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Breathing Tips & Vocal Warm Ups

Breathing Tips&Vocal Warm UpsPosture for SingingEstablish correct posture by standing up straight with your hands above your head. Slowly bring your arms to your side, relaxing your shoulders.Keep feet flat on the floor and hip width apart, keeping the knees soft.Your head should free flowing and focused straight ahead, not tilted up, down, or to the side.

BreathingVideo courtesy of Berklee OnlineAnne Peckham, author and instructor. "Breathe and Sing," from Voice Technique 101.

Breathing Exercises1. Sit in a chair and bend over, hands touching the floor. Relax your head down and keep it loose. Breathe in slowly, feeling your ribs and back expand. Hold your breath for a few seconds and then exhale slowly. Repeat.2. Inhale on 4 beats, hold for 4 beats, exhale for 4 beats, then rest for 4 beats. As you make progress, increase the count to 8, 10 and 12 counts for each step.3. At mm=80bpm, inhale for 8 beats, sipping in air twice for each beat. Exhale for 16 beats, using 2 short hisses per beat.4. Follow instructions for inhalation, as in #2. Exhale by singing ah on a comfortable pitch for 16 beats, without collapsing the ribs.Vocal Warm UpsFollow these directions for all audio warm-up exercises.Listen for the count-off.Listen to one measure of the given key.Listen to the demonstration of the exercise.Now its your turn to do the exercise listen carefully to the key changes.Sing in the octave thats most comfortable for your voice.

1. Descending Fifth Liptrill Slide

Open mouth and loosely close your lips together. A proper breath, loose lips and a steady release of air should create the lip trill. If you have trouble with the lip trill, try adding gentle pressure to the corners of your mouth with your index fingers.If the trill is too difficult, do this exercise on an open-mouth, closed-lip hum.

2. Five-Note Descending Pattern

Sing the word me and open up to a yah in order to create the meeyah sound.

3. Fifth slide liptrill + Octave slide + OO

Using a liptrill (as in warm up #1) slide up a perfect 5th and back down. For the octave slide, relax the lips and create a hooty owl round oo. If the octave leap is too difficult, hold the relaxed, low oo for 4 beats.

4. Skipping Thirds Pattern

First, speak ee, ay, ah, oh, oo. Notice how the lips transition from an open position into the rounded hooty oo position. Try to sing this line in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes (legato).

5. Major Triad PatternSing this pattern with a loose jaw and relaxed tongue.

All warm up audio used by permission The Contemporary Singer (2nd Edition): Elements of Vocal Technique by Anne Peckham, published by Berklee Press.

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