Vocal Warm Up Exercises

Whether you are a professional singer or a beginner vocal warm up exercises should form a part of your daily singing regimen. Warm up exercises help to improve voice quality and strength and to alleviate muscle tension, so its no wonder that most instructors and singers recommend them. You should set aside at least 20 minutes for the warm up session. In order to avoid dehydration of the vocal chords you should begin the warm up session by drinking lots of water to lubricate the vocal tract.

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Vocal warm up exercises help to increase the blood flow to the voice producing muscles and organs. A good start to a warm up session would be relaxation exercises that prepare you mentally and physically. This should be followed by breathing exercises, vocal strength improvement exercises and pitch exercises. Eventually you will form your own warm up routine to suit your requirements.

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As a beginner you may want to seek help from your instructor who will be in a better position to recommend the appropriate warm up exercises for you. It’s normal to enjoy and benefit from certain exercises more than the others and you should incorporate these in your daily regimen instead of following set guidelines. You have to make sure that you start the warm up exercises at the mid-range which is usually the comfort zone for most singers and then proceed to the higher and lower ranges. There are many books and online programs that provide a wealth of information on the topic. However, if you can, seek help from a voice professional to develop your own personalized set of vocal warm up exercises.

Some of the common exercises include:

Yawning while you Sigh: Inhale slowly on a yawn keeping your jaw, tongue and shoulders relaxed and exhale out vocally.

Using the hmmm: Make the hmmm sound at a comfortable pitch half way through the exhaled breath change the sound to aaahh.

Straw Breathing: Inhale through a yawn but when exhaling use a straw.

The ‘huh’ exhalation: To begin with, breathe in deeply feeling your chest and diaphragm expand to the maximum capacity and then exhale sharply by clenching the abdominal muscles and breathing out with an audible ‘huh’ sound.

{Vowel Sounds}: Use different vowel sounds alone or coupled with consonant sounds and sing them across the scale starting low and ending high.

{Tongue Twisters}: Tongue Twisters like ‘ She sells sea shells on the sea shore’ can also be used in warm-up routines. This exercise is very helpful in relieving tension from articulators like the palate, throat, tongue and lips. Once you are comfortable with the tongue twister you can sing it at different pitch levels.

Some of the Benefits of these warm up routines include:

Augments Stamina
Augments Vocal Range
Mental and Physical conditioning
Helps you to gain control over your voice
Helps to develop correct breathing habits
Avoid damage to the articulators
Vocal Strength is augmented

There is no disputing the fact that vocal warm up exercises are necessary to keep your voice and speech organs in the best condition.

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