Today I am going to share my session out of the Plog books, it was how I started my day and thought it was a good candidate for the blog today.
There is a bit more writing today, since certain aspects need to be explained (exercise no.4b as an example)
About the books, they are broken into sections. For example in Book 1 you will see more than one no.1, BUT it will in a diff grouping of warm up I, or II, etc. I tried to make it clear below, when you see a section show up stay in that section until a new one is mentioned in bold.
The Session
Constructive rest (Alexander Technique) (Learn about it here if you haven’t studied Alexander)
Breathing Exercises- I did the following ones
6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 10
Inhale therapy - sips - Exhale therapy x 2
First time with a total seal, second time with a leak.
Bill Adams long tones (not the advanced set) Start on a G in the staff, one tone at a time work your way outwards (G,F#,Ab,F,A,etc..) until G.
Plog Bk.1 -Warm up exercises I - 1a/c/e/g
Variation - do cells on the B horn only, the f horn only, and normal.
Buzz some (On a BERP if you have one)
Plog Bk.1 - 2b/d
Extend these patterns by repeating the last two notes down the octave
Take a short rest, stretch something that is tight.
Plog Bk.1 - 4a/b
4a - first 3 notes are lip slurs, start F0 go all the way down through the B horn.
4b - first 5 notes are lip slurs, as are the final 7 (only 1 not isn’t) on the F horn versions. The B horn harmonics don’t work for the same patter once you hit the written F so lip slur what you can but do those all on the B horn.
Plog Bk.1 - Warm up exercises II - 1a/b/d
All normal fingerings.
Plog Bk.1 - Warm up exercises III - 2b/c/d
Plog Bk.1 - Warm up Etude no.1
Take another short rest, stretch something out.
Plog Bk.5 - No.1
Use your own judgment how much of this one you do., there are TONS OF PATTERNS, don’t forget about the B horn, transpose some down the octave, they still work. Some of these can get wicked high with the B horn.
My usuall approach is play as written startign on 123 and working up and through the B horn all the way to T0. THEN do it down the octave SLOWLY on the F horn.
Plog Bk.5 - no.8
The third line only.
Plog Bk.5 - no.9
First line only.
Rest
Plog Bk.5 - no.9
Third line
Plog Bk.5 - Flexibility Etude no.4
After you get through it, if you don’t need to work on parts of it, repeat the first phrase down the octave
That is it, that is all.
Happy horning.