#100DaysOfPractice - Day 29
Not the most entertaining topic :) - but quite useful for most brass players.
Here's how to start:
1) Start on low C, bending down by a 4th, taking time to rest, flex/massage your chops as you wish before continuing to B natural, and so on by half steps.
2) Pedal C is tough to play open, but worth doing because it's a "real" note - it's the actual fundamental note of the instrument. That's why it "pops" on a flugel, which typically has a big enough bell flare for the lower wavelengths to resonate.
a) Try a simple C major arpeggio down, and back up to avoid changing your setup.
b) Bend to the G again, then go straight to pedal C.
c) Play low C and then jump the octave down to pedal C.
d) If finding the pitch on the C is tough, try an open false pedal G (below C) and "push" up to Bb, then B nat., then C eventually.
3) Once I hit pedal F#, I do two octave arpeggios down from F nat. to double pedal F, E to double-pedal E, etc. I can't (yet) quite get the double pedal C without totally changing my embouchure, alas!

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