HIP-BONE MUSIC 15 MINUTE WARM-UP ROUTINE PRESENTED BY MICHAEL DAVIS Introduction 1, Loog Tones 3 2, ‘Tonguing 4 3, Embouchere Wake-Up Call 6 4, Lip lurs 7 6, Trad Flesbiliey 9 7. Aspeggiated Flexibility 0 8. Open Shs 1 9. Chromatic Flobity 1B 10. ‘Major Scales 1“ 11, Upper Register 16 12, Warn Dove 7 swwrrhip-bonemusic.comINTRODUCTION The Hip-Bone Manic 15 Minute Warm-Up Routine is designed to give the trom bonis «daly routine in which to develop the essential fundamentals of good bras playing. Through daly practice with the enclosed CD, the player wll be able to ricanship (tone quai ster and ioe consistent rate develop the three most important elements of good 1 pitch/ntonation, rth fe) a ns by simply practicing these exercises alone. Each ofthe 12 tac has been custom designed to accentuste the important aspect ofeach accompanying execs, As with mos skills we work to develop itis exremely important 10 have 4 model or end result in mind before we start to prastce. With this concept in al tack mind, the ist 12 tracs on the CD contain both the ae opanying musi swell ae «trombone part. This wll give the player « model to match tone, itch sna Ahythm with, Track numbers 13-24 contain only the mascal secompaniment, siving the player an opportunity to develop confidence in these Uvoe areas, At the beginning ofeach exercise you will ind one or two wards which 1 refer to as Performance Keys. In the process of developing our rusia sil it is vital to ave a clear mental picture or visual image of how we want to sound, In sdiion to using the mode trombone on tracks 1-12 alow yourself to take these performance keys and create your own mental picture to help your performance of asa performance keyty think ing of «bent lake at eunsse and how your wound might miror that image example, if use the word “al Like all wind instments and particularly brass instrument, the ws of the airstream is of the utmost importance, Before starting each exercise allow your tte toro to fil up with air from top to bottom in avery relaxed mannes Pict the air being pushed through the end ofthe lide as you play. As you become iiae with the many diferent part that make up enc msiel tack try fous ing on different ones and listening sic of amin your pare and then Listening to sec howe eats to the. cal ements around you will be invabuable in every 0 how your par integrates with it, The prac 1 yo ever play with1, LONG TONES Performance Keys: warm/reund/legant deen “lin font all brughout teenie Beak = @) lickin font2. TONGUING BSE = ee OS ere Oo ee ee 2 eee == SSS Se =Pa peer eee es ae = SSSR Sasa PSI Sa aaa DS Es Sa a Se] SS jae ee SS Sate Sea ea eee e _—OSS SSS 2S3. EMBOUCHERE WAKE-UP CALL Performance Keys: iguid/ereamy 200 “likin font4. LIP SLURS. Performance Keys: boldfill-bodied5. FLEXIBILITY6. TRIAD FLEXIBILITY Performance Keys:7. ARPEGGIATED FLEXIBILITY Performance Keys: exbilarating/pelished Pte be tat te ree8. OPEN 5THS fom Kos gunna | o=66 | fis infiont8. OPEN STHS (onrinued)9. CHROMATIC FLEXIBILITY Performance Keys: Aalanced/foating dees10, MAJOR SCALES Performance Keys: vivid/ionerolled daze tiki font11. UPPER REGISTER Performance Keys: clear/relaved—__—________—oo—eEeeoO' 12. WARM DOWN Performance Keys: buttonyrich deze “lickin front ee ar ~~ "These nes, ow a fae tno, ol Be played he same portion asthe ret of te saguene, (Use your air-sea and Bip to produce te not, Allo yur bauer to completely rel wvSS “Trombonis- composer Michael Davis doe it all Hailed 25 one of today's premier instrumentalists, he has established himself sa frst-cll sideman, both in the stu- dio and on the concer: stage, for the entertainment work's biggest stars, including Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennet, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson and the Rolling Stones. Tithe Seld of music education, be as served a cinician around the work while alko authoring «numberof highly esteemed instructional books and band arange= ments for musicians ofall ages and abies. For the past ten years Davis has been forging ahead as an entrepreneur, "with Hip-Boue Musi, a growing business that presenly handles his publishing activities and workas a resoeding aris, Dest to increasing the popularity and statue of brass instrament and emphasizing “how hip, cool an fon is o play musi," Davis sid Hip-Bone Music set on expanding its educational foe and making it a vable avenue for other brass artists 'A native of San Jose Califor, Davis received hie musical wining atthe prestigious Eastaan School of Music in Rocheses, New York. Upon graduation he hooked up with the Buddy Rich Band for a two-year stint that brought a imaneasurible amount of bandstand experience and a wealth of profesional ‘endsips that continue to this day. He settled in Manhattan inthe mid-1980s and before long was being regarded a one ofthe top romboaists around, As tes ‘mony to his wersaigy and wide regard, the list of jazz and pop luminaries he has worked with over the yeats reads Hke a who's who: Sarah Vaughan, Sting, Harry Connick Jr, Beck, Branford Marsalis, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Sheryl Crow, Lyle Lover, Terence Blanchanf, Bob Mintzer and scores of others. ‘A multiple recipient of avards fom the National Endowment for the Arts, [Davis maintains his own jaze groups and projects as well. Through Hip-Bone Maso, Davis has documented his efforts on five solo CDs—Thumpets Even, A showease for 11 virtuosic trumpet martes; New Bras, a meng of ze and elas sical brass styles; Bras Nation, a gathering together of 55 of the world’s greatest brass players; Hontoon, « pazing of Davis with LA bass trombone maestro Bill Reichenbach; and Abie Tiombon, yet another musical conclave, this time with 18 Neve York City-based trombonist ‘Acknowledged by popular musicians, fellow eductors and anuiences ound the word as an inumensely talented maical artist whos commited to set ting the highest standards posible for both jazz and his instrament, it is no won Aer that legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Wares was moved to com net, "In this “boner” ex, its esential to have Michael Davis around.” 6Por clinic cncrt and commision infermation orto oni aie ip- Bone Masi catalog: alt el feat 1-888-33-BONE fas at 242-769-2155 or eomai at bip-ons@rycrcom Visi our website at wmhip-bomemusi.com Michael Dacis ples King and Cone Trombone ands an ats niin Pr Conn Star wvTOTAL TRUMPET #075 Uineludes book & CD) _TRUMPETSELEVEN M105 NEW BRASS 26109 TOTALTROMBONE 4074 (includes book & CD) _BRASS NATION #108 MAXIMUM MASTERY _ #073 (inelides book & CD) BONETOWN 19856 [ABSOLUTE TROMBONE #106 wwwhip-bonemusic.com 1-888-683-BONESy ete Sanaa POND aCe a EL “The most comprehensive, time efficient, musically complete method available, Comes complete with CD containing 24 tracks of cool, hip eet ee tee eee ee ee ed player as well as the professional. eve Cleveland Orcbestra/Cleveland Institute of Music Ce ee eae ren ee nr ee often difficult and mundane, and makes it exciting and fun. as ea CRUE Taay