10-Minute Jazz Warmup

Use each part of Jim Mahaffey's Ten-Minute Jazz Warmup separately, or play it nonstop as a daily warmup in less than 10 minutes. Optional parts included for flute, oboe, clarinet, euphonium and bassoon. Contents:

-Part I. CHORALE Pitch, phrasing, balance, dynamics

- Part II. “DOO-DOTS” Articulation and rhythms

- Part III. SCALES In swing style, around the circle of fourths with M7 arpeggios

-“KICKS” To prepare your drummer and ensemble to enter on various upbeats and downbeats.