jjh wrote:
>
> Dear Vocalist:
>
> Again, this is a re-posting! This one might have been censored for length,
> but again, I never found out exactly why. Thanks for your patience! Your
> feedback on these issues is very important to me, so I beg your indulgence
> in reading these re-posts of mine.
>
> Jana
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> From: "jjh" <jjh@n...>
> To: Vocalist <vocalist@v...>
> Subject: the hows and whys of warming up (was Re: arpeggios)
> Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2000, 6:07 PM
>
> On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Lloyd W. Hanson wrote:
>
> >A comment here on warm-ups. I basically do not believe they are very
> >necessary. The vocal folds warm up as quickly as the eyelids. They
> >are among the fastest muscles in the body. But that opinion is,
> >perhaps, a moot point.
This would only be true if the only part of your body involved in your
singing is your larynx. Since this is not true, one must warm up all
parts of the body used in singing. Being asthmatic the part that I must
concentrate on longest is my upper chest. Many of my warm up exercises
are to relax this, and allow my intercostals to work in a freer
fashion. The cords may be warmed up, but if everything else is cold you
won't sing well at all.
--
Colin Reed, Tenor
Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK
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