ELSof the most common questions Tarn asked by students is, “What kinds of things do you da swarm up before a concert?" Over the years, in many master classes and workshops around the ‘world, I have demonstrated the kind of daily workout I put myself through, and there hs alway ‘been a fot of interest im the process. This book is 2 first attempt to address this area in a more detailed way. To me, warming up is an essential part of every, spend at least an howe with the instrument in focus is improvisation, T have always searched the spontaneous ceeation of harmonic 4 improvisation involves without actually “ What I wind ep doing is different every time. inthe summer of 2010. 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