Do you do "warm-down" exercises at the end of your playing day? I do, and it always helps. I also treat an exhausting playing day as a "sports injury" and take an anti-inflammatory (in my case aspirin) and I ice my chops for about 5-10 minutes.
Bruce Clausen ----- Original Message ----- From: "William.S.Gross" <[email protected]> To: "The Horn List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 7:11 AM Subject: [Hornlist] Morning Chops >A problem I've been fighting for a while is lack of flexibilty in the > morning. For example, When we did the overture to Dutchman , there is > a 4th solo marked p that I never get out at less than a F during > morning rehearsals. I had no problem at the reformance. > > I've got no problems in the late eveninng or night. > > Any suggestions? > > _______________________________________________ > post: [email protected] > unsubscribe or set options at > https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/bclausen%40dc.rr.com _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
