Good Warm-Ups

The standard "mi-mah-moh's" are good.

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.

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My 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.

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Really, 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.