[Trombone-l] Warmups

[Joshua Hauser]

I have a few thoughts on the required elements of a warmup routine that I
have gathered over the years, mostly drawn from my studies with Ray Premru
while he was at Oberlin.  I came in to one lesson pretty clueless about what
to do for a routine and he drew up a 10 page warmup routine for me, largely
drawn from Remington style patterns.  Since then, I have collected lots of
exercises for various needs and I mix and match them to suit the day in
order to keep myself from getting bored.

The general gist of my philosophy about warming up is summarized in a
handout that I give to my students and that I have on the web at:
http://iweb.tntech.edu/jhauser/whywarmup.html

Thanks for the question.  I am always looking for new ideas and I am
enjoying seeing everyone's approaches.  This kind of question is exactly why
I am subscribed to Trombone-l.

Shameless self promotion:  I also have several warmup and basic routine
exercises on my website along with some play-a-long mp3s at:
http://iweb.tntech.edu/jhauser/warmupplayalongs.html

Josh




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