A good warm up routine will help you get set up for the day and get rid of mistakes caused by slow fingers, lips that aren’t ready for big jumps and poor intonation, as well as many other benefits.
No matter what your level of playing, you can have a warm up routine. And, your routine will change as you improve and increase your practice time.
Here is an example of a ten minute warm-up session
- Tone exercises – Long tones, with a tuner (3 minutes)
- Scales (2 minutes)
- Tonguing (2 minutes)
- Lesson Specific (3 minutes) spend this time on something that you are working on in your lesson – dynamics, vibrato, breathing, improv and ear training.
Before you start practicing your music for the day, take a minute to stretch, and warm up your body to get ready to play. This will help prevent injury and give you a chance to mentally prepare for the work ahead.
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