a vocal warm up

[MarkRooney]

heres a wee vocal warm up for any1 wonderin how to properly warm up:



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ZOUNDS!
* stretch and yawn; hold the ending "ah" sound; relax your throat and jaws
* chew the letter "N" on both sides of the mouth
* shake out your face and lips, high and low
* feel different parts of mouth and nasal passages vibrate with these different sounds:
MMMMMMMMMMMMMM... ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE... NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN...
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV... ThThThThThThThThThThTh...
Mum Mum Mum Mum Mum Mum Mum Mum Mum Mum Mum Mum Mum
* open your mouth , eyes, and face as wide as you can on the last syllable of:
Mumula Mumula Mumula Mumula Mumula Mumula Mumula Mumula


SILLY PHRASES
* each phrase features different difficult consonant combinations. Start slow, over-articulating and then increase speed



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Red letter, yellow letter</TD>
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Good blood, bad blood</TD></TR>
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Eleven benevolent elephants</TD>
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Teaching ghosts to sing</TD></TR>
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The big, black-backed bumblebee</TD>
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A critical cricket critic</TD></TR>
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Selfish shellfish</TD>
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Really rural</TD></TR>
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Unique New York</TD>
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The tip of the tongue, the lips, the teeth</TD></TR>
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To titillate your tastebuds, we've got these tasty tidbits</TD>
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Hemorrhoidal removal</TD></TR></T></TABLE>
COGNATES
* Feel a pulse in your diaphram with the following sounds


unvoiced: PUH PUH PUH PUH PUH PUH PUH PUH
VOICED: BUH BUH BUH BUH BUH BUH BUH BUH


unvoiced: TUH TUH TUH TUH TUH TUH TUH TUH
VOICED: DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH DUH


unvoiced: KUH KUH KUH KUH KUH KUH KUH KUH
VOICED: GUH GUH GUH GUH GUH GUH GUH GUH


TONGUE TWISTER!
* This long tongue twister contains many buzz sounds and difficult consonant combinations. It is possible to say all in one breath if you use diaphramatic breathing and carefully control the volume of air expelled. Articulate every sound!


What a to-do to die today at a minute or two to two,
a thing distinctly hard to say but harder still to do.
for they'll beat a tattoo at a quarter to two:
a rat-ta tat-tat ta tat-tat ta to-to.
and the dragon will come when he hears the drum
at a minute or two to two today, at a minute or two to two

[Jgrg1984]

thanks alot

[Always_Echos]

Thanx dude, its exactly the kind of thing ive been looking for.

[MarkRooney]

no problem if any1 needs any more help get at me