Foundation Sets #1-4
(scroll down for #5-6)
This first set of warm ups can be used once students have learned the first five notes. They're basically daily drills to reinforce good habits and build basic (proper) technique. As these warm-ups/fundamental sets progress, they generally line up with what most beginning band books are asking of players. You can decide when it's time to switch to the next set. Foundation Warm-Ups Set #4 begins to direct you towards a traditional warm up style: Long Tones, Flexibility, Technical Studies, and even has a Chorale.
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Side note: I love using band books (I'll not advocate for a particular one here), but always felt the need to have a separate set of daily fundamentals to reinforce the basics. Band books tend to progress quickly... these are designed to slow things down and allow you to just reinforce specific aspects of playing.
Foundation Sets #5-6
Foundation Warm-Up Sets 5+ are getting towards the latter half of the first method book (whichever one you're using).
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Foundation Warm-Ups Set #6 is the first true bridge to a normal full band warm-up sequence. Where the previous exercises focused unison, fundamentals building exercises, Foundation #6 begins to expand on that. There are still unison exercises included, but it begins to expand into the new territory of having instruments do what is best individually. For example, flexibility will now include exercises that fit together but have brass focus on lip slurs and woodwinds focus on register/octave slurs.
