Warm p one simple guide one simple arm up George Krimperis gkrimperis.com A fe things before starting the arm-up The arm-up, rather than the practice session, is a sort of a reminder of ho e have to play. This reminder acquires a significant role since it shapes proper practice/playing and ill not allo time negatively affect our sound quality. We do not practice during arm up. To goals to be achieved during our arm up: 1. Air - no air means no sound = no sound means no music 2. Sound - e alays listen to the desired sound inside our ears = ear (solfege) must be ell trained toards this aim 1. Air The air must go nohere else than the lungs, neither the diaphragm nor the back nor our bellies. If e don t let our body do the job properly e ill create tension hich is not necessary. Exercise The purpose of this exercise is the process of relaxed inhalation-exhalation. We need to observe ho our respiratory system orks ithout intervening into this process. Take big breaths, relax, no pressure > keep in mind the process of relaxed inhalation and exhalation. Lots of people focus totally on exhalation thus ignoring the inhalation : a correct exhalation is hen e freely let the air out rather than pressing it out, thus having a beautiful sound as an outcome. A. Slo (more or less q = 60) > 4 times big breath, let the air to leave ithout pressure, trying each inhalation to be bigger. Don't count, just inhale and exhale! B. No the same but e extend our exhalation 4 times: q = 60, 4 beats inhalation> 8 expiry q = 60, 4 beats inhalation> 12 expiry (every time ask yourself "I am relaxed") q = 60, 4 beats inhalation> 16 expiry C. When e feel relaxed e repeat exercise B but no holding the instrument in hands, exhaling inside it and remaining relaxed as before. We do not ant to produce sound but simply to feel the resistance of our instrument hile remaining relaxed. In each breath you take try to observe ho your body orks. Do not impose any movement, just observe. 1
2. Sound With trombone Exercise 1 We ish to achieve the same relaxed flo of air as in exercises A,B & C. We must alays bear in mind the desirable sound to be produced, as ell as listening to the notes before playing them. Solfege is hat is going to help us in terms of correctly pitched playing, even overcoming any technical difficulties. After the fermata take your time for proper inhalation, ithout the pressure of the metronome. Focus on the fermata note and beare not to push it but let it end freely, hen itelf ants to end. We start ithout articulation (tongue), start the note ith air (Ha). 4 b q=60 tip : sing some parts of the exercise and try to be perfect b b b 4 b b b b b b 4b b tip : are you relaxed b b b b b b 2
trombone ith valve, and bass trombonist. V Exercise 5 Exercise 5(a,b,c,d,e) reach B b b b Don't forget taking big breaths. If you listen to your inhalation it means that there is a sort of tension inside your throat. Alays pursue nice sound throughout all register! From no on e can start the phrases ith the use of tongue (articulation). In the beginning of every phrase e use the tongue and pronounce Tu or To, like spelling ords containing the same syllable. Everyone is different, so find your on placement, find your on To! 4 b tip : do you have continuous air flo b b Exercise 5a 3 b b4 b b tip : are you relaxed n b b n n n n n Exercise 5b 9 tip : do you hear the notes b b4 b b n b b n n n n
Exercise 5c b b4 n n b b b tip : don't play, sing the exercise first ere you in tune b b b b b tip : let the air free, don't push it n n n n n n n Exercise 5d b b b b # n n b n n # b b b n n n n n Exercise 5e Keep the tempo, slo. b b 4 n b b b b b b b b n n n n 10
Exercise 6 The exercise 6 (a,b,c,d,e) is until D of the highest octava. We continue ith flexibility exercises, e do nothing different than hat e said during the previous exercises. Take big-relaxed breaths and release the air freely rather than pushing it out. Focus on the moment you release the air: do you actually release it or you think that you are doing so Many times e think that e do stuff but e actually don t. Observe : hen a phrase is about to end the air must also end, then e have more space for big breaths! Listen to the notes very carefully, e must be in tune! Exercise 6a Lento q=50-60 fill your lungs in 2 beats 4 b # b tip : free the air, don't hold it in b b # Exercsise 6b 4 q=60-70 tip : are you relaxed b # # # b tip : do you hear the sound in your head b b # # # Take care the intonation! b # tip : think fat, hot air, don't push # # 11 b
Exercise 5 In this exercise e play harmonic minor and you ill notice that the three scales are belong to the chord of B flat major (Bflat, Dflat or Csharp, F). The next time you play this exercise start from another base (A, Aflat, G, F) and of course you ill play the relevant scales. Εδώ παίζουμε ελάσσονα αρμονική και θα παρατηρήσατε ότι οι τρείς σκάλες αυτές ανήκουν στο αρπέζ της Σι ύφεση ελάσσονα. Την επόμενη φορά προσπαθήστε να παίξεται τις ελάσσονες κλίμακες απο άλλο αρπές (Λα, Λα ύφεση, Σολ...). B flat minor b b b b b Œ Œ Œ Œ b b b b b Œ Œ Œ b b b b b Œ n Œ n b b b b b Œ n Œ n Œ C sharp minor # # # # Œ Œ Œ # # # # Œ Œ Œ Œ # # # # Œ # Œ # Œ # # # # # Œ # Œ F minor b b b b Œ Œ Œ Œ b b b b Œ Œ Œ gkrimperis.com
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