warm-up: [1] Try this first. [2] Post here second.

[timothy42b]

I don't seem to play any better after warming up so I just skip it.

There was a time when I felt the need for quite a bit of warmup before a rehearsal or concert. Then I always brought a practice mute out of consideration for the others in the room. Low brass warming up pretty much makes it impossible for anybody else to have a conversation, do a quiet tuneup, etc.

The idea of the whole band blasting away warming up before a concert is new to me. That would have been very bad manners when I was growing up. It seems to be acceptable now but I still don't like it.