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Warm-up Activities

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Warm-up.

Before you or perform, it is important to have some warm-ups for the fingers, hands and every joint, including the and back. This way you can the blood-flow in your and help prevent injuries related to music performance and you can better focus on your instrument and music too. There are some general exercises for all but every instrument needs special warm-up exercises, for example, should pay attention to their backs, shoulders, necks, hands and wrists, string players should mainly warm their backs, shoulders and necks and instrument players should take care of their shoulders, arms, noses, , mouths and .

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1. Warm-ups help increase blood-flow in muscles.        
2. If you warm up, you will have more possibilities to get injured.        
3. All instruments need the same warm-up exercises.        
4. Percussionists should warm up their lips.         
5. A comfortable chair helps to practise better.         
6. When you are practising, you shouldn't use a metronome.         

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