Enjoy your practice, listen to what your teacher says and
get the most out of your music making.
Remember: HOLBARTO

The Five Minute Warm-Up Book with 'Talk Thru CD'
This publication has been designed with the intention of encouraging players to always begin a practice session with a good warm-up and to remember HOLBARTO. The notation provided in this book is kept to a minimum as the player will quickly memorise the sequences and will begin to feel ‘at home’ with the instrument without the encumbrance of notation. Some rhythms are a lot easier to play ‘by ear’ than they are to read from music notation. We do, after all, learn to walk before we learn to read.
The 'Talk Thru' exercises on the CD use the notes printed for each warm up:
‘First lesson reminders’ is for players to use alongside their first instrumental lessons, it is kept very simple and talks through easy exercises.
‘Warm-Up Sheet 1’ uses the first five notes that I teach beginner players. I also use 'the low notes’ very early on as I believe the control of these notes facilitates control over higher note production.
‘Warm-Up Sheet 2’ is for players extending their range and technique to a full octave plus 'the low notes'.