Due to a lot of stats and econ work this week I haven't been and won't be able to practice as much as I would like. I've only been getting in one session a day and it will most likely be this way until the end of the week. Fortunately, this isn't the first time this has happened and my philosophy in these situations is to focus on fundamentals and, for the most part, forego solo and rep work until I can increase my practice time again.
In each session I get I focus on the following:
Good air flow
Scales
Lip slurs
Articulation
Today I found that my air wasn't flowing particularly well so I should probably start off later today (if I get a chance) or tomorrow with slow, big breathing. Scales were alright, although with the bad air flow I didn't like my sound in every register. Lip slurs were better than the scales (possible that I was getting more warmed up and air flow was getting better), however my sound wasn't always as clean as I would've liked. My articulation was actually the best of four categories. I was able to focus my sound with my single tonguing and my multiple tonguing was smooth. My biggest issue with the articulation warm-up was my lack of clarity in my multiple tonguing particularly in the low register. I'm going to need to make sure my multiple tonguing is impeccable and each note sounds pure, especially for the Air Force Band list (Russlan and Ludmilla Overture as well as much of the live round material).
Tomorrow will probably similar material and still focused on the fundamentals. Going to try to get my air moving a lot better at the start and see if that helps things out.
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