Vocal Warm Up

Stretching - To start with You should stretch out their bodies by raising there arms in the air and clasping there hands together, then try and touch their toes. Whilst bending down you can sway from side to side, then stand up and shake out their bodies. You should then massage their face by rubbing their cheeks, pretending to chew a toffee and make making their faces as big and small as possible. All this will loosen up your body and produce a more free vocal sound. Posture You should stand straight with your feet parallel, with your knees slightly bent. Your shoulders should be relaxed and in place, you can check this is right by rolling your shoulders. osture is important as if it is incorrect it can constrict your vocal power. !verall you should "ust feel relaxed in this position. Breathing You should start by taking in air with your mouth and out again on a count of #. After you have done this twice, you should take in air again for # but before releasing hold it for another #. You should then gradually increase the amount of time you spend taking air and holding it before letting it out on a $sssss sound for as long as you can after you have reached taking air in for a % count then holding your breath for a & count. You can achieve the $sss noise by closing your teeth and releasing the air. 'reathing exercises prepare your lungs for the extra air intake which is need whilst singing. Recoil & Splat These exercises prepare your diaphragm for singing, it is where all the power comes from. To begin with place your thumb in your belly button, and slowly lock your abdominal muscles, this is called a recoil. You shouldn(t make it as a sudden movement but gradually incresae the locking to control your energy for the sound. The splat is when you release the tension. You can do many warm ups for this, such as doing the well known football chant on a )fff recoiling when you make the sound and splating to release it. Siren This is a noise which is very similar to a police or ambulance siren. You can do this by placing your tongue on the roof of your mouth til you feel the soft palate. !nce this is located you should begin with your lowest note before gradually rising to the highest note in your range. *o this a couple time before swapping to your highest and sirening to your lowest note. After you should then start low and go to high then back down again and vice versa. $irening warms up your vocal chords gradually with a gentle sound. $irens should not be loud.
Tongue Twister Tongue twisters prepare your voice for actually

Vocal Warm Up
speaking+singing and for preparing yourself for a particularly wordy song. You can say things such as, $he sells seashells on the seashore, -ango chutney, chicken tikka and a pint of lager or The thirty-three thieves thought that they thrilled the throne throughout Thursday.
Humming This is the final step in the gradual warm up of the voice before

tackling more robust ways of warming up the voice. A simple but effective to hum to a # note scale performed by the teacher on the piano or other musical instrument.
Octave Arpeggio This is a gradual rise up the notes on a scale matching

your vocals to the note going round in a cycle. You should start on a middle note and work your way up the octave. You can uses many sounds for this , you can start on .eh, leh, leh sound before when you reach he higher note switch to .a, la, la. This will work your vocal chords and your diagphram which you must remember to use.
Scales These are pretty similar to the arpeggio and works the same areas.

$tart with a simple # note scale on sound which end on a /ee sound and change to a Arghhh sound on the higher notes. Work progressively harder on to a 0 note scale then after a & note. 1f you feel you have progressed enough start using words, such as 1m on the top of the world or 1 like cheese yes 1 do. You should soon see your range expand on these exercises
Twang Twang will work on your belting sound for longer notes. You can

practice this by again finding your soft palate and making a 2uacking noise like or duck. Also you can use the playground 3ee 3ahh song to practice your twang. Twang should be clear and loud.