Question about warming up

GregHB

Hey everyone. Just wondering how many of you guys...and gals if any are out there...warm up and if so, what do you do to warm up.

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if i haven't been playing for a while it can take a couple of days to warm at all. the best thing is to play a lot everyday.

MichaelHorowitz

I just play some of the Unaccompanied Django pieces to warm up...a few of those and I'm ready to go!

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Ken Bloom

I am older than most of the players here so I have a little routine I do in the morning. I run through a bunch of arpeggios, maj7, min.7, dom,7, dim. etc and then play through a few musette watzes.
I also have been doing some of the George Van Epps triad exercises for years and find theat they greatly enhance my ability to play cleanly and quietly. I don't want to overtax old muscles so I'm careful to get them stretched out before I do anything demanding.