Warmup

Week 1, Day 1

I haven't yet decided what format I'm going to use for this blog. I'm not sure if doing it every day is a realistic goal, nor am I sure that anybody would be interested in what I'm practicing every single day. It tends to be a little repetitive (which I guess is necessary.)
One thing I do every time I play is warm up.
It's like zen...a way to calm the mind, while warming up the muscles. I never had any patience to do this when I was younger. Now, I do it religiously, regardless of which instrument I'm playing. On piano, formula-pattern scales in all twelve keys. On clarinet, longtones and scales across the range of the instrument in all twelve keys.
On drums, I have a fifteen minute warmup that I came up with a couple of years ago. It's late now, so I'll spell it out tomorrow.
Anyways, that's what I worked on today. I've been dealing with a little pain in my right wrist (uh-oh....I hope it goes away soon!) so today I just did my warmup/maintenance.