Started with mouthpiece sirens on Yamaha 14B4, a 7C equivalent, then did long tones, 20 beats at 60bpm, C down to F#. Followed with Stamps, then down bends exercise, half-step followed by whole-step.
After warming up, did Flow study A on page 5 of the Trumpet Lyrical and Flow studies collection, attempted at 72bpm. This went fairly well until the final passage, spent some time going over that. After some practice was able to make it all the way through the etude, but was definitely running out of physical steam.
Completed practice session playing through Bach’s Minuetto I from the Cello Suite. It’s marked at Moderato, but even at 108bpm it feels rather fast, both for my current abilities, and for the piece itself. Ended up being unable to play through it, reached failure point for embouchure. Warmed down with pedal tones.
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