Music instruments are only tools, personally chosen tools, for expression through music. In order to make music, the tools must work. So is it with the skills of playing music. In order to play music the playing skills need to be developed and maintained. Many of these exercises are modifications of exercises for other instruments, many are original, all of them are good.

No book can guide a player through his optimum personal warm-ups, but I sincerely hope that the materials in this book wil...