VOCAL WARM UPS

[MarkRooney]

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<CENTER>QUICK AND EASY VOCAL WARM-UPS</CENTER></H2>


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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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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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

[coreybyrnes]

um, thanks?

[Jgrg1984]

are you selling something?


just kidding. thanks. you posted this once before and i saved it, but accidently deleted it.

[shane_b]

i have vocal warmup mp3's which seem usefull i've used em a few times

[Juzzza]

I just talk all day... Seems to work for me.

[Always_Echos]

This is kool, just the kinda thing i was looking for.


Im sure ive posted this before, but does anyone have a remedy for singing through your nose? Coz ive been slipping &amp; my singing sounds nasel &amp; crap. Anyone know how i can stop it?

[hotwhiskey]

You've probably been listening to some Northern band. I used to sing through my nose as a consequence of overdosing on Oasis! Listen to Irish music and that'll cure you!

[shane_b]

i always sing nasally can't get rid of it, i sound likea muppet when i sing tho

[Always_Echos]

Lol, thanks for the advice Whiskey, any bands you'd recommend?

[Bumpman]

billy corgan manages to sing through his nose and still sound good, i find the best way to warm up my voice is to sing the start of 'mojo pin' over and over. [img]smileys/smiley4.gif[/img]

[Patricia]

They're greatwarm-ups, they put a smile back on my face!