Good Warm-Ups
Good Warm-Ups#1
Posted: 3/3/09 at 6:20pmI need some good, healthy, warm-ups to do. Any videos of your favorites? Thanks! Your help is greatly appreciated.
re: Good Warm-Ups#2
Posted: 3/4/09 at 12:03pm
Trinidad!!
http://www.tetatx.com/Teacher_Package/Miscellaneous_Handouts/7-17_The_Voice.pdf
It's the first one. Say it as fast as you can. you also go up on pitch at the end of the first and second line.
There are some more on that site.
re: Good Warm-Ups#3
Posted: 3/4/09 at 4:16pm
Practice a song or a scale on a lip-buzz. Or do a lip-buzz and go from there into singing on 'ee' then back into lip-buzz, alternating phrases.
My biggest problem with singing is breath support, and this warm-up helps tremendously. It makes me sound like a real singer, not a kid. At first, it really makes your face itch, but it gets easier as you get used to it.
re: Good Warm-Ups#4
Posted: 3/4/09 at 6:48pm
I just learned this yesterday:
I am a mother pheasant plucker.
I like to pluck mother pheasants.
I am the most pleasant mother pheasant plucker to ever pluck a mother pheasant.
re: Good Warm-Ups#5
Posted: 3/5/09 at 12:44amMy favorite in the morning expands your ribs. In case you didn't know your ribs kind of contract while you sleep on your stomach or sides at night, and then expand throughout the day based upon your lungs pushing outward. You breathe in as if you were to hold your breath for a long time, pause, take a sip or two of more air, and bend right and left. You'll feel your lungs pushing out on your ribs and stretching them. It's a good exercise for both breath support and capacity.
re: Good Warm-Ups#6
Posted: 3/25/09 at 9:10pm
Lips teeth tip of the tounge
I also like going to my lowest note in my speaking voice and say a word like Holy Moly
re: Good Warm-Ups#7
Posted: 5/10/09 at 10:51pmReally, vocal warm-ups vary from voice to voice. But what I normally start off with is, 3 ng's up & down a chromatic scale starting a a C below middle C, & progressing up to high C above middle C. Then I do one on Ng, two on an ahh vowel doing the same thing. I also sometimes will do lip trills with tounge sticking out a little to allow a more free flow of breath. I have so many different warm-ups I do written down, some that are extremely friggin hard to do! hope this helps.
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