More than a warm-up
(232 pages)
First Habits is a collection of warm-up and fundamentals exercises covering a wide range of playing needs.
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Part One: First Habits Warm-Up
- Some thoughts on warming up.
- Plain warm-up
- With accompaniment
- Without accompaniment
- Shorter Warm-up
- Duet warm-up
- 6-Minute Warm-Up for Younger Players
Part Two: Warm-Up Variations
Additional material designed to work with the play-along accompaniment tracks.
- Air/Buzz
- Easy Resonance
- Five Notes Down
- First Slurs
- Note Placement
- Musical Patterns
Part Three: Focus Areas
- Mouthpiece Buzzing
- 16 Legato Tunes (multiple keys)
- 16 Détaché Buzzing Tunes (multiple keys)
- More Useful Tunes to Buzz by Ear
- Sostenuto
- JND Bends / Position Finding
- Slow scales
- 1-5-1 sequences
- Dynamics
- Lip Bends
- Tone/Tuning/Imitation Duets
- Note Placement
- Consistency/ Security
- Expanding Intervals
- Octave Scales
- Multiple Tonguing
- Double Tonguing
- Triple Tonguing
- High Range Development
- “Happy Chops” Warm-Down
Part Four: Love Songs and Pirate Songs
- 14 Little Legato Tunes (Love Songs)
- 14 Little Détaché Tunes (Pirate Songs)
Free sample pages (tenor trombone)
Free sample pages (bass trombone)
Reviews (tenor version)
This is a wonderful collection of traditional fundamental material, including tuning, multiple tonguing and high range development….
ITA Journal, June 23, 2021
This is a much-needed compendium of diverse ideas and practices, collected into one volume. It makes a valuable resource/guide for both less advanced students all the way to professional artists.