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Congratulations. Keep plugging away. Clarke #5 will help get you there.

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@lukarino said in No real gains on anything more than 40-45 minutes of practice.:

Resting as much as you play (and in short sections).

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@Vulgano-Brother said in No real gains on anything more than 40-45 minutes of practice.:

Many low impact repetitions help grow our endurance. Clarke Studies are our friend.

You must rest as much as you play with the mouthpiece off the lips to avoid fatigue and bad habits that come from playing when tired. Claude Gordon said, “If you rest properly you can play all day.”

Glad to see a lot of familiar names. Thanks to Tobylou8 for posting the link on the oTHer site.

What has worked best for me is setting a metronome at the tempo I can play evenly and then single tonguing each note from low C to tuning C and back down. Kind of like a long tone exercise only you substitute 16th notes for each note and play them until you run out of air. Then take the horn off you face and rest. Move to the next note. Rinse and repeat.