Dokshizer Practice

You've probably already seen this, but there's some good info here: Timofei Dokshizer Practice During student period Timofei practiced 3 times a day (40 60 minutes). Beginning in the morning with long notes using full breathing (p > pp < f > p). Changed practice when starting professionally. Play long notes sometimes to open up sound an deepen the breathing. Use legato exercises of the Johanson's type. Don't stay with any one set of exercises. Devote special attention to exercises in intervals Play little on day of concert/performance. Play many etudes from memory (Burm, Brandt, Arban, Tronier and others) Also on that website you can find the table of contents to his method book. Just the table of contents alone tells you a lot of his thoughts on the instrument: * Foreword *How the Method works and how to use it An approach which takes into account individual abilities Allocation of practice time Lips Breathing How to organise your life style: work, rest, diet *How to use the exercises How do you put together integrated sessions?

Signs used in this method *Chapter I: Warming up Exercises Warming up before playing *Chapter II: Vocalises How to work on tone Lip muscle strenght an endurance The high register The low register Easy vocalises To strengthen the lips an develop breathing, tone, extension of range Long notes Crescendo-diminuendo notes *Chapter III: Sequential patterns Flexibility of lips, tongue and fingers Intervals -Suppleness and elasticity of the lips Trills -Finger trills on a tone -Finger trills on a semitone -Lip and finger trills -Lip trills with right-hand vibrato Short studies -Attack in orchestral fanfares -Legato with soft attack for difficult intervals -Lip suppleness, finger mobility, glissando -Ornaments and appogiaturas Miscellaneous studies Appendix: Stutter attack