Engaging warm-up routines designed to inspire and elevate aspiring woodwind musicians!
Warm-up patterns to develop the young musician!
Music warm-ups pieces are a great resource for developing your sound and skills from the very beginning of learning an instrument. That’s why we have created our essential, free warm-ups for woodwind players so you can use them straight away!
Woodwind players in particular find themselves playing long lyrical phrases, rhythmic patterns and articulation-heavy sections. Warm-ups are a great opportunity to develop these skills away from the music, as well as give you a great tool to have a successful practice session.
Some of the other benefits you will see from playing warm-ups within your practice sessions are better tone quality, learning new notes, developing good articulation, flexibility, speed and finger accuracy. Many professional musicians and singers will include daily warm-ups within their practice routine and we wanted to make this more accessible to all.
We are building a catalogue of sheet music exercises and play-along videos for you to use. Each warm-up has two accompaniment videos – one with a metronome and one without. You can find them on our Youtube channel – Music Theory Made Simple.
We have been creating play-along worksheets for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone. There are video play-alongs for flute, clarinet, bassoon, alto and tenor saxophone. The flute video can be used by oboe and other C treble instruments and the alto saxophone video can be used by the baritone saxophone player.
The booklets below are listed in order and the parts have been transposed accordingly for each of the woodwind family to play in the correct key with the play-alongs. This is a growing bank of resources so keep checking back for more materials.
Warm-ups for woodwind players!
Warm up set 1 First 5 notes in Bb. All parts – here is the free PDF!
Warm up set 2 First 5 notes in Eb. All parts – here is the free PDF!
Warm up set 3 First 5 notes in Bb. All parts – here is the free PDF!
Warm up set 4 First 5 notes in Bb. All parts – here is the free PDF!
Warm up set 5 First 5 notes in Eb. All parts – here is the free PDF!
Warm up set 6 First 5 notes in Eb. All parts – here is the free PDF!
Warm up set 7 First 5 notes in Bb 3/4 time signature. All parts – here is the free PDF!
Warm up set 8 First 5 notes in Eb 3/4 time signature. All parts – here is the free PDF!
Warm up set 9 First 5 notes in Ab 2/4 time signature. All parts – here is the free PDF!
Check out our warm-up play-list on Youtube!
Need help with your playing?
These warm-ups are designed to support independent practice, but sometimes a student needs personalised guidance too. I offer online lessons in clarinet, flute, saxophone and music theory for students looking to build their skills, prepare for school assessments or auditions, and become more confident musicians. Click here to go to our lesson page information.
More Free Woodwind Resources
Looking for more ways to improve your playing? Explore our free woodwind resources, including scales, exercises and instrument-specific practice materials.
Scales for Woodwind Instruments — scales and practice resources for woodwind players
Resources for Clarinetists — exercises and resources specifically for clarinet