Category Archives: Exercises

For these exercises you will use the fingering of the lower, diamond-shaped note and increase your air speed and aim the air further toward your elbow to “overblow” until you reach the solid note with an open circle. Always let the ‘ugly’ sound happen as you work your from one note to the next. TheContinue reading “Harmonics Warm Up”

This exercise is based off of the famous study by Marcel Moyse, l’art de la sonorite with a big twist. We start this exercise by playing a beautiful B natural, and release all the points of tension in your body: Posture | Shoulders | Neck | Jaw | Tongue | Lips Now for the funContinue reading “Pinocchio Warm Up”