It seems to be a good way to keep the chops flexible while staying mentally engaged. I use the timer, and at the end of each ten minute chunk, stop playing – and thinking – about that exercise completely. At that point, it’s either time for a break or time to switch to a completely different playing task. The practicing is split up into chunks that are a maximum of ten minutes in length. I replied, ‘between an hour and a half to two hours a day.’ He responded excitedly, ‘and you want to be a professional trumpet player?!?!’ Hahaha. *When I first moved to Los Angeles and called up Charley Davis to schedule a trumpet lesson, he asked me how much I practiced. All-in-all, it’s not that much time, but I do feel the progress I’m making is pretty good*. These days, I am practicing between one hour and one hour and thirty minutes per day. Here’s “ RoutineTracker: Spring 2019.” Practice Strategies (How I’m Practicing) Total Daily Practice Time Still, you may enjoy cross-referencing your own routine against another trumpet players. Of course, I’m just some guy, and what I practice is not particularly important. Since people seem interested, BTB’s “RoutineTracker” is where you’ll find what I’m working on and how I’m working on it. You know, what to work on, length of practice sessions, how many sessions…that kind of thing. These comprise a rotating Nine Day plan followed by a series of Supplemental Routines (including Reinhardt’s now-famous Warm Up #57), all of which players will benefit from simply by reading the instructions and playing the drills accordingly.The Reinhardt Routines-a total embouchure development plan has what it takes to develop that embouchure you’ve been dreaming of.From time to time I receive emails from trumpet players wanting to know what a typical practice day looks like. Reinhardt knew there was no “one size fits all” way of teaching brass players.But thanks to Dave Sheetz and Rich Willey, a set of routines has been laid out, about half of which are based on his never-before-published revisions to his Manual of Studies. Most dedicated Reinhardt students know that’s a tall order, because you can’t just turn a player loose with many of the Reinhardt routines - every routine had a specific purpose and was assigned at a specific time. It’s all here.For years people have been asking for a collection of Reinhardt routines that would work without the benefit of studying with Reinhardt. At last, an organized regimen of Reinhardt routines presented in a manner that builds every aspect of your playing: range, endurance, sound, technique, shakes, breathing, articulation, key fluency, tonguing, slurring, multiple tonguing, consistency.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
March 2023
Categories |