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Randy
Brecker's
Practice
Routine
Randy is a
Student of:
Equipment:
- Yamaha 6335H (formerly
Bach Stradivarius-still uses it to practice sometimes)
- (formerly a
Marcenkewicz ML trumpet also)
- Yamaha 635 Flugelhorn
- Bach 3C Mouthpiece
- see a list of yamaha
users
Routine:
A. Fundamentals
(30-45 min.)
- 1. Warm-up
- a. Carmine Caruso-6 note exercise
- b. Long Tones
(expanding outward)
-
- 2. Lip
Flexibility's
- a. Caruso 2 8ve
arpeggio slurs
b. Caruso Intervals (3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths)
-
- 3. Technical
Exercises
- a. Clarke
- b. Arban
B. Improvisation
- 1.
Developing/Writing Down Lines
- a. Practice with a
metronome (within a tonality-or not)
2. Aebersold
On Practicing:
"I try to stick to the
same routine, although I vary it a little, just to keep it
interesting."
on the day of a
gig:
"I try to take it out
during the day so I'm halfway warmed-up when I get to the
gig."
