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Hello little Vocadlets!

Well I’m Ellis and I’m the new Office Manager of Vocademy. So unbelievably excited to have started and to become involved! YAY! This means lots of redecorating the office and buying lots of ORANGE THINGS!

I’ll be discussing all sorts of exciting things on a weekly basis, including what you are getting up to at Vocademy, your opinions on new chart songs, your fave celebs and their wardrobes, events and TV shows etc…. the list goes on!

Feel free to email me ellis@vocademy.co.uk and tell me about what has been happening at your Vocademy, what events you have performed at, songs you are working on and add pictures too, this way we can post them on the blog! We always LOVE to get pictures! Also, your opinions on celebs and celeb style, singers you think are hot right now, their new music etc!

Ellis.xx

Friday, 2 April 2010

The importance of vocal warm up's

I had a student ask me the other day whether it is actually necessary to do vocal warm up's before doing a performance or whether it would be OK for them to just sing through a song to warm up..This was my reply:



Vocal warm up's are extremely important especially before a gig. Think of an athlete, they would never go and run a race without warming up first so you need to do the same with your voice. From warming up you will have much more control over your voice and diaphragm. Vocal warm up's help to ensure the long life of a healthy singing voice. It is also quite important to remember that warming up vocals before a gig is not the same as doing vocal exercises to help with vocal training - vocal training exercises are there to work on specific parts of the voice, whereas warm up's are self explanatory, they warm up your voice before a gig/performance.



Examples of warm-up's:

  1. Humming - This will start getting your voice warmed up without tiring it out.
  2. Brrrr up and down the first 5 notes of a scale. You produce this sound by closing your mouth and putting your fingers on your cheeks so the inside of your cheeks are touching your teeth, and hum the sound brrr, try to make an even and constant sound when doing it - This warm up also helps warm up your voice but also helps to relax your throat and mouth, it also helps with placement.
  3. Staccato Ha's (short) "ha-ha-ha" on 1,3,5 of a scale. - This helps to exercise your diaphragm's flexibility.
  4. Siren noises. Make siren noises starting low going up really high and then back down again - This will help to start exercising your range.
  5. Major arpeggios. Use open vowel sound (ah, ay or o). Start off low and go up half a step each time  and go as high as you can but don't strain.
Try and remember to make sure your body is nice and relaxed before singing so you may want to do some actual physical exercises too.
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