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Billy B
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 Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 7:17 am Post subject: Warming up |
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Adam tells us trumpet playing is 90% mental, 9% air, 1% everything else. Warming up, practicing, performing all follow this prescription.
If you are trying to "warm up" your chops (1%) you are going after the wrong thing.
Warming up is about playing the trumpet until your desired sound appears. Then you're ready to go.
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kehaulani
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| Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 7:53 am Post subject: Re: Warming up |
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But isn't your first playing of the day a way to gently prepare yourself for more strenuous playing? And isn't that "warming up" your embouchure? This seems to me a matter of semantics.
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stuartissimo
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| Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 12:54 am Post subject: Re: Warming up |
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| kehaulani wrote: | | And isn't that "warming up" your embouchure? This seems to me a matter of semantics. |
If one adheres to the "90% mental, 9% air, 1% everything else" theory, then semantics are quite important. "Warming up" suggests preparing your muscles for heavy physical activity. Something like "getting into the zone" would be likely be a more appropriate term for an Adams student.
EDIT: FWIW I do not consider myself an Adams student, though I do find some parts of the method surprisingly effective.
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