The Importance of Warm Ups in Singing

If you are not aware, you can hurt your vocal chord if you do not perform singing warmup first? This is true! If you do regular physical exercises in a gym or in your home, same is true for singing, do vocal warm ups with singorama.

   Here are 5 excellent vocal warm-ups to get you started:

   Pronounce What You say

   This one sounds simple, but it has hidden benefits. Starting in your normal speaking voice, speak the words, 'One, two, three, four, five,' just like you would if you were having a conversation.

   At this time go up the extent in half-steps, saying the words repeatedly in your natural voice, but at ascending pitches. Stay within your relaxed vocal range.

   This exercise makes you focus on the vibration in your chest, throat, and mouth. It also teaches you how to sing words without sounding too harsh.

   Hum the Scale

   This next activity focuses more on the resonation produced by your singing. It helps you to feel which notes resonate in your throat and which ones resonate in your mouth and face.

   Starting at the lower end of your range, make a humming 'Hmmmmm' noise. You will find that this tone resonates in the front of your throat. Now go up the range, humming
every note. You can as well hum simple songs.

   This exercise coaches you vocal control and note positioning. Do it for several minutes, and you'll be able to proceed to the next warm up.

   Yawn Your Tone

   In one long, continuous yawn, start at the middle of your scale and take your pitch completely to the top of your comfortable scale. Reach the highest note you can
naturally hit in your chest or mixed voice.

   Then bring your pitch back down the scale to sing the lowermost easy note. Do this with no breaking at the notes. The result is so much like yawning, but on pitch.

   This exercise gives your voice a nice warm-up because it forces you to change between each note on your scale. It can also enhance your vocal scale.

   Vowel Warm Ups

   Now it's time to warm up your words. Start by singing your scale using vowel sounds. Sing up from the end of your scale with the use of the words, 'A E I O U'. Hold each vowel sound for a second or two, and make the overall set sound graceful and melodious.

   Sing the vowel sounds up your range and back down again for a minute. Enunciate each sound. This will instruct you to sing easily understandable words, and to maintain a continuous tone.

   Enunciation Exercise

   This is a more improved enunciation exercise. Enunciation is very important for singers. After all, if your audience can't comprehend your words, they can't fully understand your songs!

   After finishing~doing the vowel sound warm-up, go back and do it once more with a tongue-twisting phrase. Every time you to up a half step on the range, sing the remark 'She sells seashells by the sea shore.'

   Practice pronouncing the words meticulously. No matter your musical style, your performance will be better if you study to enunciate clearly. Bottom line, you will learn how to sing.

   Warm Up Your Body, Too

   Now that your vocal chords are warmed up and able to go, you should sing remaining parts of your muscles to prevent tension. You can sing higher then. If your body is tense, you risk getting tensed up your vocal chords and getting rid of sound quality.

   Stretch your arms over your head as far as you can, and then flex down and touch your toes to extend your back muscles. Do a few shoulder and neck rolls to ease tension in those areas.

   Take your arms out every side and breathe in deeply to enhance your lungs. Now you're able to sing!  

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