Essential Daily Warm-Up Exercises for Band Musicians

Daily Exercises For Band

Lee Shook

Grade 2

 An effective full ensemble warm-up routine is essential for a successful rehearsal and to the development of good tone quality, intonation and rhythmic precision within the band. Daily Exercises for Band provides a series of technique-building warm up studies.

Included in the Major Key units of: Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, F, C, G, and D

• A tone building exercise
• A five scale pattern etude
• A harmonized chorale
• Six unison rhythmic studies with percussion accompaniment
• A duet for winds and percussion

The Percussion Drills that accompany exercises 1 through 6 in each key unit are interchangeable, allowing the director to adapt the warm-up routine to the specific technical needs of the percussion section.

Daily Exercises for Band are designed to help coordinate your warm-up routine with the literature you are rehearsing (key relationships and rhythmic content).  10 minutes spent each day on these exercises will greatly improve your band’s performance quality.

The warm-up session is the most important segment of your rehearsal. Make the most of it!
Lee Shook