[Trombone-l] Fwd: Improv in daily routine

[Oscar Utterström]

First of all thanks for all the great responses!

I feel that my questions might have been a bit unclear to some of you.
What I wanted to see with my initial post was how different people
incorporate improvisation into their regular
slur/tonguing/usual-keeping-your-chops-up routine rather than treating
improv as a separate entity that's added onto the regular basic
routine, i.e. I'll do it if I have time. 

I agree with both Jeff's and Alex's ideas on how to do this.
Personally I try to start my day with something improvised a la Neumeister, JJ, Tim Hagans, Wycliffe etc.
It can be, as Sam Burtis has talked about, a specific scale/tonality, a II - V, a tune or simply free.
It can also be an improvised chorale (long tones/slurs incorporated!) or a combined etude (i.e. different articulations, tonguing etc). 
I feel this focuses my mind and puts me in a creative place of thought. It also makes the more "uncreative"  exercises more like meditations.
Therefore I'm curious to hear more about Alex's (almost) completely improvised routines.  How do you divide your practice time? What bases do you cover? 
I know Hal Crook has a list of things he covers over the span of a year.....but that's Hal!

Thanks again,
Oscar Utterström
Nashville, TN 





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