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Warm up first!
- Thread starter slagheap
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Depends on the physical level of the music you're playing.
Warm ups are good, but can take the place of good practice. Keep the warm up to a basic minimum. After that, get yourself on a rotating system of technical exercises (keep changing them to advance and stay fresh).
And further on the subject of 'warm ups'. Performing music is a mental and emotional expression. Don't forget to get your mind warmed up too.
Warm ups are good, but can take the place of good practice. Keep the warm up to a basic minimum. After that, get yourself on a rotating system of technical exercises (keep changing them to advance and stay fresh).
And further on the subject of 'warm ups'. Performing music is a mental and emotional expression. Don't forget to get your mind warmed up too.
Certainly wouldn't disagree with any of that. We all snatch up the instrument when the feeling strikes, but when working on a current piece I do a few solid minutes of easy warm up. Different things, depending. ii-v-i around the cycle, variations of the spider exercise, etc.
Personally, I don't think in terms of "warming up": I just structure my practice to start slow and easy and gradually develop towards faster and more complex. It's all just "practice" to me, but maybe that's just semantics.
I agree with that. What prompted my initial post is the solo from " Reach For It. " Been working on it consistently for awhile, but's it's chilly in this old condo and the other day when I grabbed up my P bass & tore into the track my fretting hand objected. Nothing serious, just a reminder that a little restraint can be good.
It only take a few minutes to warm up. Time well spent in my opinion.
