Canonbury Brass – Warmups

Warmups

Warmup backings 1–15   

Play this stuff! Have fun! It's really really really good for your playing.

• Click C or TH next to the name for the Cornet or Tenor Horn backing
• Some have a riff or something else to do
• I've marked which note is good for your long and low notes and to finish
• ... and this is also the good note for starting a Copy Me bit!

#	Name	C/TH		Good note	Comment
1	Rock'n'roll	C	TH	C	12-bar blues
2	Campfire	C	TH	C	12-bar blues
3	Dance and Sax	C	TH	C	12-bar blues
4	Tiger-like	C	TH	D	Riff
5	Silly Marching Band	C	TH	C
6	Let's Dance	C	TH	D
7	Slow Blues	C	TH	C	12-bar blues
8	Old Jazz	C	TH	C
9	Klezmer	C	TH	C	Oy!
10	70s Disco	C	TH	C	Horn groove
11	Big Band	C	TH	C
12	Empire Rock	C	TH	D	Riff
13	Tango Hernando	C	TH	D	Not too fast
14	Salsa Salad	C	TH	C	Quite quick
15	Salsa Pop	C	TH	D	TOO fast!

Warmup routine

Do you remember your warmup routine?

Follow the links for more about the warmup bits.

• How about some backing music? 
• Horsey Flaps (see portrait below)
• Buzzy Lips (this is setting your embouchure)
• Mouthpiece Buzz (slow and gentle, long low notes, try to make it sound nice!)
• The Famous Canonbury Siren
• Mouthpiece In – long low notes on your instrument
• Copy Me ... or maybe there is a riff for this one?
• Finish on a long low note and watch the leader for a Really Good Professional Cutoff!
• ... and if there is no leader, just be very very cool about ending neatly, like your job depends on it. :)

Warmup inspirations

Some of the ideas behind our warmups

None of our warmups are an actual tune – but several of them are based on the chords and the feel of originals. Here are some of the tunes which inspired the warmups.   

No. 4, "Tiger-like", sounds a bit like ❗"Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor

And No. 6, "Let's Dance", borrows ideas from ❗David Bowie's "Let's Dance"

No. 10, "70s Disco", has something in common with ❗"Love's Unkind" by Donna Summer, the Queen of Disco

No. 12, "Empire Rock", is a close relative of  ❗"The Imperial March" by John Williams. Here you can see Williams conducting a top symphony orchestra – check out their brass playing!

Useful notes

1. Sorry but you probably can't (easily) play along with these ones – they are (mostly) in different keys.

2. These performances all open in a new window or tab.

3. Remember that❗by a link means that it is outside this site - be careful, and please read up here if you need a reminder.