady tone. You can do this on your whole instrument or just your mouthpiece/headjoint/reed
Tonguing
Tonguing
When the ping pong ball hits the paddle:
say "too"
whisper "too"
tongue multiple notes on your mouthpiece/headjoint/reed
Brass ONLY:
Brass ONLY:
Siren Buzz
Siren Buzz
"Weeee Oooooh"
Higher, tighter
Lower, looser
BRass Only:
BRass Only:
Rollercoaster Buzz
Rollercoaster Buzz
Percussion 8 on a hand (slow)
Percussion 8 on a hand (slow)
R R R R R R R R, L L L L L L L L, R L R L R L R L, R L R L R L R L
Percussion 8 on a hand (FAST)
Percussion 8 on a hand (FAST)
R R R R R R R R, L L L L L L L L, R L R L R L R L, R L R L R L R L